The Weeknd Shades ‘Rolling Stone’ Mag Following Report on His HBO Series
Written by SOURCE on March 1, 2023
The Weeknd has responded to Rolling Stone.
The multi-hyphenate took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a clip of The Idol, his upcoming drama series for HBO. The teaser shows self-help guru Tedros (the Weeknd) and the titular character Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) sitting poolside while speaking to Dan Levy’s character. The latter is pitching Jocelyn a possible photoshoot for Rolling Stone—an offer that Tedros quickly rejects.
“Rolling Stone? Aren’t they a little irrelevant?” Tedros asks. “Nobody cares about Rolling Stone … Rolling Stone has 6 million followers on Instagram, half of them probably bots. And Jocelyn has 78 million followers. All real. So she does a photoshoot, she tags them, they get her followers, more money for Rolling Stone, nothing for Jocelyn.
“There’s a lot for Jocelyn,” Levy’s character replies.
“Not in Rolling Stone,” Tedros says.
The Weeknd captioned the post: “@rollingstone did we upset you?”
The clip was shared via Instagram on Wednesday, just hours after Rolling Stone published a damning report about The Idol’s production.
This story is being updated.
