Lily-Rose Depp hits back at flak on 'The Idol' maker

Sam Levinson, the creator of The Idol, was under fire for the HBO series. Now, the show's lead star Lily-Rose Depp came for his support.

Appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, she said, “I think the thing that sucked about that was to have people talking **** about Sam [Levinson], who is a great friend of mine and somebody that I consider family."

“I’m super close with him and Ashley [Levinson] — his wife who’s a producer on the show — and they are such wonderful people, so incredible, so kind, and really kind of took me under their wing in a way," the 25-year-old added.

She continued, “The only thing that was upsetting about that whole time period was people talking negatively about [Sam] because the things that they said about him."

"Particularly, as a filmmaker, just couldn’t be further from the truth than from, at least, my experience working with him. So that sucks. You just never want to hear people talking **** about your friend.”

HBO's The Idol was embroiled in multiple controversies and it was canceled after one season.