Euphoria Boss Responds to Sydney Sweeney Backlash

's X-rated character arc in Euphoria's third season was met with strong backlash upon airing, and now her boss is stepping in to address the drama.

Nearly three weeks after the finale aired,  creator Sam Levinson addressed the criticism over the .

On Friday's episode of Real Time With Bill Maher, Levinson defended the storyline he brought to fruition and explained he was inspired by how  has become a 'massive enterprise.'

'If you look at OnlyFans, it is making as much money as Hollywood. I mean, essentially it's on par,' Levinson said on the talk show while discussing his hit series.

'It's not a niche business, it is a massive enterprise. And so if you're young, you're going … 'I don't want to go work in a nine to five at this place or that thing. Well, maybe I can just start taking photos of myself?'' 

He said he incorporated OnlyFans into Euphoria because he wanted to explore 'the long-term consequences of that.'

He continued musing about 'what happens when, you know, as a young person, you're on Instagram ... and you're told that you're the product, you're the brand, and now you're 18 years old, and you're going, 'Well, how do I make money?' 

'And I just thought chasing that desire, that kind of fast cash, was an interesting thing to kind of explore,' he recalled. 

Euphoria creator Sam Levinson defended the storyline he penned for Sweeney's character, but his comments came nearly three weeks after the finale aired on HBO; seen together in April