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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Tom Murray

The Idol star issues explicit rebuttal to ‘feminists’ for ignoring Lily-Rose Depp about sex scenes

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The Idol star Jane Adams has defended the controversial HBO show against criticisms it’s faced over its treatment of female characters.

Two months before the show’s 4 June release, Rolling Stone published an exposé featuring anonymous interviews with those who worked on the series. They alleged that co-creators Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye and Sam Levinson (Euphoria) had taken the show “disgustingly off the rails” to create a drama “about a man who gets to abuse this woman and she loves it”.

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