But Depps the heat source inThe Idol.
Its a show purporting to be viewed through a female gaze penned by three blokes.
We can grant him that moment.
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Its a heck of a big deal to receive that level of adulation in that room at the Palais.
Its likely never to happen again.
But Depp will be back here again.
Partygoers worshipping ‘The Idol’.Baz Bamigboye/Deadline
She oozes with talent.
Heres the thing though:The Idolis flashy and glossy but its also dangerous.
Depps Jocelyn mutilates herself in the most horrendous ways.
Teenage girls, and boys, are going to watchThe Idol.
Of course they are.
They watchedEuphoria, andThe Idolis being sold as scandalous TV.
Ofcoursetheyre going to tune in to see what its all about.
Adults can always turn it off, but kids will find a way to watch it.
The fear is that theyll want to emulate the behaviour in it.
Theyll want to be Jocelyn.
Maybe the best way to viewThe Idolthen is as a cautionary tale.
The Canadian city has been his home from home for seven years.
I get to say goodbye to all my friends on the show, Melton reflected wistfully.
Im ready for a new chapter.
You bet he is.
Melton is superb inMay December, which also stars Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman.
Or as Haynes puts it to me, Shes blind to it.
It happened the other way around too.
I had blocked all that out untilMay Decemberrekindled it all and I now see it for what it was.
The Kering dinner was terrific fun, by the way.
