In a now deleted tweet, Rolling Stone writer, Tomás Mier, quotes The Weeknd’s response to the magazine with a racist photo of a monkey

In a now deleted tweet, Rolling Stone writer, Tomás Mier, quotes The Weeknd’s response to the magazine with a racist photo of a monkey.

Is the Weeknd mad at Rolling Stone, or is Rolling Stone mad at the Weeknd?

On Wednesday, the Weeknd, who serves as co-creator on HBO’s upcoming series “The Idol,” responded to a Rolling Stone article that claimed there’s trouble in paradise for the production. The response was a retort to Rolling Stone’s scathing exposé that claimed HBO’s “The Idol” is plagued with issues. The investigation featured 13 sources close to the production who all seemed to share the same sentiment: “It was, let’s just say, a s— show.”

In the clip that the Weeknd shared in his response, his character from “The Idol,” Tedros, is snuggled up to Lily-Rose Depp’s Jocelyn while they talk with Dan Levy’s character, whose name has not been released.

“So Rolling Stone came back to us about a cover, and I think it’s worth pursuing,” Levy’s character says.

“Rolling Stone, aren’t they a little irrelevant?” replies Tedros.

“It’s a heritage brand. I think it’s fail-safe,” Levy’s character says.

“Yeah, I dunno. I feel like it might be kind of past its prime,” replies Jocelyn. Wednesday fans, get excited: Deadline just broke the news that Jenna Ortega is starring in a brand new film with none other than Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye and Barry Keoghan.

With the exception of a small cameo as himself in Uncut Gems, this untitled project will be The Weeknd's feature acting debut. The singer, who is also set to star in Euphoria creator Sam Levinson's new HBO show The Idol, had reportedly been developing this project on his own for several months before bringing on director Trey Edward Shults and Reza Fahim to co-write the script. The Weeknd and Jenna will both be executive producing, along with producers Fahmin, Kevin Turen, and Harrison Kreiss.

While we don't currently have many details about the title, plot, or genre of the film, we're wondering if the music video that the The Weeknd was spotted filming back in February 2023 was actually a portion of this new untitled film. The singer sported a black hoodie and a pair of black sunglasses in the dark while waiting next to a black car under some movie magic rain. Sounds like the perfect vibe for Jenna's dark energy, if you ask us. 👀

Keep checking back for more details — we'll be updating this article with new info as it drops.

He wrote: "Damn this really isn’t the week for me on the bird app… I just deleted a tweet where I used a reaction pic of a monkey looking surprised in reference to The Weeknd’s video response to an RS investigation. Twitter thinks I was being racist. That clearly wasn’t my intention."