Did The Weeknd Turn The Idol Into Twisted Fanfic About Ex Selena Gomez?!
perezhilton.comIs The Idol just a sick, twisted ex-girlfriend revenge fantasy for one of its stars?! The worst rated show in HBO history finally ended its ignominious five-episode run, and now that viewers have the entire series to consider, in toto, there are some THEORIES flying around.
The ickiest? This is all The Weeknd’s disgusting Selena Gomez fan fiction! OK, so we know the show was meant to be run by indie director Amy Seimetz, but she was replaced by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson.
In a bombshell exposé, Rolling Stone heard from multiple production sources that Amy left the project with like 80% of the planned six episodes already filmed.
Word was the issue was creative differences with The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, who reportedly thought the show had too much “female perspective.” Everything they had got thrown away, at a cost to HBO of an estimated $54-75 MILLION.
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