The Weeknd Had The Perfect Response On Rolling Stone's 'The Idol' Sam Levinson Expose

The Weeknd is putting up a fight with music publication, Rolling Stone after its investigative expose on his own show, "The Idol."

In a Tweet that has surprised many of the singer's fans, The Weeknd, formally known as Abel Tesfaye, hit back at the publication after its publication of a report titled, "'The Idol': How HBO's Next 'Euphoria' Became Twisted 'Torture Porn'."

Abel clipped a video on his tweet, a scene from the show, where his character and Lily-Rose Depp's character were thrashing Rolling Stone on their irrelevance on social media.

"I feel like its past its prime, you know?" Depp's character said. Abel quipped in response: "Rolling Stone has 6 million followers on Instagram, half of them probably are bots, and Jocelyn has 78 million followers, all real."

Meanwhile, Abel's response to Rolling Stone seemed to not sit well with netizens.

"So you fired the original director because it was too feminine for your male ego? Maybe address the issue Rolling Stone raised because it's actually concerning. Not the right response here, even if this was a PR stunt," someone tweeted.

"You and your other partner in crime facing misogyny allegations so you show a video of bad acting and a bad lace front to try and save you ????? Mmkay," another asked.

Rolling Stone 'The Idol' Expose

According to Rolling Stone, "The Idol" was billed to be a "darker, crazier, and more risqué version" of "Euphoria."

After various trailers and teasers have dropped, even some of the production staff were still in the dark about when the show will go to air. Shock among the team happened when director Amy Seimetz made a sudden departure from the show with roughly 80 percent of the six-episode series finished.

Sam Levinson of "Euphoria" was reported to have taken over, after Abel was said to have thought that the show was set on a "female perspective" with Seimetz helming the chair.

"What I signed up for was a dark satire of fame and the fame model in the 21st century," a source explains, as they described the show to become "satirizing," rather than a satire. "The things that we subject our talent and stars to, the forces that put people in the spotlight, and how that can be manipulated in the post-Trump world."

Check out Rolling Stone's full story.

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