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‘The Idol’ viewers slam ‘disgusting’ Jeffrey Epstein joke in Episode 3: ‘Sickening’

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The highly criticized HBO show “The Idol” is in hot water yet again after Sunday’s episode included an “appalling” joke about convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

The series — co-created by The Weeknd, “Euphoria” director Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim — has faced mounting backlash for lead Lily-Rose Depp showing “too much” nudity and the “Save Your Tears” singer’s “comically bad” acting.

But Episode 3, dubbed “Double Fantasy,” crossed a line with viewers when Eli Roth’s character, Andrew Finkelstein, says Depp’s fictional pop star, Jocelyn, is “making [him] have IBS,” adding, “I’m f–kin’ s–tting more blood than a kid at Epstein’s island.”

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