HBO unveiled its new drama series The Idol on Sunday night, and fans on social media didn’t hold back for a second.
The show already had its fair share of controversy before its series premiere – titled Pop Tarts & Rat Tails – aired on Sunday.
The series — co-created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, The Weeknd (née Abel Makkonen Tesfaye), and Reza Fahim — was labeled “toxic” and “disturbing” in the first wave of reviews.
During the 9pm ET/6pm PT premiere, many fans took to social media to voice their thoughts on the show.
While some seemed to be entertained by the show, many were clearly not entertained by the sexually charged series.
Comments: HBO unveiled new drama series The Idol on Sunday night and fans on social media were not disappointed
Toxic: The series — co-created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, The Weeknd (born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye), and Reza Fahim — was labeled “toxic” and “disturbing” in the early wave of reviews
Fired: “Whoever wrote this show should be fired immediately #TheIdol,” Twitter user @Honeymoononika wrote
“Whoever wrote this show should be fired immediately #TheIdol,” Twitter user @Honeymoononika wrote.
@Joejoema20xpack added: ‘Girl, I’m ten minutes in and writing this is absolutely awful. It’s also like I can see them playing #TheIdol.”
Some fans dug into Hank Azaria’s character Chaim, the co-manager of Lily-Rose Depp’s character Jocelyn, who had a bizarre accent.
@BranyanTowe tweeted, “What’s this accent, Hank Azaria?! My God #TheIdol while another tweeted about a bizarre scene early in the series.
The show opens with Jocelyn doing a photo shoot and there are discussions about how much nudity can be shown because of her contract rider.
One of the producers, Daniel (Scott Turner Schofield), says they should redo the rider and come back in two days, though Chaim claims they’ve already paid for the day…so he goes ahead with the paying someone $5K to lock Daniel up to the bathroom for the rest of the day.
@MrOctober05 tweeted, ‘They locked someone in a bathroom for $5K??? #TheIdol’ refers to that scene.
@JasperDW added: ‘So… is #TheIdol supposed to be hilarious? Because so far it comes across as dark satire instead of drama.’
@MarcelIsNirvana tweeted, ’15 minutes and we’re still talking about the c** shot pic #TheIdol.
Awful: @Joejoema20xpack added, ‘Girl I’m ten minutes in and this writing is absolutely awful. It’s also like I can see them playing #TheIdol’
Accent: @BranyanTowe tweeted, “What’s this accent, Hank Azaria?! My God #TheIdol while another tweeted about a bizarre scene early in the series
$5K: @MrOctober05 tweeted, “They locked someone in a bathroom for $5K??? #TheIdol’ refers to that scene
Hilarious: @JasperDW added, ‘So… is #TheIdol supposed to be hilarious? Because so far it comes across as dark satire instead of drama’
@hiraeth1007 succinctly tweeted “What I’m even watching” with three skull emojis and #TheIdol hashtag.
A few fans were seemingly excited to see Jennie Kim’s character Dyanne, with @Zibaddiejad93 tweeting, ‘YES JENNIE #TheIdol’ and @internetgutz also tweeting ‘JENNIIIEEEEEEEE #TheIdol.
Some fans liked the show though, with @oxynoon tweeting, “#TheIdol low key, it’s not that bad yet,” and @werkOnsel adding, “This s**t funny ngl #TheIdol.”
Yet they seemed to be outnumbered, with others like @kayleeee tweeting, “This dialogue is so……… bad oml.”
@triatan__ added, ‘IDK how you feel about this show tbh #TheIdol.’
@Mr_October95 added ‘Why is Jocelyn always naked, and the dancing is a **… #TheIdol’
@JasperDW added: ‘I can understand why #TheIdol got terrible reviews. The first 18 minutes have already danced and laughed about every entertainment third rail ever.”
Skull: @hiraeth1007 tweeted succinctly, “What I’m even watching” with three skull emojis and #TheIdol hashtag
Jennie: A few fans were seemingly excited to see Jennie Kim’s character Dyanne, with @Zibaddiejad93 tweeting, ‘YES JENNIE #TheIdol’
Excited: @internetgutz also tweeted ‘JENNIIIEEEEEEEE #TheIdol
Not bad: some fans liked the show though, with @oxynoon tweeting, “#TheIdol low key, it’s not that bad.”
Funny: @werkOnsel added, ‘This s**t funny ngl #TheIdol’
Dialogue: Yet they seemed to be outnumbered, with others like @kayleeee tweeting, “This dialogue is so………. bad oml”
IDK: @triatan__ added, ‘IDK how you feel about this show tbh #TheIdol’
Nude: @Mr_October95 added ‘Why is Jocelyn always naked, and the dancing is a **… #TheIdol’
Awful: @JasperDW added, “I understand why #TheIdol got awful reviews. The first 18 minutes have already danced and laughed about every entertainment third rail ever.”
Shot: @MarcelIsNirvana tweeted, ’15 minutes in and we’re still talking about the c** shot pic #TheIdol
Ciggy: @Rylo63804905 added: ‘Her mom died of cancer while smoking a cigarette!!! #The idol’
Sock: @minospw added, ‘The human c** sock is crazy #TheIdol’
Nicki: @laurspo tweeted, ‘AHHH THEY’RE ALREADY PLAYING NICKI #THEIDOL IT WAS ONLY 10 SECONDS BUT STILLLLLL’
@Rylo63804905 added: ‘Her mom died of cancer while smoking a cigarette!!! #The idol.’
@minospw added, “The human c** sock is crazy #TheIdol.”
@laurspo tweeted, “AHHH THEY’RE ALREADY PLAYING NICKI #THEIDOL IT WAS ONLY 10 SECONDS BUT STILLLLLL.”
The Idol returns for the second episode of the six-episode season on Sunday, June 11 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.