After only two episodes — and one particularly disturbing sex scene — it appears as though many viewers are veering away from The Idol, which early reviewers described as a “sordid male fantasy” and “sexual torture porn.”

On Sunday night (June 11), Episode 2 — titled “Double the Fantasy” — aired on HBO and Max, bringing in a mere 800,000 viewers across the two platforms compared to the premiere episode’s 913,000 viewers, according to Variety.

While the outlet reported a 12% dip in viewers from the first to the second episode, the streaming numbers were “nearly even” with those from the first week — meaning many opted not to tune in via cable.

Plus, the series — which stars Lily-Rose Depp as an overly-sexualized and emotionally fragile pop star and Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a The Weeknd) as a creepy club owner — raked in 3.6 million viewers in its first week on Max, making it bigger than both Euphoria and The White Lotus series premieres in the same amount of time.

The dip in viewers comes amid backlash to the uncomfortable sex scene at the end of Episode 2, where Tesfaye’s character, Tedros, is seen instructing Depp’s character, Jocelyn, to perform various sex acts. In the scene, he tells her to “stretch that tiny, little pussy” and to “make that throat wet for me,” causing even his own fans to catch the “ick.”

Tesfaye — who co-created the series alongside Reza Fahim and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson —  later told GQ that there’s “nothing sexy” about the controversial scene.

“However you’re feeling watching that scene, whether it’s discomfort, or you feel gross, or you feel embarrassed for the characters. It’s all those emotions adding up to: this guy is in way over his head, this situation is one where he is not supposed to be here,” he said, before later referring to the sex between Tedros and Jocelyn as “gluttonous.”

Speaking of his character, the actor added, “He’s despicable, a psychopath — why sugarcoat it?”

The Idol airs on Sunday nights on HBO before becoming available to stream on Max.