The Idol: Viewers Think Weeknd¡¯s Web Series Is About His Ex Selena Gomez, Slam Show¡¯s Finale
The Weeknd and Sam Levinson's highly anticipated HBO project, The Idol, received harsh criticism earlier this month.
The Weeknd and Sam Levinson's highly anticipated HBO project, The Idol, received harsh criticism earlier this month. But an unexpected notion has developed from viewers who think Selena Gomez, a pop artist who had a brief romance with The Weeknd in 2017, served as the show's inspiration. Thousands of posts relating episodes' scenarios to Gomez's real-life experiences have flooded social media sites like Twitter.
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The parallel between Selena Gomez and Joss, the protagonist of The Idol, is one of their most obvious similarities. Joss and Gomez both started out as kid performers on well-known children's programmes. Gomez rose to fame playing Alex Russo in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place, while Joss's acting background, which is kept a secret, is essential to the growth of her character.
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Some people even feel that the songs of the show sound like how Selena¡¯s songs in real life are.
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Reacting to this, one wrote, ¡°Real question if #theidol is inspired by Selena¡¯s life and Jocelyn is Selena who is Jennie (Dyane)supposed to be ????¡±
Another added, ¡°If the Weeknd wrote all of that horrible shit show because he couldn't get over Selena and has unresolved matters with her, he should seriously go to therapy rn!!! What the actual fuck was that show?!! #THEIDOL.¡±
A third wrote, ¡°y'all can't tell me the intro this lame ass last episode doesn't sound like Selena Gomez #THEIDOL¡±
Real question if #theidol is inspired by Selena¡¯s life and Jocelyn is Selena who is Jennie (Dyane)supposed to be ????
¡ª always by their side? (@blink_era) July 3, 2023
just watched #theidol and y¡¯all CAN NOT tell me these jocelyns songs don¡¯t sound like something out of a selena gomez album lol
¡ª d¨¥lian (@iamdelian) June 26, 2023
Do you think Selena Gomez cringes really hard after hearing anything about #THEIDOL cause if that was my ex I¡¯d try to erase all record of us ever being together
¡ª Grace (@rhoadtha) June 26, 2023
#TheIdol??? is based off Selena Gomez' life in 2016/2017. bro what
¡ª sizwe (@usizwemkhwanazi) June 28, 2023
Selena be like why y'all still obsessed with me #TheIdol
¡ª balbina (@balbina_gt) June 29, 2023
I 100% agree the Idol is about Selena #THEIDOL
¡ª lindonna (@xoGeorgiePorgie) July 3, 2023
y'all can't tell me the intro this lame ass last episode doesn't sound like Selena Gomez ?? #THEIDOL #LilyRoseDepp
¡ª ? (@lilolegrand) July 3, 2023
I think the idol is about Selena Gomez #THEIDOL
¡ª Rosario G. Zu?iga (@rosariogozu) July 3, 2023
Lol if I was Selena Gomez I¡¯d be so pissed the show was not even good #THEIDOL
¡ª Natasha Myles ? (@NatashaMyles) July 3, 2023
"The Idol is about Selena"
¡ª Gabby ? (@gxolden_suns) July 3, 2023
Are we watching the same show cause Joslyn is kind of a manipulative psychopath #THEIDOL
If the Weeknd wrote all of that horrible shit show because he couldn't get over Selena and has unresolved matters with her, he should seriously go to therapy rn!!! What the actual fuck was that show?!! #THEIDOL
¡ª Elektra Murdock ? #WeSavedDaredevil (@PattElektra) July 3, 2023
I thought Bella had his ??but its selena who broke him #theidol
¡ª ????§Á?§ª? ?§ª???????? (@Marilietuva) July 3, 2023
So is Abel trying to tell us that Selena is a villain and he is a victim??GAAAAAGGGGGG CITY #THEIDOL
¡ª TimmyTim¡î (@MajestyTier) July 3, 2023
The Idol's final episode aired on Sunday, and judging by the reactions, many viewers were taken aback by the surprise. Episode 5, titled Jocelyn Forever, raised eyebrows for throwing a narrative curveball that many viewers felt to be confusing and pretentious, and Max's contentious programme ended a week earlier.
The idol skipped one whole episode to give us a finale that was unseamed why did hbo had to spar with Sam levinson over crying critics that you gave us an end that was so jarring #THEIDOL #TheIdolHBO
¡ª octopus (@historicwhore) July 3, 2023
#theidol well fuck that ending
¡ª Dianne (@darthdiamandis) July 3, 2023
Finally the horror is over #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/CVnPFAe2aZ
¡ª joseph villarroel (@friezsnake) July 3, 2023
The Weekend and Sam Levinson stylishly telling us the women are the liars and the manipulators. Excuse me??? #THEIDOL
¡ª M00nraker (@M00nraker1) July 3, 2023
that ending was shit #theidol
¡ª darvin (@dgfool9) July 3, 2023
That this cosmetology ass wig off The Weeknd, my Barbie head had more hair than that wig #THEIDOL
¡ª Sza¡¯s Thong ? (@JennyTilly_) July 3, 2023
I knew The Weekend will never allow the script to humiliate him like that. Terrible series in the end. #THEIDOL
¡ª M00nraker (@M00nraker1) July 3, 2023
Hey Zaloft, you wanted to show to get scrap to save for money it should have been this one #THEIDOL
¡ª joseph villarroel (@friezsnake) July 3, 2023
Kinda unbelievable how bad #THEIDOL gets. So incoherent, so gross, so dumb; but somehow I was compelled throughout - and not just by the awfulness. First 25 mins of ep1 tease potential greatness, hinted at again in smaller moments throughout. Alas. And WOW The Weeknd sucks. pic.twitter.com/CXzxubmwqh
¡ª Daniel Rutledge (@DanielRutledge) July 3, 2023
I was thinking to wait for the end to judge but okay this is a fucking crap ??? #THEIDOL
¡ª Rose (@therosepinkhair) July 3, 2023
The Idol, an American drama television series, made its debut last weekend after a lengthy wait. It goes without saying that the first episode astonished all of the viewers with its provocative scenes, severe nudity, and contentious discourse.
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Lily plays a driven pop diva who, following a mental breakdown that forces the cancellation of her last tour, strives to restore her status as the sexiest pop performer in America. She then begins a tangled romance with Tedros (The Weeknd), the leader of a modern cult and a self-help guru.
Controversies
Ever since the show's inception, controversy has dogged The Idol. It was previously claimed that twelve unnamed cast members had described The Idol's set as being extremely poisonous. With allegedly 80% of the series' filming completed, director Amy Seimetz departed from the project. Sam then joined the project and contributed numerous rewrites and reshoots that increased the amount of nude and sexual scenes.
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