The Weeknd is addressing his highly talked about moments in The Idol, and apparently they’re all part of the plan… If you’ve been keeping up with the controversial HBO show, it might be becoming increasingly difficult for you to take the Blinding Lights performer’s role seriously.
From awkward deliveries, to downright cringey sex scenes, he’s definitely not acting on the same level as Lily-Rose Depp.
But according to him, his character, Tedros, is being received exactly as intended. Related: The Weeknd & Lily-Rose Depp React To Savage SNL Spoof Of The Idol! In a Tuesday interview with GQ, the 33-year-old, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, revealed that there’s supposed to be “nothing sexy about” his controversial sex scene with Lily-Rose’s character Jocelyn in episode two: Hmmm, we don’t know about that… It kinda just sounds like he’s trying to side step all the criticism to label himself as a great actor?
You liked his performance? Oh, yup, that was the intention. You hated it? Also the intention. “Embarrassed” by his performance?
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