“The Idol” is finally over — but not without one more headline-making moment.
A scene in Sunday’s season finale of the controversial, “torture porn” HBO series — streaming on Max — featured Jocelyn’s (Lily-Rose Depp) management fearing that the troubled pop star could have trouble filling seats on her upcoming tour.
Jocelyn’s agent offers: “You know, f—kin’ Kanye [West] was filling arenas until he decided to start following Adolf Hitler.”
The remark references the 46-year-old “Can’t Tell Me Nothing’” rapper’s admiration of Hitler, which he publicly expressed last year among a stream of other anti-Semitic remarks.
“I see good things about Hitler, also,” West told Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in December. “Every human being has value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.”
“I was thinking about Satan,” West added. “Whether it’s the Zionists or Hitler — it’s not the person. It’s Satan using the people, who are controlled by demonic forces.”
He also claimed that “the Jewish media has made us feel like the Nazis and Hitler have never offered anything of value to the world. Meanwhile, there’s all of these things that are happening.”
West’s words cost him his billion-dollar deal with Adidas; his Yeezy collab with the Gap also fell through around that time.
The Post has contacted representatives for West for comment.
“The Idol” — co-created by “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson and “Blinding Lights” superstar The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye — was heavily criticized by viewers on social media for its cringey, raunchy sex scenes.
Scripts also included a “sickening” joke about Jeffrey Epstein and what fans called “the worst sex scene in history.”
HBO has yet to announce whether “The Idol” will be renewed for a second season, but its star Da’Vine Joy Randolph claimed that “HBO is quite happy” with the series.
Meanwhile, both Depp, 24, and Tesfaye, 33, have heard the criticism, but they continue to defend the series.
“When it comes to the nudity and the risqué nature of the role, that to me was really intentional,” Depp said in part during a recent interview. “That was really important to me and something that I was excited about doing. I’m not scared of it. I think we live in a highly sexualized world. I think that’s an interesting thing to explore.”
“We’re playing with genres with this show, we’re doing exactly what we wanted to do,” Tesfaye told Variety last month.
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