HBO unveiled its new drama series The Idol on Sunday night, and fans on social media did not hold back one bit.
The show already had its fair share of controversy before the series premiere – entitled Pop Tarts & Rat Tails – aired on Sunday.
The series – co-created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, The Weeknd (born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) and Reza Fahim – was branded as ‘toxic’ and ‘disturbing’ in the early wave of reviews.
During its premiere airing at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, many fans took to social media to voice their opinions on the show.
While some appeared to be entertained by the show, many were clearly not entertained by the sexually-charged series.
Reactions: HBO unveiled its new drama series The Idol on Sunday night, and fans on social media did not hold back one bit
Toxic: The series – co-created by Euphoria ‘s Sam Levinson, The Weeknd (born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) and Reza Fahim – was branded as ‘toxic’ and ‘disturbing’ in the early wave of reviews
Fired: ‘Whoever wrote this show needs to be fired immediately #TheIdol,’ wrote Twitter user @Honeymoononika
‘Whoever wrote this show needs to be fired immediately #TheIdol,’ wrote Twitter user @Honeymoononika.
@Joejoema20xpack added, ‘Girl I’m ten minutes in and this writing is absolutely terrible. It’s also like I can tell they’re acting #TheIdol.’
Some fans honed in on Hank Azaria’s character Chaim, the co-manager of Lily-Rose Depp’s character Jocelyn, who sported a bizarre accent.
@BranyanTowe tweeted, ‘What’s this accent, Hank Azaria?! My God #TheIdol while another tweeted about a bizarre scene early in the series.
The show opens with Jocelyn doing a photo shoot and there are arguments over how much nudity can be shown due to her contract rider.
One of the producers, Daniel (Scott Turner Schofield) says they would have to redo the rider and come back in two days, though Chaim argues they already paid for the day… so he proceeds to pay someone $5K to lock Daniel in the bathroom for the rest of the day.
@MrOctober05 tweeted, ‘They locked somebody in a bathroom for $5K??? #TheIdol’ referring to that scene.
@JasperDW added, ‘So… is #TheIdol supposed to be hilarious? Because so far it comes off as dark satire rather than drama.’
@MarcelIsNirvana tweeted, ’15 minutes in and we’re still talking about the c** shot picture #TheIdol.
Terrible: @Joejoema20xpack added, ‘Girl I’m ten minutes in and this writing is absolutely terrible. It’s also like I can tell they’re acting #TheIdol’
Accent: @BranyanTowe tweeted, ‘What’s this accent, Hank Azaria?! My God #TheIdol while another tweeted about a bizarre scene early in the series
$5K: @MrOctober05 tweeted, ‘They locked somebody in a bathroom for $5K??? #TheIdol’ referring to that scene
Hilarious: @JasperDW added, ‘So… is #TheIdol supposed to be hilarious? Because so far it comes off as dark satire rather than drama’
@hiraeth1007 succinctly tweeted, ‘What I’m even watching’ with three skull emojis and #TheIdol hashtag.
A few fans were seemingly excited to see Jennie Kim’s character Dyanne, with @Zibaddiejad93 tweeting, ‘YES JENNIE #TheIdol’ and @internetgutz also tweeted ‘JENNIIIEEEEEEE #TheIdol.
Some fans were liking the show though, with @oxynoon tweeting, ‘#TheIdol low key it ain’t that bad yet,’ and @werkOnsel added, ‘This s**t funny ngl #TheIdol.’
Still, they seemed to be in the minority, with others like @kayleeee tweeting, ‘This dialogue is so……… bad oml.’
@triatan__ added, ‘IDK how to feel about this show tbh #TheIdol.’
@Mr_October95 added, ‘Why is Jocelyn always butt a** naked, and the dancing is a**… #TheIdol’
@JasperDW added, ‘I see why #TheIdol got terrible reviews. The first 18 minutes have already danced all over every entertainment third rail ever and laughed about it.’
Skull: @hiraeth1007 succinctly tweeted, ‘What I’m even watching’ with three skull emojis and #TheIdol hashtag
Jennie: A few fans were seemingly excited to see Jennie Kim’s character Dyanne, with @Zibaddiejad93 tweeting, ‘YES JENNIE #TheIdol’
Excited: @internetgutz also tweeted ‘JENNIIIEEEEEEE #TheIdol
Not bad: Some fans were liking the show though, with @oxynoon tweeting, ‘#TheIdol low key it ain’t that bad yet.’
Funny: @werkOnsel added, ‘This s**t funny ngl #TheIdol’
Dialogue: Still, they seemed to be in the minority, with others like @kayleeee tweeting, ‘This dialogue is so……… bad oml’
IDK: @triatan__ added, ‘IDK how to feel about this show tbh #TheIdol’
Naked: @Mr_October95 added, ‘Why is Jocelyn always butt a** naked, and the dancing is a**… #TheIdol’
Terrible: @JasperDW added, ‘I see why #TheIdol got terrible reviews. The first 18 minutes have already danced all over every entertainment third rail ever and laughed about it.’
Shot: @MarcelIsNirvana tweeted, ’15 minutes in and we’re still talking about the c** shot picture #TheIdol
Ciggy: @Rylo63804905 added, ‘Her mother died of cancer as she puffs on a ciggy!!! #TheIdol’
Sock: @minospw added, ‘The human c** sock is crazy #TheIdol’
Nicki: @laurspo tweeted, ‘AHHH THEY’RE ALREADY PLAYING NICKI #THEIDOL IT WAS ONLY 10 SECONDS BUT STILLLLLL’
Question: @ScammerZexion shared a meme of a man holding several cigarettes and tweeted, ‘Jocelyn anytime someone asks her a question #THEIDOL’
Dracula: @N0BODYGETSME added, ‘I can’t take Tedros seriously with that Dracula hairline’
WTF: @N0BODYGETSME added, ‘Literally wtf was that.. #theidol
Smoking: @wildesidegrande shared an animated photo of a woman smoking adding, ‘Jocelyn every 2 mins #TheIdol
Confused: @mateogeovanny shared a photo of a confused child, adding, ‘My face the entire first episode start to finish
So bad: @kyleedvis added ‘The Idol was so bad it was funny’
Succession: @english_shamar tweeted a photo of Kieran Culkin from Succession at a computer, adding, ‘Sam Levinson reading people’s reaction to #THEIDOL from his burner account’
Horse: @AaronSerna showed a picture of a drawn horse adding, ‘HBO Sunday nights going from Succession to The Idol’
Don’t know: @leseracals added, ‘just finished the first episode of #THEIDOL and yall idk what to think rn.’
Smoked: @Queenofallerass added, ‘Jocelyn has smoked like 5 cigarettes and we’re only like 30 minutes into the episode #THEIDOL’
@Rylo63804905 added, ‘Her mother died of cancer as she puffs on a ciggy!!! #TheIdol.’
@minospw added, ‘The human c** sock is crazy #TheIdol.’
@laurspo tweeted, ‘AHHH THEY’RE ALREADY PLAYING NICKI #THEIDOL IT WAS ONLY 10 SECONDS BUT STILLLLLL.’
The Idol returns for its second episode of the six-episode season on Sunday, June 11 at 9 PM ET on HBO.
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