HBO’s “comically unhealthy” new present “The Idol” has misplaced greater than 100,000 viewers since its premiere.

The controversial sequence directed by “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson noticed a 12 % drop in viewership with its second episode, which 800,000 individuals tuned in to Sunday versus the 913,000 who watched its June 4 debut, Selection reported Monday.

The drama, which has been marred by “rape fantasy” accusations and trashed by critics, stars Lily-Rose Depp as a pop star who meets a greasy nightclub proprietor performed by Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye.

Most not too long ago, followers had been left horrified when this week’s episode ended with what British GQ dubbed “the worst intercourse scene in historical past.”

“It’s laborious to think about something as unsexy as what we’re informed to consider is probably the most radical, boundary-pushing TV intercourse ever,” author Lucy Ford wrote in a evaluation printed Monday.

“The dialogue and choreography really feel like they’re plucked from the mind of a horned-up teenager who simply discovered they might google ‘boobs’ on Google Pictures,” she went on.

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Within the X-rated scene, The Weeknd’s character, Tedros, informed Depp’s Jocelyn to “f–kin’ stretch that tiny little p—y” whereas she caught her fingers in her mouth.

Followers had been fast to slam the “Blinding Lights” singer, 33, who co-created the present with Levinson, 38, and Reza Fahim.

“I’ll by no means see the weeknd the identical after this #theidol,” one viewer tweeted.

“I actually need Abel to get dragged for this nasty scene in The Idol,” a second individual agreed.

“The Idol” was dogged by controversy months earlier than it even hit the small display screen, with Rolling Stone reporting in March that the sequence had gone “wildly, disgustingly off the rails” behind the scenes.

Nevertheless, Depp, 24, has caught by the present’s co-creators — even after she was criticized on the 2023 Cannes Movie Pageant for displaying an excessive amount of of her breasts and butt.

“I like Abel a lot,” Depp mentioned throughout a breakdown of Episode 1 that aired after the premiere.

“He was in a position to soften into this position in a approach that’s actually tough for anyone to do.”