You all owe a big fucking apology to Johnny Depp. A man who was bullied, “canceled”, mocked, and abused for years while his abuser stood by and played victim. A man who almost lost his life while the woman he loved repeatedly abused, kicked, hit and berated him, calling him weak and mocking him for not fighting back. For not abusing her.
You all owe an apology to his children, Lily Rose and Jack, then-minors who were relentlessly bullied online for years and sent death threats when they defended their father. All the while, Amber was the abuser.
You owe an apology to his exes, who stood by him from the beginning and were ignored: Vanessa Paradis, Winona Rider, Sherilynn Fenn, Lori Anne Allison. All the while, Amber was the abuser.
You owe an apology to his friends and coworkers who sided with him, enduring years of online abuse: JK Rowling, Paul McCartney, Marylin Manson, Paul Bettany, Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, and Zoe Kravitz to name a few. All the while, Amber was the abuser.
Johnny Depp deserves better than for his story to be ignored because he is a man.
If you truly care about domestic violence and abuse, now would be a pretty fucking good time to show it.
Hot take: Tia Dalma damn near fucked Jack to death, because you can not tell me that his little smile when she asked whether or not he enjoyed it didn't imply a good shag in the past.
Johnny is currently visiting the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which is happening in my country. I am happy to say, that for once I'm proud to be Czech.
Sadly I am not yet vaccinated so I couldn't attend, plus Vary are like across the whole country... but at least I had the luck of seeing Johnny 3 years ago on the Hollywood Vampires show.
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Johnny arrived, to tons of fans incredibly hyped to see him, joked around, looked so good and happy!
In one interview, he even told the interviewer he liked Karlovy Vary so much he'd like to live here (source) ...PLEASE DO!
I even heard, he greeted fans for so long, it caused a delay in the program, oh my god ♥ :D
I even teared up a bit seeing a Tiktok where a guy called at him "Hey Johnny, we believe you" and his response was just so wholesome ♥ (source)
There are not really many reasons to be proud of my country right now. But one of them is how we are not #metoo blinded, because it's mostly an American gimmick - it started as a good, meaningful movement to help the abused, but it is now totally ruined by lies and people who automatically believe a woman just because she's a woman.
I am so glad that Johnny got to enjoy his time here with devoted fans, and I hope he recognized, in the best way, people still do care about him and love him, and I hope people continue to remind him.
We love you, Johnny.
We will fight for you.
We won't ever give up on you.
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Just a funny addition of a TikTok where a lookalike guy calls himself Johnny's son - his reaction is hilarious :,D