"The Idol" Actor Jane Adams Told "Feminists" To "Go F— Yourself" For Ignoring Lily-Rose Depp And Other Women Who Said The Set Was Not Exploitative And Misogynistic
“All these women that I’m working with are talking about their experience, and you’re not listening."
The Idol has taken method acting to a whole new level.
In a recent Vanity Fair interview, actor Jane Adams called out “feminists” for claiming the divisive HBO series mistreated its female actors on set despite most of them, including series star Lily-Rose Depp and Jane, saying the claims are untrue.
The irony! Jane plays Nikki Katz, a ruthless and cynical record label exec who doesn’t waste time sharing her controversial opinions about the pop star Jocelyn’s career. Now, Jane has some spicy words of her own to shut down the accusations the production was misogynistic “torture porn.”
“What is amazing to me is no one’s listening — I’ve not seen that before in all my days, such a dogged, ‘We refuse to change the narrative,’” Jane said.
“I especially want to say to all the feminists, ‘Go fuck yourself.’”
The Hacks actor insisted nobody is paying attention to the cast members who are speaking out. “All these women that I’m working with are talking about their experience, and you’re not listening. You’re not listening!” she added.
Even before the five-episode series premiered, The Idol sparked controversy, especially after Rolling Stone published a story in March claiming the production exploited its female actors. Lily-Rose, Jane, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph each defended the show and denounced the accusations.
“I love the show,” Jane explained to Vanity Fair. “These days, to certain people, you almost have to apologize when you dislike something or you love something. I don’t really care anymore. That is one good thing about being a gray-haired lady — it’s almost like you get a license to not care.”
“Free speech is the license to offend, period, full stop. The funniest stuff, to me, is going to offend a group of people no matter what you do,” Jane added.
In an interview with Variety, Da’Vine Joy chimed in that she had never witnessed any actors being mistreated on set. She played Destiny, a witty co-manager of Jocelyn who used her street smarts to sniff out any wrongdoing from series villain Tedros.
“To be very transparent with you, if I did see anyone being mistreated — especially since I was one of the older actors — I would have said something, or I would have walked off that set,” Da’Vine said.
The Only Murders in the Building actor also defended working long hours on set as par for the course in the industry. “But also, we get paid for what we do, meaning it’s long hours, so when they said in the [Rolling Stone] article that it’s long hours, well, any show you’re on, you’re working at least 12 hours.”
“If you walk out there and it’s been 12 hours, that is a good day, girl. So, there were certain things in the article that I was like, ‘Well, wait a minute, now I’m confused because anybody who’s in the industry knows there are long hours.'”
All five episodes of The Idolare available to stream on Max.
