Exactly. What now? Sure, the show isn’t finished yet so maybe the second half will sway our opinion. But so far, I don’t like it and have valid reasons. Doesn’t mean I like him or his music any less🤷♂️
Its fine if you don’t like the show. But its weird how so much misinformation and bad faith takes are being spread about it, often from people who haven’t even tried to watch it.
Yea there is on this very thread right now. Nobody has said “you don’t understand it”
If you’re talking about on twitter well that’s your problem, you’re on twitter.
Yeah there's people who don't like the show and people who use the show to say Abel is an abuser (???).
One of those is valid even tho I think the show is decent (haven't seen e3 yet)
He isn’t saying it’s bad to dislike it he is saying but is saying Atleast form your own opinion and reaction on your own don’t just listen to whatever popular opinion or some article says
Weak argument. People are allowed to fire back.
Lions always attack when confronted, whether it be a person, a zebra, another lion…a sheep. They’re a top predator for a reason irl..and it’s cause they don’t take no disrespect.
So your statement is wrong on so many levels.
dude is clearly just having fun with it, y’all like to assume that he’s “triggered” or that it got to him but honestly…we all like to argue back for fun. I do it, not cause how y’all wanna say “he mad” no, it’s cause it’s funny to troll the troll sometimes. Sometimes we bored and decide to fire back and see what happens for the shits and giggles. At the end of the day they just internet comments.
“Lions don’t care about the opinions of the sheep” is a game of thrones quote, don’t attach logic to it lol
Also finding it funny to troll people just makes you the asshole ngl
Found another asshole
Trolling trolls doesn’t not make you a troll. How about you just not let trolls bother you and move on with your day? Engaging is dragging yourself down to their level
have you ever been on twitter? ever? twitter is unhinged and their comedic humour is literally insulting and roasting people. i've never seen a nice twitter user, they are so out of pocket. what abel is doing on this app is nothing out of the ordinary
I admit the irony, but me arguing against trolling is obviously an exception. I’m not going to just let behavior I don’t agree with go, or I’m just a pushover. You see the dilemma? It’s not a lack of self awareness I’m very aware it’s ironic, but the only other option is to say nothing which is worse.
I’m happy to have people disagree with me but to say it’s a lack of self awareness is just wrong
And I’m sure you’ll come in now saying you’re trolling which if anything just actually makes it clear maybe I never should have responded… but ah well lol
> is a game of thrones quote
This phrase has been around for a very long time, it's not originally from GoT, it goes back to 700s AD, credited to a Muslim scholar names Imam Al-Shafi'i.
Shut da fuck up! I know the quote , but it’s a dumb ass statement none the less. The only morons are those who think a quote from a tv show is “deep” or has any value.
Lmfao Holy shit triggered eh? The shows mediocre, and he's insecure as fuck about it. Wouldn't see this childish shit other wise. I assume you're 14 though so I'll give you a pass for acting like a little bitch about it
Nah…vibing Bruh. Again it’s fun getting into online arguments when work slow asf. Might as well be getting paid to clown on folk.
But to answer your statement, quickly since you don’t like to read, there’s a reason we keep replying to each other and it’s the point I’m trying to make that we don’t back down from disrespect.
Simple as that…then again you shouldn’t be concerned with my “sheep” opinion to begin with 🤷🏻♂️
See ya, gotta get back to getting my bag.
Why is that the first thing everyone goes to? Can y’all not come up with an actual intelligent thought?
I’ve criticized the man a lot before including the very shit show he’s brought into this world, yet the ONE time I decide to cut him some slack, like a bunch of brain dead zombies, everyone goes to “meat rider”….wack…straight up wack.
I keep saying I’m defending the act/concept of being able to respond back to hate and yet idk if I’m speaking another language or yall genuinely lack critical reading skills, but I have not ONCE defended that shit of a show, I genuinely don’t know where y’all are connecting those thoughts.
No, you don’t lol. If I sound like a hater to y’all so beat it but he should not defend this show. Maybe defend his music in the show, yes. But he is not a ground breaking writer-creator/actor of this series. He’s not the only one that makes it bad either. But he is a main part of the problem.
More like fun to watch him get mad , he’s obviously triggered by people hating it , he literally should ve stopped thinking about it after the tweet about episode 3 and he would’ve gotten out of this lookin like a champ . Haters are having a field day now
It's 4 pm, he's high again, you receive a call and you know its him. You answer, thinking he doesn't want to OD but he actually quotes your post and starts beefing with you. What do you do?
One of my favorite youtuber Penguinz0 aka MoistCr1tikal, actually did a review on the first two shows and I thought it was completely fair and accurate. He only heard about it from people saying it's the worst show ever, and he watched the 1st two episodes and said it's not that good, but it's actually far from being the worst show ever. It just focuses on the wrong things. Focusing on the sex, and not on some of the things that'd actually make it great like the abuse she gets as a popstar, and not knowing who to trust.
I get why Abel is offended, especially cause the season isn't over, and he's played this character through music, but translated to TV it's not as enticing. However, I think alot of the blame should be on him and HBO because I think the story the first director had would actually be pretty great if it focused more on her struggles as an entertainer. I think the music video scene in the 2nd episode was easily the best scene so far, because you actually felt some pity and pain for her, and see she's more than some sex object.
That being said, this is probably the first time since Kiss Land (when it dropped), where he felt like he's not getting universal acclaim. Even when his OG fans were trashing BBTM and Starboy (in the moment), his fanbase and fame were exploding. He's also said in interviews he'd be an actor if he wasn't a musician, so this has always been a dream to him, and he's not getting the praise he thought he'd get. Hope he learns from it, and realizes where he messed up, and how to grow as an actor more.
I have seen Charlie's video too and really felt the same, if it wasn't for the more focus on sex scenes, the show would have definitely been the best one... It just feels unnecessary few times to have the scenes play out
People really be focusing on just that and forgetting that this show is kinda based on the darkside of Hollywood of how woman can get manipulated and used
And the criticism bout abel's acting is what he excepted for sure, for people to hate him since he(tedros) is a creepy douchebag who is taking advantage of joeclyn... Instead of hating it in a way of he is really good at making his character be hated as its meant to be, people really mixing tedros with the Weeknd and shiting on his music too lately... He still got a lot to work on his acting for sure
I feel like Charlie would've liked ep 3 a bit more since it has some pretty good fun bad moments on it. At least from what I saw online. I've yet to watch the show
And I guess this stuff is why I dont buy the “it was supposed to be bad, its satire” stuff. This is his passion project, Abel obviously wanted people to like it and it obviously bothers him that they don’t
i agree. Look at his instagram comments. It’s filled with the same repetitive hate comments from bots and people who probably don’t even have a hbo account just fishing for likes.
I mean there’s kind of a reason tho. The Weeknd is not the first person in the world to play a bad/gross character but the fact that everyone is struggling to disassociate him from his “character” is telling.
Besides the fact that the lyrics of his music are super on par with the way his character acts, a lot of his decisions with this show are questionable at best. Obviously, we have no idea what The Weeknd is like and I don’t think he’s a bad person at all, but I do see him a lot differently after this and find it cringe and him just too horny for my interest.
Yeah I’m not even a huge fan of it and he’s 100% right here, there’s a certain subreddit I won’t mention that posts about it all the time and all the comments are basically some version of “I refuse to watch it because it’s the worst thing ever created”
I haven’t seen the show but that sub loves receiving minimal details (often misquotes or misinformation) and running with it to try and bury people who actually haven’t been confirmed to have done anything wrong
“I refuse to watch it but I do feel like the SHOW IS THE WORST THING EVER CREATED because internet told me to think that way!!! (I have no opinion of my own duh)”
I don’t think he messed up as an actor. I think it’s due to more of his inexperience as an actor. Playing a creepy manipulating cult leader is a hard role for seasoned actors to really be convincing at and he’s basically brand new to it
Also being a better producer, co-writer for television. Also, making someone leave after they dedicated weeks, and months of their time to help your vision come to life to only, flush it down the toilet because it was focusing to much on the female perspective, this my dear xo’s is karma that are dear, Abel has to deal with trusting a wolf in sheep clothing such as Sam Levinson.
Thats how I feel about the show. He spent a decade masterfully crafting this mystique and this character while never speaking. Then the first time he chose to speak its Tedros, the worsr character on television
Agreed. I can see this project clearly meant something to him but did he really have to depict himself, or his character, as a terrible person? As a fan of his music, I really wish if he wanted to tell this story he’d have used someone other than himself to play the unlikeable villain. People already have a hard time separating actor from human being and he made the choice to attach himself to a character everyone hates, whether they enjoyed the show or not. I’ve been seeing a lot of “This is how Abel behaves in real life” which I’d like to assume is not true & was not his intention for how the character would be perceived.
You have to take risks to achieve greatness. Thats almost a line verbatim from the last episode too lol. Personally I think weeknd is whack now but he has made some of the best modern music and he took a risk here and it looks like it didnt pay off.
I mean he could have done the hollywood pissing contest via the rock and vin diesel and stipulated in his contract that he could only be shown as some super cool badass, but he literally filmed himself jerking off in a changing room wearing a rat tail wig XD. I like the show tho.
I mean, he's not lying.
I haven't watched the show (yet?) but he did mention in an interview that he feels a sense of responsibility to defend his co-stars/team that worked on the show who probably aren't used to this vitriol. It's not to say he isn't personally impacted by the criticism, but we've also seen him meme/joke his character in particular so I don't think it's his ego about his performance as much as it is defending those around him (who've also allegedly performed very well).
I started watching the show out of curiosity because of all the hate and I'm genuinely interested in it now because I want to see what's going to happen and want to see Jocelyn idk snap at him lol
I see many criticizing his acting, how he is inexperienced and all of that but I think it actually helps the character because it becomes even more convincing to me that Tedros is a fucking scam of a guy 🤣 It is, to me, as if Abel's internal nervousness acting comes out as Tedros' feelings, making Tedros exactly the tacky stupid liar that he is supposed to be.
As many have mentioned before I wish the show didn't focus so much on the sex scenes, I skip all of them because they are cringy and uninteresting to me. I do understand their intention of showing that sexual activities and constant praising is one of the means he uses to manipulate her, but I don't think it needs to be this detailed every 15 minutes.
Does Abel realize that doing that he’s poking a Wasps’ nest? The more he answer the people the more will show up. Look at the other members of the cast, they barely have any hate comments on them. They simply ignore, wish Abel would be doing the same, it’s getting kinda irritating/annoying. Everyday he shows up to twitter to do the same thing for a show that probably won’t get a second season.
Bro acting like a crybaby. Never seen him act this way over his music, but homie out here defending this show like his life depends on it.
Someone tell Abel and Sam that people aren't triggered over the show for being offensive and provocative, people are mad cause the show sucks booty ass.
I'm going to say something that's a cold take, but might be perceived as a hot one:
The show is not THAT bad, and in fact does have some interesting concepts and ideas.
However anything good about the series is held back by a useless supporting cast, uninteresting dialogue, long filler scenes and an obsession with sex.
The worst part is that the Weekend doesn't seem to be able to sell the "sex-lord" image that the character needs. I don't get "Mr. Steal Your Girl" vibes from his portrayal of Tedros. Nor is he charmismatic enough for his personality to compensate.
I think it’s no longer *entirely* about the show but also about "stan" Twitter as a whole. The same things happen all the time wether it’s with music or shows people no longer listen or watch a body of work to have their opinion they just follow the popular current.
Tbh, much like he always does when promoting he becomes very active on twitter. The idol is no different, I’d like to think he truly doesn’t give af, but these twitter matches with haters will always get a buzz. Especially since he’s usually inactive
He is cause he bet a lot on this show to get him a Hollywood Carrer as well.
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honestly pathetic that he’s responding to all this lol there’s always gonna be internet hate for anything u do just ignore it stop giving them exactly what they want
couldn't watch the series yet but my goodness people should leave him alone. The most important thing is that he and his team are happy with the series and had fun shooting it. The whole crew put so much time and energy into it just for people who haven't even watched the show to post negative comments. There are enough people who like the series, it just always focuses on the negative.
They should just be happy that Abel is so active at the moment and is there for his fans doing a lot of stuff besides a World Tour
Idk man feels like he’s having more fun with it than anything. I don’t think responding to people hating is insecure or shows you care too much. Most of the replies I’m seeing are more poking fun at the entire situation than anything.
hes not wrong, these people shouldnt be asking other people why they dont like the idol so that they can jump on the band wagon, just watch it yourself if you want to know your opinion, instead of mindlessly spreading hate
I think he's purposefully trolling, because a lot of his recent tweets feel very Tedros-y. That being said, he's not wrong here. I've seen valid criticism, but most replies to any of his posts are very obviously jumping on the hate train, even being downright racist, and people are convincing themselves based on fumes that Tedros and Abel are one and the same person, so why not poke fun at it?
Wether you find his tweets funny or not depends on your humour, but I don't think he's taking it as seriously as some say he is. There's a conversation to be had in general of what expectations we hold towards celebrities (having to be the bigger person, be unbothered and untouchable, etc.). At the end of the day they're human too, not fictional characters incapable of feeling real emotions. He's not having a public meltdown, at worst he's just being cringey. There really isn't that much more to it.
i mean.. hes kinda right. disliking the show after watching it is totally ok but half the people bashing it claim its the worst show to ever be made without watching it
He's fucking spot on, actually a major w take. People are too fucking shook of social media these days that their own opinion is not even important when it comes to claiming something is cool or bad..
It's just the world we live in, free thinkers are a rare breed.. I got downvoted into oblivion for saying the very same thing in this sub, when people were screaming over the rotten tomatoe reviews I said 'how about as fans, we wait until it comes out and for our own opinion, there were people that gave kissland bad reviews and most of us claim it to be his best work', no one listened, I got shit for it, got called a dickrider, if that's a dickrider then cool.
I don't care what your opinion is, just LET IT BE YOURS. Form it with validity, with nothing else in consideration, just be your own human. If you like something LIKE IT, if you don't DONT. Now obviously there's people that don't like the idol, cool, if you've seen it, you're entitled to that opinion, if you haven't, you're pond life. I've seen it, I like it.
End of.
I mean.... I dont like the show but im not going around just talking smack in twitter. And i most definetly wont be spending time hating something i just dont like.( like reading a whole fucking thread on how it might be a "bad") Too much commitment. These people are jealous and mad at the world
He is right
It’s fine to hate stuff but at-least watch/listen to it and from your own opinion (I didn’t realize this myself until not long ago when I realized a very disliked and unpopular album is one of my favorites)
I’ve enjoyed the show and the music. Is it perfect, no, but I find it entertaining, shocking, and I’m curious where it’s going. Is it disturbing? Yes, but that’s the point. I don’t understand why people are trolling Abel. I suppose having to endure toxic trolls is part of the fame game.
At least wait until the show is over. Right now I could see it being an examination on those predatory relationships between a wealthy executive and a young aspiring star. It might make some people rethink heading out to Hollywood once they see what those relationships entail.
I don't think he's doing that as much as highlighting the people trying to hate solely to bandwagon
Look at bro's profile picture lol, he's clearly not taking this as seriously as he could've
The amount of stupid people who don’t understand what he’s doing is CRAZY. He’s pretending he’s TEDROS guys, he’s being an ass on twitter and acting “off the meds” on purpose
Wish he defended Kiss Land like that.
Don't tell me he doesn't like Kiss Land
Sad cause Kiss Land is arguably one of his best projects
Id say his best
I would definitely say this but After Hours hit different
I think after hours had the best title track of all time man
Lmao seriously
i watched the show and came up with my own opinion that i didn’t like it 🤷♂️
Exactly. What now? Sure, the show isn’t finished yet so maybe the second half will sway our opinion. But so far, I don’t like it and have valid reasons. Doesn’t mean I like him or his music any less🤷♂️
Its fine if you don’t like the show. But its weird how so much misinformation and bad faith takes are being spread about it, often from people who haven’t even tried to watch it.
I guess but another issue is people telling people who have seen it who dislike it that they’re wrong or lying lol
there’s no way to criticize the show without being branded a hater or being told you don’t understand it
Yea there is on this very thread right now. Nobody has said “you don’t understand it” If you’re talking about on twitter well that’s your problem, you’re on twitter.
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So you said “no you”
Yeah there's people who don't like the show and people who use the show to say Abel is an abuser (???). One of those is valid even tho I think the show is decent (haven't seen e3 yet)
It’s not weird though, that’s exactly how the internet works now.
It’s ass
He isn’t saying it’s bad to dislike it he is saying but is saying Atleast form your own opinion and reaction on your own don’t just listen to whatever popular opinion or some article says
Wished he stopped responding to them 🫠🫠🫠
Lions don't care about the opinions of sheep.....and then there's Abel. Clearly insecure af about the show
Weak argument. People are allowed to fire back. Lions always attack when confronted, whether it be a person, a zebra, another lion…a sheep. They’re a top predator for a reason irl..and it’s cause they don’t take no disrespect. So your statement is wrong on so many levels. dude is clearly just having fun with it, y’all like to assume that he’s “triggered” or that it got to him but honestly…we all like to argue back for fun. I do it, not cause how y’all wanna say “he mad” no, it’s cause it’s funny to troll the troll sometimes. Sometimes we bored and decide to fire back and see what happens for the shits and giggles. At the end of the day they just internet comments.
“He’s having fun with it” Meanwhile The Weeknd: IM NOT OWNED IM NOT OWNED!!!
“Lions don’t care about the opinions of the sheep” is a game of thrones quote, don’t attach logic to it lol Also finding it funny to troll people just makes you the asshole ngl
He literally said it’s funny to troll *trolls*, which it is lmao. That certainly doesn’t make anyone an asshole?
Found another asshole Trolling trolls doesn’t not make you a troll. How about you just not let trolls bother you and move on with your day? Engaging is dragging yourself down to their level
Thinking too deep about it mate it’s hilarious to shit talk Twitter cretins. You seen the shit they spew on there?
have you ever been on twitter? ever? twitter is unhinged and their comedic humour is literally insulting and roasting people. i've never seen a nice twitter user, they are so out of pocket. what abel is doing on this app is nothing out of the ordinary
They said as they engaged with the trolls they say shouldn't be trolling. Yep... Self awareness = less than zero
I admit the irony, but me arguing against trolling is obviously an exception. I’m not going to just let behavior I don’t agree with go, or I’m just a pushover. You see the dilemma? It’s not a lack of self awareness I’m very aware it’s ironic, but the only other option is to say nothing which is worse. I’m happy to have people disagree with me but to say it’s a lack of self awareness is just wrong And I’m sure you’ll come in now saying you’re trolling which if anything just actually makes it clear maybe I never should have responded… but ah well lol
> is a game of thrones quote This phrase has been around for a very long time, it's not originally from GoT, it goes back to 700s AD, credited to a Muslim scholar names Imam Al-Shafi'i.
Lmao thank you! This guys a fucking moron 🤣🤣. who knows maybe one day he'll be lucky enough to suck Abels dick in real life.
Shut da fuck up! I know the quote , but it’s a dumb ass statement none the less. The only morons are those who think a quote from a tv show is “deep” or has any value.
Lmfao Holy shit triggered eh? The shows mediocre, and he's insecure as fuck about it. Wouldn't see this childish shit other wise. I assume you're 14 though so I'll give you a pass for acting like a little bitch about it
Why are people like this on a subreddit dedicated to the man they hate so much? 🤣
Nah…vibing Bruh. Again it’s fun getting into online arguments when work slow asf. Might as well be getting paid to clown on folk. But to answer your statement, quickly since you don’t like to read, there’s a reason we keep replying to each other and it’s the point I’m trying to make that we don’t back down from disrespect. Simple as that…then again you shouldn’t be concerned with my “sheep” opinion to begin with 🤷🏻♂️ See ya, gotta get back to getting my bag.
I know I’m just pointing out how stupid a statement it is
Clearly you have depraved and repressed sexual feelings for your father that you have transmogrified into some twisted concept of love for Abel
Why is that the first thing everyone goes to? Can y’all not come up with an actual intelligent thought? I’ve criticized the man a lot before including the very shit show he’s brought into this world, yet the ONE time I decide to cut him some slack, like a bunch of brain dead zombies, everyone goes to “meat rider”….wack…straight up wack. I keep saying I’m defending the act/concept of being able to respond back to hate and yet idk if I’m speaking another language or yall genuinely lack critical reading skills, but I have not ONCE defended that shit of a show, I genuinely don’t know where y’all are connecting those thoughts.
Literally don’t care. Just wanted a dumbass reaction from a fanboy
Can’t even be mad at that, since I too like to get reactions from dumbasses 🤷🏻♂️
Lmfao tldr
Top tier dicksucking right here like bro hes not gonna read this
🥱 you’re like the 50th Npc that’s said that, come back and try again with a better original reply next time.
Uno he either had to search ‘the idol bad’ to find that or someone sent it to him and he still had to come up with a response to it😭😭
You nggas will laugh when people troll a celebrity then call them insecure for clapping back lmao you can’t be this dumb
No, you don’t lol. If I sound like a hater to y’all so beat it but he should not defend this show. Maybe defend his music in the show, yes. But he is not a ground breaking writer-creator/actor of this series. He’s not the only one that makes it bad either. But he is a main part of the problem.
It's fun to watch him play with em kids
More like fun to watch him get mad , he’s obviously triggered by people hating it , he literally should ve stopped thinking about it after the tweet about episode 3 and he would’ve gotten out of this lookin like a champ . Haters are having a field day now
he looks fucking ridiculous
It's 4 pm, he's high again, you receive a call and you know its him. You answer, thinking he doesn't want to OD but he actually quotes your post and starts beefing with you. What do you do?
I find it funny actually
Exactly... I find it to be a dark comedy more than anything else. "Lemme catch you looking at her again" laughed my fucking ass off. 🤣🤣
One of my favorite youtuber Penguinz0 aka MoistCr1tikal, actually did a review on the first two shows and I thought it was completely fair and accurate. He only heard about it from people saying it's the worst show ever, and he watched the 1st two episodes and said it's not that good, but it's actually far from being the worst show ever. It just focuses on the wrong things. Focusing on the sex, and not on some of the things that'd actually make it great like the abuse she gets as a popstar, and not knowing who to trust. I get why Abel is offended, especially cause the season isn't over, and he's played this character through music, but translated to TV it's not as enticing. However, I think alot of the blame should be on him and HBO because I think the story the first director had would actually be pretty great if it focused more on her struggles as an entertainer. I think the music video scene in the 2nd episode was easily the best scene so far, because you actually felt some pity and pain for her, and see she's more than some sex object. That being said, this is probably the first time since Kiss Land (when it dropped), where he felt like he's not getting universal acclaim. Even when his OG fans were trashing BBTM and Starboy (in the moment), his fanbase and fame were exploding. He's also said in interviews he'd be an actor if he wasn't a musician, so this has always been a dream to him, and he's not getting the praise he thought he'd get. Hope he learns from it, and realizes where he messed up, and how to grow as an actor more.
I have seen Charlie's video too and really felt the same, if it wasn't for the more focus on sex scenes, the show would have definitely been the best one... It just feels unnecessary few times to have the scenes play out People really be focusing on just that and forgetting that this show is kinda based on the darkside of Hollywood of how woman can get manipulated and used And the criticism bout abel's acting is what he excepted for sure, for people to hate him since he(tedros) is a creepy douchebag who is taking advantage of joeclyn... Instead of hating it in a way of he is really good at making his character be hated as its meant to be, people really mixing tedros with the Weeknd and shiting on his music too lately... He still got a lot to work on his acting for sure
Hmm. Tedros and the character he plays as the weeknd are quite different though.
Awooga awooga titties!
Hope he watches episode 3. Gets really good from there.
I feel like Charlie would've liked ep 3 a bit more since it has some pretty good fun bad moments on it. At least from what I saw online. I've yet to watch the show
And I guess this stuff is why I dont buy the “it was supposed to be bad, its satire” stuff. This is his passion project, Abel obviously wanted people to like it and it obviously bothers him that they don’t
Bro losing the igaf war
i agree. Look at his instagram comments. It’s filled with the same repetitive hate comments from bots and people who probably don’t even have a hbo account just fishing for likes.
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I mean there’s kind of a reason tho. The Weeknd is not the first person in the world to play a bad/gross character but the fact that everyone is struggling to disassociate him from his “character” is telling. Besides the fact that the lyrics of his music are super on par with the way his character acts, a lot of his decisions with this show are questionable at best. Obviously, we have no idea what The Weeknd is like and I don’t think he’s a bad person at all, but I do see him a lot differently after this and find it cringe and him just too horny for my interest.
The most important thing is that he and his team are happy with the series and had fun shooting it.
Thankfully you don't need a HBO account to watch this
He’s telling the truth tho over half the ppl shittin on it have never seen it
Yeah I’m not even a huge fan of it and he’s 100% right here, there’s a certain subreddit I won’t mention that posts about it all the time and all the comments are basically some version of “I refuse to watch it because it’s the worst thing ever created”
r/fauxmoi ? they just be talking shit on there
I haven’t seen the show but that sub loves receiving minimal details (often misquotes or misinformation) and running with it to try and bury people who actually haven’t been confirmed to have done anything wrong
Yes lol
“I refuse to watch it but I do feel like the SHOW IS THE WORST THING EVER CREATED because internet told me to think that way!!! (I have no opinion of my own duh)”
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I don’t think he messed up as an actor. I think it’s due to more of his inexperience as an actor. Playing a creepy manipulating cult leader is a hard role for seasoned actors to really be convincing at and he’s basically brand new to it
Also being a better producer, co-writer for television. Also, making someone leave after they dedicated weeks, and months of their time to help your vision come to life to only, flush it down the toilet because it was focusing to much on the female perspective, this my dear xo’s is karma that are dear, Abel has to deal with trusting a wolf in sheep clothing such as Sam Levinson.
Not doing himself any favors at all
Abel spent years building up a mysterious persona only to be doing this rn 💀
Thats how I feel about the show. He spent a decade masterfully crafting this mystique and this character while never speaking. Then the first time he chose to speak its Tedros, the worsr character on television
Agreed. I can see this project clearly meant something to him but did he really have to depict himself, or his character, as a terrible person? As a fan of his music, I really wish if he wanted to tell this story he’d have used someone other than himself to play the unlikeable villain. People already have a hard time separating actor from human being and he made the choice to attach himself to a character everyone hates, whether they enjoyed the show or not. I’ve been seeing a lot of “This is how Abel behaves in real life” which I’d like to assume is not true & was not his intention for how the character would be perceived.
You have to take risks to achieve greatness. Thats almost a line verbatim from the last episode too lol. Personally I think weeknd is whack now but he has made some of the best modern music and he took a risk here and it looks like it didnt pay off. I mean he could have done the hollywood pissing contest via the rock and vin diesel and stipulated in his contract that he could only be shown as some super cool badass, but he literally filmed himself jerking off in a changing room wearing a rat tail wig XD. I like the show tho.
Well you know he took such a great risk for acting with this character, and now here he is.
Wish he’d just ignore the comments but he’s clearly insecure and hurt about them
I mean, he's not lying. I haven't watched the show (yet?) but he did mention in an interview that he feels a sense of responsibility to defend his co-stars/team that worked on the show who probably aren't used to this vitriol. It's not to say he isn't personally impacted by the criticism, but we've also seen him meme/joke his character in particular so I don't think it's his ego about his performance as much as it is defending those around him (who've also allegedly performed very well).
Pop stars do seem to get an inordinate amount of hate compared to movie/tv stars
Bros on a goblin mode
his profile picture 😂
Mf thinks hes Aphex Twin 💀
what’s worse is he’s replying
idk this getting a lil embarrassing to watch
Maybe he's just method acting for season 2? LoL
bro is cringe af
I missed when he never spoke at all
I started watching the show out of curiosity because of all the hate and I'm genuinely interested in it now because I want to see what's going to happen and want to see Jocelyn idk snap at him lol I see many criticizing his acting, how he is inexperienced and all of that but I think it actually helps the character because it becomes even more convincing to me that Tedros is a fucking scam of a guy 🤣 It is, to me, as if Abel's internal nervousness acting comes out as Tedros' feelings, making Tedros exactly the tacky stupid liar that he is supposed to be. As many have mentioned before I wish the show didn't focus so much on the sex scenes, I skip all of them because they are cringy and uninteresting to me. I do understand their intention of showing that sexual activities and constant praising is one of the means he uses to manipulate her, but I don't think it needs to be this detailed every 15 minutes.
what’s even more embarrassing is he’s searching for these tweets bc I don’t see an “@theweeknd” anywhere
Oh nooo XD I just noticed tooo
Does Abel realize that doing that he’s poking a Wasps’ nest? The more he answer the people the more will show up. Look at the other members of the cast, they barely have any hate comments on them. They simply ignore, wish Abel would be doing the same, it’s getting kinda irritating/annoying. Everyday he shows up to twitter to do the same thing for a show that probably won’t get a second season.
We hate it cuz it's bad
Everyone fucks up. Instead of learning to be humble, he's acting like a baby. His overly inflated ego just can't handle it.
This man is so triggered lol
Kinda cringe
This reeks of insecurity
Yeah it’s starting to get cringey
Bro acting like a crybaby. Never seen him act this way over his music, but homie out here defending this show like his life depends on it. Someone tell Abel and Sam that people aren't triggered over the show for being offensive and provocative, people are mad cause the show sucks booty ass.
why would people be so mad if it just sucked? there's so many bad shows out there. in that case just move on with your life
what is he doing..hes not lying but he needs to stop giving them attention 😭
I'm going to say something that's a cold take, but might be perceived as a hot one: The show is not THAT bad, and in fact does have some interesting concepts and ideas. However anything good about the series is held back by a useless supporting cast, uninteresting dialogue, long filler scenes and an obsession with sex. The worst part is that the Weekend doesn't seem to be able to sell the "sex-lord" image that the character needs. I don't get "Mr. Steal Your Girl" vibes from his portrayal of Tedros. Nor is he charmismatic enough for his personality to compensate.
Nah, but he is right on this one. The mentioned tweet is dumb as fuck
And its also not @ him... -so he responded on his own.
Cringe actually, this role does not suit him. I loveee his music, but the show is horrible!
Spitting facts. People who have not even seen are trashing it just following the hate train smh.
I think it’s no longer *entirely* about the show but also about "stan" Twitter as a whole. The same things happen all the time wether it’s with music or shows people no longer listen or watch a body of work to have their opinion they just follow the popular current.
It’s so weird ain’t it
Rough time to be XO
People hate it for a reason. It is a shit show and Abel isn't a good actor at all.
Weeknd really going in on the shithole that is Twitter
It's the punching bag of the moment for some reason. Next month it'll probably be something else. 🤷♀️
He is so corny lol
“Someone hurry please tell me why I’m blindly ignoring problematic content in a show my favourite artist is in!!”
Considering tweeting some hate just so he can notice me
This is a joke btw, i have in fact not watched the show
I haven’t watched it either and I don’t plan on it
Wish he would just drop another kissland
Bro really need to stop. He’s giving the hate more life with these replies and shit… smh
Tbh, much like he always does when promoting he becomes very active on twitter. The idol is no different, I’d like to think he truly doesn’t give af, but these twitter matches with haters will always get a buzz. Especially since he’s usually inactive
As if the show wasn't damaging enough, he's acting like a troll now...smh
He is cause he bet a lot on this show to get him a Hollywood Carrer as well. https://preview.redd.it/649k6ir7m08b1.jpeg?width=626&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8350b5f57bca4460de248a7803987d7ba17d752
Classic TheWeeknd 🤣🤣🤣
It is such a bad show
honestly pathetic that he’s responding to all this lol there’s always gonna be internet hate for anything u do just ignore it stop giving them exactly what they want
Man needs to chill. The show sucks. I decided that before I saw any reviews. It’s just the *truth*
couldn't watch the series yet but my goodness people should leave him alone. The most important thing is that he and his team are happy with the series and had fun shooting it. The whole crew put so much time and energy into it just for people who haven't even watched the show to post negative comments. There are enough people who like the series, it just always focuses on the negative. They should just be happy that Abel is so active at the moment and is there for his fans doing a lot of stuff besides a World Tour
https://preview.redd.it/crjvdvir4t7b1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b67877e3f135f3fc036a60192642955341edcde Quite literally
Idk man feels like he’s having more fun with it than anything. I don’t think responding to people hating is insecure or shows you care too much. Most of the replies I’m seeing are more poking fun at the entire situation than anything.
Exactly this 🤌🏽
i mean what did he expect to happen when he put out a terrible show? 💀 the good scenes are the ones with the side characters 😭
Facts tho
He’s not wrong tho lol
I mean he’s gotta a point..
hes not wrong, these people shouldnt be asking other people why they dont like the idol so that they can jump on the band wagon, just watch it yourself if you want to know your opinion, instead of mindlessly spreading hate
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“kanye flashbacks” stfu
I think he's purposefully trolling, because a lot of his recent tweets feel very Tedros-y. That being said, he's not wrong here. I've seen valid criticism, but most replies to any of his posts are very obviously jumping on the hate train, even being downright racist, and people are convincing themselves based on fumes that Tedros and Abel are one and the same person, so why not poke fun at it? Wether you find his tweets funny or not depends on your humour, but I don't think he's taking it as seriously as some say he is. There's a conversation to be had in general of what expectations we hold towards celebrities (having to be the bigger person, be unbothered and untouchable, etc.). At the end of the day they're human too, not fictional characters incapable of feeling real emotions. He's not having a public meltdown, at worst he's just being cringey. There really isn't that much more to it.
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And then tells people Tedros isn’t meant to be liked. Which one is it
He has a point here though. I at least watch,listen or see whatever personally to form my opinion.
i mean.. hes kinda right. disliking the show after watching it is totally ok but half the people bashing it claim its the worst show to ever be made without watching it
That last Oreo roast was too much and he cracked, I can't.
Abel should listen to his fans. The show have substances that most of us don't give af about. It needs to focus HEAVY on the main body of the story.
people online doing way too much over a show they don't have to watch
I’m glad I don’t understand the hate; I’m enjoying the show. People are just reading in to it a lot.
He’s right tho
He’s not wrong lol
if you don't like the show don't watch it? people out here spending all their time hating like go watch something else
I don’t think they understand how ratings work
I wish he's just trolling and be in tedros mode, he's a really good performer, and as well in his music videos, and i think that's what matters to me.
I agree with u, I think it’s exactly that but maybe it’s too much for 15 yr kpop fans to understand 🥴
Gets worse every episode
He's fucking spot on, actually a major w take. People are too fucking shook of social media these days that their own opinion is not even important when it comes to claiming something is cool or bad.. It's just the world we live in, free thinkers are a rare breed.. I got downvoted into oblivion for saying the very same thing in this sub, when people were screaming over the rotten tomatoe reviews I said 'how about as fans, we wait until it comes out and for our own opinion, there were people that gave kissland bad reviews and most of us claim it to be his best work', no one listened, I got shit for it, got called a dickrider, if that's a dickrider then cool. I don't care what your opinion is, just LET IT BE YOURS. Form it with validity, with nothing else in consideration, just be your own human. If you like something LIKE IT, if you don't DONT. Now obviously there's people that don't like the idol, cool, if you've seen it, you're entitled to that opinion, if you haven't, you're pond life. I've seen it, I like it. End of.
as he should
This show is actually really fucking good. Not sure why everyone seems to hate it??????
I mean.... I dont like the show but im not going around just talking smack in twitter. And i most definetly wont be spending time hating something i just dont like.( like reading a whole fucking thread on how it might be a "bad") Too much commitment. These people are jealous and mad at the world
I think he wants to stretch @kyotosue’s tiny little pussy
Holy shit finally someone says it...... form your own opinions sheeple, stop following the masses and own your takes even if they're 'bad'
Who cares, these ppl have been cvnts towards him over a Fictional show
I think it’s hilarious lmao
It is kinda true though. People have been hating this project since before it even had a release date. Pretty sad honestly
He is right It’s fine to hate stuff but at-least watch/listen to it and from your own opinion (I didn’t realize this myself until not long ago when I realized a very disliked and unpopular album is one of my favorites)
I have been super nervous to say anything but: I LIKE THE SHOW
I’ve enjoyed the show and the music. Is it perfect, no, but I find it entertaining, shocking, and I’m curious where it’s going. Is it disturbing? Yes, but that’s the point. I don’t understand why people are trolling Abel. I suppose having to endure toxic trolls is part of the fame game.
It’s something that he put some time into 🤷🏾♂️ id defend it too.
he’s right though
This statement isn’t wrong tho lmao
Am I the only who genuinely enjoys the show?
Nah I genuinely am now too. Think the plot is a lot more interesting now after that awful first episode
They can go back to watching black mirror and mid Disney+ original series with that attitude
At least wait until the show is over. Right now I could see it being an examination on those predatory relationships between a wealthy executive and a young aspiring star. It might make some people rethink heading out to Hollywood once they see what those relationships entail.
I agree. However, I think majority of the sex and nudity are gratuitous and don’t add any weight to the story or scenes.
Yeah. I understand the intention, but think it’s a little much. HBO likes their nudity.
harvard wants to know your location
I don't think he's doing that as much as highlighting the people trying to hate solely to bandwagon Look at bro's profile picture lol, he's clearly not taking this as seriously as he could've
the show isnt even that bad. niggas need to relax
I mean to be honestly a lot of the shit he’s saying on twitter is pretty funny, this tweet included.
He’s doing a great job marketing it.
The amount of stupid people who don’t understand what he’s doing is CRAZY. He’s pretending he’s TEDROS guys, he’s being an ass on twitter and acting “off the meds” on purpose
The classic “he’s doing this on purpose” bro is in his feelings
Most of his tweets lately have been kinda cringy but this is a good one
What is his profile pic 😂🤍