Is Johnny Depp plotting US President Donald Trump's assassination?
Johnny Depp, while talking at the Glastonbury Festival, joked about becoming the second actor to assassinate a president of the United States.
On April 14, 1865, then US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a well-known actor, John Wilkes Booth.
Making a clear reference to Booth, an actor, killing a US President, Johnny Depp, who was at his casual best at the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, invited trouble with the choice of words.
He made a joke about killing Donald Trump.
Yes!
Not mincing his words while talking about the current US president, Depp, who was at the Glastonbury Festival to introduce a screening of his movie The Libertine, said, "Can we bring Trump here? I think he needs help."
Depp, addressing a crowd of at least 2,000 people, said, "It is just a question. I'm not insinuating anything. By the way, this is going to be in the press. It will be horrible. I like that you're all part of it. But when was the last time an actor assassinated a president?"
In May, actress-comedian Kathy Griffin found herself in a soup after she posed with a photograph showing a bloodied, beheaded US President Donald Trump. Social media users slammed Griffin for the grotesque image and the dark joke she attempted to make.
The CNN fired Griffin from their annual New Years Eve programme post the controversy. Donald Trump tweeted saying his family is extremely disturbed with the image Griffin posed with and for once many people agreed to him.
The actress made a 31-second apology video and tweeted it saying, "I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong."
Having seen such outrage against Griffin, we cannot help but wonder why Johnny Depp would make such a joke. Depp said, "I want to qualify, I am not an actor. I lie for a living. However, it has been a while and maybe it is time," reported Page Six.