‘The Idol’ raunch is nothing we haven’t seen before
nypost.comviewer tweeted. But, to see all the pearl-clutching on social media, you’d think that “The Idol” was the most salacious material to ever air on a TV drama.
In reality, this is the same song and dance that we’ve seen many times before. And, at least when other shows featured this kind of material, they were less boring than “The Idol.” When the steamy historical romance “Bridgerton” became a Netflix sensation in 2021 – and launched Rege-Jean Page into stardom – social media was also abuzz about that show’s steamy scenes.
Pirated footage even ended up on porn sites.“The Idol” hasn’t reached that level of notoriety, even though one critic called it “50 Shades of Tesfaye.” When Season 5 of “Game of Thrones” aired the infamous scene in which Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) got raped by Ramsey Bolton (Iwan Rheon), audiences were outraged.
One outlet even responded by announcing that they would no longer cover the show. “The Idol” hasn’t made that kind of splash, either.
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