THE IDOL - The Worst Show of 2023 

Fun Fact: TheWeeknd didn't "sign up" for a pre-written role. Him and the director CO-WROTE THIS SHOW. Both are equally responsible for this absolute catastrophical mess.

the woman who suggested they “get rid” of Tedros is probably the only remotely sane character in the entire show

The Weekend threatening to curbstomp someone is peak comedy. Especially with that haircut.

The Weeknd needs to stick to singing, because whenever he acts he comes out sounding like those Wattpad gangsters 😂

“He’s so rapey” “I kinda like that about him tho” Said no woman EVER!! Like who honestly writes a line like that and thinks “omg this is so steamy. Full send”

I'm sorry but there is NO WAY you can make a rat tail attractive. It was doomed at the start

Its wild how they have a scene mocking intimacy coordinator in a show full of nude scenes, definitely represents producer's fetishes

Tedros has zero credibility as a villain. Especially not for a cult leader, you need charisma for that.

The *most unconvincing* thing about this show is the Weekend's "sex appeal"

"99.9% of girls out there would find Tedros REPULSIVE." Literally, This. This show was dead the moment these writers thought The Weeknd's character would be convincible as "charming" and "addictive."

HBO Max renaming itself to Max is almost as bad as Twitter renaming itself "X"

The Weeknd sounds like he tries to be a main hot and gangster but comes off as a character you would see in a BTS fanfic in Wattpad 😂

As someone who was a heavy drug user a few years back, if you add cocaine addiction to this series it becomes 100% more believable in my eyes.

I have never seen a piece of fiction that made me go “This is what the creators are *actually* into” as much as this. The way it’s written, the way they hijacked the script and rewrote it with a conscious effort to step AWAY from a woman’s perspective, makes The Idol as blatant of a reflection on what the so-called talent in Hollywood is like. They’re telling on *themselves* in the most transparent way, but we can’t arrest them for being creeps. Shady weird shit is likely happening behind the scenes with Levinson, though, I can feel it.

The Weeknd really discovered that women’s novel romance fantasies existed and thought to himself: “Yeah, I can be *that* guy.”

When I watched this show, I could not save my tears for another day.

So people were manipulated into joining Tedros' cult? You could almost say they were... blinded by his lights.

The Weeknd notoriously has avoided interviews, and being a public figure, he always had that mystery to him... Until this show came out and when it got criticism, he cried on social media like generic celebrity B would. Kinda ruined his whole persona overnight.

Intimacy co-ordinators are in place in real life for everyone's consent and boundaries to be respected . Jocelyn might be fine being naked for the shoot but the photographers / crew did not sign up for a nude shoot and could possibly be uncomfortable / sue. But hey that's not sexy right ? 😂😂

The Weekend makes it hard to take this show’s writing serious

This whole show feels like one huge self report

Normally writers and producers at least try to disguise their fetishes when creating shows and movies In this case though those people's fetishes are the entire show What a trainwreck

The Weeknd gives the vibe of the dude that said, "Are you lost baby girl?" 😭

Sam Levinson and The Weekend wrote fanfiction with a self insert oc and the executives ate that shit up.

Apparently the show was originally going to have a more nuanced perspective when Amy Seimetz (who helped create The Girlfriend Experience) was involved, even got a majority of the show shot apparently, but got fired because it was heading into too much of a "female perspective" and then they re-shot it with all the creepy abuse and rape fantasy stuff. Like there is a part of this premise about a female pop star being robbed of autonomy and agency in life that could work with the right perspective especially in light of what we know happened with Ke$ha and Britney Spears, giving the character some sex kinks could also work with the right type of writing. But it's very clear the subject matter is more fulfilling the writers fetishes (Particularly The Weeknd) than actually have anything interesting to say.

Another point about intimacy coordinators, they don't just protect Jocelyn from exploitation, but also ensure that the crew are okay with nudity and aren't participating out of coercion. It's for everyone participating in a nude shoot, not just the model.

the fact that the weekend played tedros instead of letting an actual actor play him is all the evidence i need to know that the weekend just wanted to touch lily rose depp

I genuinely hope Lily-Rose Depp gets better roles.

The purpose of an intimacy coordinator is to basically make sure everyone consents to on-set nudity/sex. It's pretty common in Hollywood to have one on set, especially for shoots that involve nudity/sex. If you go to a shoot not expecting a nude scene, and all of a sudden a chick pops her tits out and someone there didn't consent, then the production is liable for that. Basically before a nude photoshoot/movie sex scene is filmed, the intimacy coordinator has to get written consent from everyone on set that day, sign waivers, all that shit. But the show basically portrays the IC as a dweeb whose "getting in the way", which is dumb. They're very important!

No way I'd ever watch this, but is it possible this show is just the Weeknd telling the whole world what he's actually up to? He creeps me the fuck out.

Johnny Depp's daughter's face always scared me a little bit. It's like she had way too much cheek filler lol

"Is this show really going to glorify abuse" literally was doing that from the beginning lol. I think this show along with Euphoria makes Levinson seem like a creepy sex obsessed freak.

I wonder if the writers thought Stockholm syndrome could develop in a couple hours. Xander’s character makes zero sense

Another show using "Shock value" as sole interest but try to pass it as "subversive" and depecting the "harsh reality in it's most twisted ways". Got it

Oh my god no, the "trust exercise" scene is actually so fucked up and so scary because that's literally damn near word for word the same thing that happened to a girl on an episode of this true crime show I watch. Like, that has actually happened before but the girl was murdered. Which means one of the directors or writers has heard about that case, thought "yeah that's hot" and wrote it into the show ??? That's HORRIFIC and I'm honestly worried for Lilly Rose on this set.

If Jocelyn got Tetris man out of her life, and used the experience with abuse to motivate her to write an album about Tetris man that went ultra mega platinum, then it would be a much better story. They could have gone for something like the Frank and Amy Winehouse story. Where Frank, her ex, is a womanizing cheater, manipulator, etc, and Amy got him out of her life and wrote an entire album mostly about him that really kicked off her enormous career. But the damage she suffered from him and people like him eventually contributed to her enormous heroin and crack addiction and subsequent downfall.. So the victim overpowered and outplayed her abuser, but the abuse still happened and didn't go away from revenge, and thus she still got wrongfully afflicted by the vices people use to forget abuse like addiction. That would have been a far more nuanced and interesting story. Damn man, Hollywood is creatively bankrupt.. They can't even rip off ideas from real life anymore.. They think their farts smell so good that they keep crapping out this type of garbage media.

not sure how i feel about anyone who takes The Weeknd 100% seriously after this. my guy was fighting for his life on twitter to defend his goofy little rat tail character like he had just written a Christopher Nolan movie

Anyone else not watch the show and just wait for this video

this happens when you glorified shows like euphoria

The problem with the "genius plot twist" is that there was next to no foreshadowing. Probably because they scratched all the flashback scenes of Jocelyn's life in favor of showing more extended soft p*rn... another huge problem for me is Abel's acting. He does not come off as the charismatic/sexy cult leader that he's supposed to be at all. Instead, his character is pure cringe. To be fair, a bunch of other stuff is cringe as well, but that's due to their terrible writing so yeah.

That show made me want to nose dive out my window while watching it. It’s a challenge, literally.

this show is just 365 days with aesthetics and snorting coke

Velma: I'm the worst show on HBO! The Weekend: Hold my Terrible Acting!

So, were the writers of this show like, actual aliens who learned about humanity from the worst parts of the internet?

After watching the entire show as per released episode. The only thing I can say that's a genuine bash of the show is that the show felt like *nothing ever really happened* . It's as if everyone was introduced only to be cast aside. Joselyn is the only character who has any "real" development but everyone else is along for the ride. The bigger issue is that once the story gets to a point where something interesting is actually happening, it gets wrapped up immediately. I'm starting to think that The Weekend simply chose to be a part of this project to add to the hype of his tour and get those gargantuan ticket sales. This whole show could have been a 2 hour movie with tons of more depth, just saying.

I’m sorry but I just have SO MANY damn questions about this “I’m so dark and edgy” a** show🤡. If Jocelyn was “in control the whole time” why is she literally in shambles after finding out that tedros had her work friend take her to his club on purpose? Why did that matter? It can’t be because she feels betrayed by her friend because it’s not like she values her best friends, so why would she be worked up about a work friend she went out with once? It can’t be because she feels betrayed by tedros, given that her whole thing was “I’m gonna let him think he’s in control but it’s actually me😏”. It can’t be because Diane took the song because she didn’t even WANT it. it’s just so DUMB💀. Also if tedros is such a *cRaZy* dangerous scumbag, why does he turn into such a sniveling drunk mess the minute she pays attention to another dude? Why isn’t he going off? Where’s the rage? What happened to the guy that kidnapped some girl like why even bring that up at all? Furthermore there were not enough manipulation tactics at play for ANYONE to become brainwashed by ANYONE on this show. They tried to do this whole “build them up then break them down” thing but assaulting someone on ONE occasion then giving them a sponge bath ain’t gonna brainwash a damn thing🥴. Neither would going from adoring tedros then suddenly wanting nothing to do with him in a matter of what a few days maximum? And the whole “she was USING Tedros for INSPIRATION!” Thing is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS because there was nothing inspiring about that man😭‼️ Jocelyn was already a “sexually free” gworl and it’s not like it’s hard to find someone who will choke you out and talk nasty during sex. It was clearly never hard to find a complete jerk in her industry. They genuinely want us to think that tedros was some kind of MUSE when there’s nothing special about him… not to mention the music he “inspired” WASN’T EVEN THAT GOOD. I was genuinely waiting for the music to SLAP and it just sounded like a pretentious edgy teenager who’s listened to Lana Del Rey once💀. I swear the music had to be thrown together last minute. But as bad as everything was, the most unbearable part of this show was The Weeknd’s corny scoring. Initially it was just slightly annoying but then it became impossible to ignore. I bust out LAUGHING at “🎶 I’ve been manipulated a thousand tiimees🎶😔” it actually brought tears to my eyes it was so funny to me.. and I’m not even entirely sure why😭. The weeknd and levinson fr just need to take this L and move on because it’s embarrassing at this point🤡🤡.

I am definitely no prude but I skipped almost all of the sex scenes because I just felt disgusting watching it lol. I had to take a shower after watching to feel clean again 😂

idk what’s worse. the horrendously awkward interactions between characters or the weekend’s silk press.

Again, that guy can write addiction because he was a former addict, but everything else he writes is pretty bad.

What I read was the show was set up very different, but Weekend was upset his character wasn't the good guy. They had to do rewrite and reshoots to make him more sympathetic. That is why Weekend is trying so hard to make it work because he forced a lot of the changes that people are complaining about.

I’d rather watch Elvis’s reaction to the entire show then watch this piece of garbage that had so much potential but was changed so much because The Weekend didn’t like that the show was in a female pov… It’s gross and disgusting, I honestly feel very bad for Lily Rose Depp cause she a pretty good actress and this show just exploited her. How did this even get off the ground cause it’s just awful?

There's something inherently creepy in a male writer creating a character that says she's into the guy with "rapey vibes". All through the show the writers fantasize in a glamorous way about a victim of abuse that copes with it by... enjoying more abuse? I'm sure this happens in the real world, but the overall tone of the show relating to this is just of really bad taste. I am close friends with an actual victim of abuse that often has self destructive behavior towards her own sexuality and let me tell you, it's not sexy and not glamorous by a long shot. It's a very, very masculine perception that victimized girls can gain back their power by being overly sexualized or by giving in to their own dark side - over the guidance of an aggressive male, of course. I am really glad how the entire RU-vid united to criticize this show, I would hate to see young girls thinking this is actually how you cope with trauma.

Pretty amazing to see The Weeknd nuke his career at its peak on a weird vanity project. I’m sure he’s got some hits left in him, but how can you take him seriously after seeing him play Tedros?

The only time a rat tail has been cool in my life. Is when I was like 3 and I wanted one cause the boy across the street had one. And when I was told only boys had them I cried and freaked out till my mom agreed. She kept it in for a week and would put like beads or a bow at then end to deal. But she couldn’t handle it and cut it off. 😂😂😂

ah yes the show where behind the scenes, The Weeknd hijacks a woman's script and ruins it by leaning less on the "female perspective," then unsubtly tells whatever he be into (misogyny, no surprise), further making this ironic of what this show is trying to do initially

The only ways I could think of the show having gone better, other than not letting The Weeknd and Sam levinson write the show, would be if The Weeknd’s character started out charming and becoming abusive as they get closer, or just sticking to the original plan of it being a girly show like it supposedly started out as

It’s like they watched the worst characters on Game of Thrones and said “yeah bro, that’s a boss.”

Never let Same Levinson cook!

HBO Max was re-branded to just "Max" because they realised the show is dogshit and they didn't want the HBO brand name to have anything to do with the show.

*Xander's turn towards the cult reminds me of the episode of Always Sunny where the McPoyle's kidnap the Gang, and like immediately Sweet Dee get's Stockholm Syndrome and turns on the guys*

If this show is any indication of what the weekend thinks good writing looks like, then maybe he should just stick to music.

Subversion of expectations is a new gimick for poor writing. When done properly it's awesome, but it's like this new toy that a lot of writers just discovered or something and won't stop using.

How old is Johnny Depps daughter? Ive never seen a young looking person look so old...

I laughed so fucking hard when I saw the weekend post a story comparing himself to Tony Montana from Scarface LMFAO bro actually thought he was HIM

Basicly what a intimacy coordinator is a person that makes sure people are ready and comfortable with scenes that involves kissing or a sex scene they are their so a sexual lawsuit does not hold production

Uh oh, Elvis didn't censor the R word. See you all in the reupload!

I wish I were in the room with Elvis to see his entire reaction on all the scenes live 😂🤣🤣

i heard this show actually had a good script before sam levingston got his grubby little nubbins on it

Why does the weekend look like a 40 yr old samoan mom with that hairdo

“His rat tail looks like it could’ve killed Steve Irwin” I’ve been killed with that line holy guacamole

I haven’t watched one of your vids in awhile but man!! Your edits are so complex I love it!!!

Tedros's hair looks like the woman's hair that accidentally used the gorilla glue instead of the got 2 be spray

Whoever wrote the “stretch that tiny little p” line should be arrested and charged with a war crime

There are certain people that you never want to hear say certain words…I could’ve gone my whole life without hearing “pussy” flop out of the Weekend’s mouth. Also, Johnny Depp must be super proud of his daughter. Nothing like watching your kids do soft core pron to really instill a sense of pride.

It's almost like The Weeknd wants to know how into this sort of abuse his fans are. So made a TV show to test it.

I just can't stop looking at everyone's weird cheeks.

Velma, The Idol and Secret Invasion are pretty serious contenders for the worst show of 2023

Love how Tedros tries a Manhunt fatality on her, and she's still into him.

So hyped to watch you tear this up Elvis!

I hate that the close-ups show that Lily has had work done. It's very Kylie Jenner... in pictures it looks fine but once you really get movement and close ups and stuff you can see the work. I hate to sound like an a****** but she's definitely had work done.

I love that everybody agreed with Destiny's suggestion to take "The Guy" out 😂❤

You didn't cover the best character, Destiny! She was the only character that seemed to really know what was going on and made rational decisions throughout.

You know those obvious self-indulgent self-insert movies written, directed and starred by the same guy? There are more of those with arguably better plots and less skeeze than this.

0:36 I’m not calling it “max”. I’ll take the extra second to say HBO Max.

Hey wait a minute. Is that Troye Sivan?? From 2014 youtube??

Its About time lol 😂. *Been waiting for this one for awhile now. And you didn't disappoint*

I swear, TV shows and movies like this must be for people who think that people like Andrew Tate is a catch.

1. no boundaries 2. insecure the 2 things women find most attractive in men!

I mean there is a lot of cult stuff here that has happened in real life. You’d be surprised how easily it happens. Even seemingly normal and well adjusted people fall for things all the time and there’s interesting psychology behind it all. Also with the masochism/abuse thing. It’s common knowledge that some people respond to trauma by partaking in BDSM relationships as a means of taking control back. But this show handles it all so poorly. I think partially because they only had 5 episodes to tell a very complex story and focused on filling most of it with over the top scenes and moments to allow The Weeknd to show how edgy and cool he thinks he is. I don’t think the story itself is all that bad. I feel like something compelling could’ve been explored with this concept. But it was executed in the worst way imaginable. I wish we knew how the original was supposed to be before it was taken over and changed.

Blinding Light is a great song. I really like it. Celebs kids are the worst. This series has zero appeal.

Anybody else notice the recent trend of shows that are edgy for the sake of being edgy with every character being an asshole? Euphoria and Succession come to mind. People will say “but it’s so real that’s why it’s so edgy and everybody acts like an asshole” but I just think it’s cringe and an excuse for lazy writing.

Dunkin’ Donuts is known as just Dunkin’ now.

They should of made a documentary on the making of this show, it would have been so much more interesting than the show itself.

I've been waiting for you to cover this show 😂😅 Can't wait

Tedros is written like how a 14 year old girl would write an angsty love interest on Wattpad

So her management put out a hit piece explaining to the public how badly this dude had her whipped, and then AFTER that she gets up on stage in front of thousands of people and sings his praises? lol that's not a good look at all.

I haven't even attempted to watch this show. Haven't heard anything good or ok about it.

GOOD VIDEO, Jocelyn is supposed to have suffered a nervous breakdown due to "her mother's abuse" but then she tells us that all of that was a lie, so what caused the crisis or was that also a lie, then why did Jocelyn have Xander tortured? if the abuse never happened

As people of the industry I think Lily & Able were confident in portraying such characters having dealt with all the abuses in the show themselves. They might have done a bad job making their point but if you pay attention they're trying to expose the industry and display their humanity, flaws and all. We have been good, we have been bad, all of it is true - we are human, and there's no denying it.

He created euphoria, an awful show, what do you expect