{"id":806775,"date":"2021-09-23T16:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=806775"},"modified":"2021-09-23T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:14:18","slug":"johnny-depp-sounds-off-on-cancel-culture-no-one-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnny-depp-sounds-off-on-cancel-culture-no-one-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp Sounds Off On Cancel Culture: \u2018No One Is Safe\u2019"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjohnny-depp-sounds-off-on-cancel-culture-no-one-is-safe%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=806775&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1276520909-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Outside of tabloid reports, the world hasn\u2019t heard much from Johnny Depp since his very public divorce from Amber Heard led to a barrage of bad press and career damage.<\/p>\n<p>That changed during a Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain Wednesday, where he was honored with a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contributions to film.<\/p>\n<p>During a question-and-answer session, the one-time highest-paid actor in the world addressed cancel culture and his own fall from grace in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very complex situation,\u201d he said according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-health-arts-and-entertainment-violence-coronavirus-pandemic-4a8c04cea9ae56d148f4373ce1da4be1\">The Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cThis instant rush to judgment based on essentially what amounts to polluted air. It\u2019s got so far out of hand that I can assure you, no one is safe. Not one of you, so long as someone is willing to say one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Referencing his experience, he added, \u201cIt takes one sentence and there\u2019s no more ground, the carpet has been pulled. It\u2019s not just me that this has happened to. It\u2019s happened to a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Heard first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2020\/nov\/02\/johnny-depp-trial-how-the-judge-ruled-on-14-alleged-assaults\">accused<\/a> Depp in 2016 of slapping her, kicking her, and throwing things at her, he has never been charged or convicted of domestic violence. And past romantic partners like ex-wife Vanessa Paradis and ex-fianc\u00e9e Winona Ryder have defended him against such claims.<\/p>\n<p>Paradis said that throughout their 14-year relationship, Depp was a \u201ckind, attentive, generous, and non-violent person and father.\u201d Ryder said she couldn\u2019t \u201cwrap [her] head around [Heard\u2019s] accusations,\u2019\u2019 adding that Depp was never violent or abusive \u201cat all\u201d towards her.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Heard herself was arrested and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2016\/06\/07\/amber-heard-arrested-2009-charge-hitting-girlfriend\/85563338\/\">charged<\/a> with physically assaulting a then-girlfriend. And in 2020, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7947733\/Amber-Heard-admits-hitting-ex-husband-Johnny-Depp-pelting-pots-pans-tape.html\">Daily Mail<\/a> obtained phone recordings wherein Heard admitted to hitting Depp and throwing household items at him. She also called him a \u201cf**king baby\u201d for fleeing one late-night altercation and said she couldn\u2019t promise she \u201cwouldn\u2019t get physical again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, an event in 2020 proved to be a nail in the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d star\u2019s professional coffin. He lost a libel case against British tabloid The Sun after it ran a headline calling him a \u201cwife-beater.\u201d In that case, a U.K. judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-54779430\">found<\/a> \u201cthe great majority\u201d of Heard\u2019s accusations substantially true.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, Warner Bros dropped him from the \u201cFantastic Beasts\u201d sequel. (The studio did not fire Heard from an \u201cAquaman\u201d sequel after the Daily Mail tapes showed she\u2019d confessed to physically assaulting Depp.)<\/p>\n<p>Depp responded by filing a $50 million lawsuit against Heard for defamation. Heard\u2019s legal team tried to get that case tossed based on the U.K. verdict, but a Virginia court <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/08\/johnny-depp-trial-wins-amber-heard-defamation-lawsuit-uk-libel-verdict-1234816975\/\">ruled<\/a> this August that Depp\u2019s suit can go forward.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference this week, reporters also asked Depp what he thought of the state of the movie business at present. \u201cHollywood is certainly not what it was,\u201d he replied. &nbsp;\u201cThe studio system, the grudge matches, the pandemonium and chaos of cinematic releases to streaming\u2026 it is a case of, \u2018no matter what, I\u2019m going to get mine\u2019. That\u2019s where these people are coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Depp then brought the subject back to a lack of loyalty in the entertainment industry today, saying of his colleagues, \u201cThey realize they\u2019re just a disposable as I am. Some more so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old said the solution to cancel culture is supporting individuals facing a mob. \u201cWhen there\u2019s an injustice, whether it\u2019s against you or someone you love, or someone you believe in \u2013 stand up, don\u2019t sit down. \u2018Cause they need you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one point during the event, Depp openly fretted that in the current political climate, his mere presence would cause controversy for the festival organizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t done anything, I just make movies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outside of tabloid reports, the world hasn\u2019t heard much from Johnny Depp since his very public divorce from Amber Heard led to a barrage of bad press and career damage.That &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806775","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\/806775","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}