Forty minutes into NBC’s broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live on Sunday, former Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly tweeted his displeasure with the production’s choice to depict the Son of Man’s followers as a bunch of inked-up true believers. “My best friend texted me right after she saw it,” Superstar makeup designer Joe Dulude II — who created the rock opera’s sacred skin art — tells TVLine a few days later, laughing as he recalls posting a screen shot to his Instagram account immediately after reading O’Reilly’s grumpy take.
“It’s not as good a response as Chrissy Teigen’s,” Dulude says, still chuckling as he notes that, hey, any buzz about the role he and his team of 15 artists played in the live musical is welcome.
