In the second episode of The Idol, the porny music industry hatewatch available now on Sky, we see Lily-Rose Depp’s pop star Jocelyn and her seedy cult leader boyfriend Tedros (played by The Weeknd) have kinky, mortifying sex. The scene finds the pair engaging in some mind-numbingly overdone foreplay, with Jocelyn masturbating on a bed wearing a red blindfold while Tedros crouches behind a chair and barks sexual commands at her. These include references to his “fat tongue” and his eagerness to “suffocate” her with his appendage.
Viewers spat out their tea. Tedros’ dialogue was quickly meme-ified, while GQ dubbed his and Jocelyn’s embarrassing moaning match the “worst sex scene in history”. The Weeknd’s unemotive, deadpan delivery aside – uncertainty currently surrounds whether or not it’s intentional – the scene’s script has been ridiculed far and wide. It doesn’t feel like you’re watching a prestige US drama series. Rather it’s like reading entry level sexts on a 16-year-old boy’s phone.
