{"id":1476099,"date":"2022-05-15T22:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T02:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476099"},"modified":"2022-05-15T22:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T02:14:43","slug":"glad-this-aint-me-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-gets-the-snl-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glad-this-aint-me-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-gets-the-snl-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Glad This Ain\u2019t Me\u2019: Johnny Depp\/Amber Heard Trial Gets The \u2018SNL\u2019 Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglad-this-aint-me-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial-gets-the-snl-treatment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-1240690847.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d treatment over the weekend, with Kate McKinnon parodying MSNBC\u2019s Nicolle Wallace and delivering coverage of the \u201ccuckoo\u201d defamation trial.<\/p>\n<p>The sketch began with McKinnon\u2019s Wallace listing off several key stories that were going to be covered, from the January 6th subpoenas and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/psaki-claims-white-house-is-on-top-of-baby-formula-shortage-but-hoarding-is-a-enormous-problem\/\">baby formula shortage<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/mitch-mcconnell-claims-we-all-agree-the-most-important-thing-going-on-in-the-world-right-now-is-the-war-in-ukraine\/\">ongoing war<\/a> between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we start of course with the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard cuckoo trial,\u201d she began. \u201cLook, I know it\u2019s not the most pertinent story of the moment but with all the problems in the world, isn\u2019t it nice to have a news story we can all collectively watch and say, \u2018Ooh, glad it ain\u2019t me\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unearthed surveillance from the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DFdtE5uarV\">pic.twitter.com\/DFdtE5uarV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live \u2013 SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1525685207961042945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWallace\u201d then cut to a clip from the defamation trial, zeroing in on questions regarding one of Depp\u2019s claims \u2014 namely that Heard had left feces in his bed \u2014 and new video evidence showing several members of Depp\u2019s household staff discovering the mess. The judge allowed the video to be admitted as evidence because it was \u201cfunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, I think I\u2019ve seen enough,\u201d the judge concluded. \u201cThis trial has given me a lot to consider. One on hand, I believe Mr. Depp\u2019s story, but on the other hand, your constant little smirk lets me know that this is not the first woman you\u2019ve made so mad that she pooped in your bed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics panned the bit, however, arguing that at best it made light of a serious situation, and at worst it trivialized any abuse Heard might have experienced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is f***ing weird. regardless if you support any of the two in this trial to any extent, it\u2019s bizarre how one of the most publicised domestic abuses cases ever is being spun into a really s**t joke. this doesn\u2019t help victims of abuse at all, and just makes it harder to discuss,\u201d one YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iNabber69\/status\/1525930146540269569\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine being forced to relive traumatic events, trying to find some sort of peace and justice and turning on the tv after a long, traumatic day and seeing this shit mocking the entire thing. The way this case is being turned into mainstream entertainment is disgusting,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thatqueerkiwi\/status\/1525927077970489345\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf my very public intimate partner violence trial was turned into an SNL skit, I would go full Scarlet Witch on 30 Rockefeller Plaza,\u201d Gabrielle Alexa Noelle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabalexa\/status\/1525865287303708674\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One account, @writtenbyHanna, also added, \u201cA good time to remember that Lorne Michaels didn\u2019t initially want to make any jokes in reference to Harvey Weinstein.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d treatment over the weekend, with Kate McKinnon parodying MSNBC\u2019s Nicolle Wallace and delivering coverage of the \u201ccuckoo\u201d defamation trial.The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1483111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}