The Weeknd says he wanted his character on ‘The Idol’ to be a ‘scumbag’

Weeknd wanted his fans to be ‘disgusted’ by his character The Weeknd debuted his new HBO series film, The Idol, earlier this month where he stars as Tedros. During a recent interview with Complex, Abel admitted that he didn’t want viewers to “romanticize” his character and deliberately wanted Tedros to be “a fucking scumbag.” “I