The Idol is the worst show on television right now and these 19 memes prove it

After a long development and production process following Euphoria’s season two premiere, Sam Levinson’s new show, in the same fictional universe as Euphoria, is finally here. The Idol stars Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye and Lily Rose-Depp, as the leader of a modern day cult and a popstar at the start of their complicated relationship. Sam Levinson’s insane (and questionable) creative mind is back on our screens. Viewers across social media have not had the best reception to it however, and the critic reviews aren’t looking too good either.

But as usual Twitter is the place where these opinions manifest themselves in some of the funniest memes. Here are 19 of the best memes from Twitter that encapsulates how we all collectively feel about The Idol.

1. Inside the disturbing male mind

it's so obvious that the idol was written by men pic.twitter.com/e8Jwnz7AUe

— Gréta. (@ivrthboneless) June 6, 2023

2. Sam’s downfall

the idol is the downfall of SAM LEVINSON. we won everyone WE WON pic.twitter.com/A0hbjEwWj9

— Jay (they/them) (@IsJayOhKay) June 5, 2023

3. That nicotine addiction is real

Jocelyn every 5 minutes in #THEIDOL pic.twitter.com/9CPZaLcJJ3

— ✰ 𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔢 ✰ (@homo3rotic) June 5, 2023

4. I don’t want to know anymore

rumor has it the idol was born when sam levinson and the weeknd saw this image and said what if hbo took this to series pic.twitter.com/NeyyfMAzlf

— boss twee (@EnnuiSports) June 5, 2023

5. I’m not sure about this one

i’m sorry but the idol ate and i will be watching

pic.twitter.com/fAwjWltcxp

— superficialdoll ཻུ۪۪♡. (@superficialxoxo) June 5, 2023

6. “Is this play about us?”

selena gomez watching the idol pic.twitter.com/o01cWciakR

— all excellent (@zeromediocre) June 5, 2023

7. Some downright questionable acting choices

i knew "the idol" was bad but that is just terrible https://t.co/fGtxvTmlWg

— 𐚁 (@MOTIVESTARK) June 5, 2023

8. The Cannes festival crowd must be on something

They applauded this at CANNES??#TheIdol pic.twitter.com/5JFYzRZvsV

— g____🇵🇸 (@Lawyeroncrack) June 5, 2023

9. Method acting at its finest

He had better stay with the music #THEIDOL
pic.twitter.com/PbSxHHBKBT

— sarah (@xoxossaraah) June 5, 2023

10. The abundance of cigarettes is telling

you would think The Idol was a cigarette commercial the way Jocelyn couldn’t do anything without smoking 😭 pic.twitter.com/bUkuGZK2uX

— garçon (@boymolish) June 5, 2023

11. Interesting plot…

she's so hot oh god. Watch the idol for the plot

The plot:
pic.twitter.com/7Yrek3u3so

— jennie random things (@randomjenniekim) June 5, 2023

12. Seems like Succession has got some competition

oh the idol is BAD bad i cannot believe this monstrosity is replacing succession sunday pic.twitter.com/nZGN43nofX

— elle (@madmens4e7) June 5, 2023

13. This one is outrageous

Sam Levinson on-set directing every scene for The Idol pic.twitter.com/zQ6WH7Q8LR

— Instinctively Ignorant (@DownTownPIG) June 5, 2023

14. That bad it affected New York

can you believe this was caused solely from the amount of cigarettes lily rose depp smoked in the first episode of the idol pic.twitter.com/oVmBKJjen6

— emma 🍲 (@sooopkween) June 7, 2023

15. Not sure how Sam will react to this one

Sam Levinson reading people’s reaction to #THEIDOL from his burner account pic.twitter.com/FTSR5MuZff

— I have so many questions? (@english_shamar) June 5, 2023

16. It’s all about Jennie

JENNIE’s dance got more viewers than HBO’s The Idol first episode pic.twitter.com/N8eyvRIZOr

— ⋆ (@jnnienism) June 6, 2023

17. Don’t think I can look at The Weeknd the same now

the end of the first episode of the idol ….. what the hell was that pic.twitter.com/pZ97205hmA

— marisa (@unctgems) June 5, 2023

18. Jocelyn’s song is actually a bop though

me whenever jocelyn’s song came on during the idol: pic.twitter.com/WGqtjoYYOT

— nessa ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹ ᡣ𐭩 (@nigxtss) June 5, 2023

19. Disney Channel acting at its finest

The Weeknd’s acting in #TheIdol pic.twitter.com/7PZRsguLJJ

— Tendai Murevanhema (@tendai_murevzz) June 6, 2023

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The Idol is available to watch on Sky Atlantic and NOW in the UK. For all the latest The Idol news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook.

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Featured images via HBO and @sooopkween on Twitter.