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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/lily-rose-depp-says-shed-steer-clear-of-the-weeknd-on-the-idol-set?ref=author">The Weeknd</a>, given name Abel Tesfaye, addresses the backlash to a controversial sex scene in the second episode <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-idol-cannes-review-shocking-and-lazy-depiction-of-rape-culture">of <em>The Idol</em></a> in a <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/the-weeknd-abel-tesfaye-the-idol-hbo-tedros-interview">new interview with <em>GQ</em></a> published Tuesday. </p>
<p>Many viewers were <a href="https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-idol-episode-2-sex-scene">deeply put off by the scene</a>, which finds pop star Jocelyn (<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-idol-recap-how-offensive-is-sam-levinsons-new-scandalous-show">Lily-Rose Depp</a>) masturbating blindfolded while Tesfaye’s character, Tedros the mysterious nightclub owner, watches impassively, saying things like “I want to grab you by the ass while I suffocate you with my cock.”</p>
<p>“I will never see The Weeknd the same after this,” one person <a href="https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-idol-episode-2-sex-scene">declared</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-weeknd-is-backtracking-on-the-idol-amidst-sex-scene-controversy">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
The Weeknd, given name Abel Tesfaye, addresses the backlash to a controversial sex scene in the second episode of The Idol in a new interview with GQ published Tuesday.
Many viewers were deeply put off by the scene, which finds pop star Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) masturbating blindfolded while Tesfaye’s character, Tedros the mysterious nightclub owner, watches impassively, saying things like “I want to grab you by the ass while I suffocate you with my cock.”
“I will never see The Weeknd the same after this,” one person declared.
