Johnny Depp: ‘When
Was the Last Time an Actor Assassinated a President?’
by Ian Mason 22 Jun 2017Glastonbury, England
International
movie superstar Johnny Depp may be in
hot water over comments about President Donald Trump.
When Depp, star of such films as Black Mass and The Rum
Diary, introduced a film at “Cinemageddon” a film stage at England’s famous
Glastonbury Festival Thursday, he turned his attention across the Atlantic to
the current occupant of the White House. According
to the Daily Telegraph,
he told the crowd, “I think [Donald] Trump needs help. There are a lot of dark
places he could go.”
He then added, “I’m not insinuating anything – by the
way, this will be in the press and it will be horrible – but when was the last
time an actor assassinated a president?”
It is unclear if the quip, which was reportedly met with
wide applause, was a reference to actor John Wilkes Booth’s 1865 assassination
of President Abraham Lincoln. It is clear, however, that the comment was
not the first insinuation of violence against the president in his young tenure
in the Oval Office. Pop pioneer Madonna, for example, celebrated the so-called
“Women’s March” following Trump’s inauguration by telling crowds she
“thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.” Comedian Kathy Griffin
found herself in serious career trouble, losing tour dates and endorsement
deals after she staged a bloody mock decapitation
of the President last month.
Neither is this Depp’s first brush with controversy in
recent months. According to New
Musical Express, his very appearance at the Glastonbury Festival
came under heavy criticism because recent domestic violence allegations
by now ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp vigorously denies
the accusations but Glastonbury Festival organizer Emily Eavis told the Guardian
she still took flak for booking him. “If you start booking people on their
ethical policy and morals, there’s a lot of people you wouldn’t book, to be
honest. Part of our policy is that everyone has the freedom to book who is
right for their area,” she said.
No such concerns were raised over Depp’s comments last
year that, “If Donald Trump is elected president of the United States of
America, in a kind of historical way it’s exciting because we will see the
actual last president of the United States.”
“It just wouldn’t work after that,” the Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas star said in a May 2016 red carpet appearance.
Johnny Depp
Johnny
Depp is an actor and his
attorney is Laura Wasser.
Note: Laura Wasser is Johnny Depp’s attorney, and was a VP for
the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is a trustee at the Brady Center to
Prevent Gun Violence, and married to Kenneth
D. Cole.
Kenneth D. Cole
is married to Maria Cuomo Cole, and
a trustee at the Sundance Institute.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Harlem
Children's Zone, and the International
Rescue Committee.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, an advocate for the ONE Campaign, is the founder of the Independence USA PAC, the founder of the Everytown for Gun Safety, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and the founder of Bloomberg LP.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Independence
USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety,
Gun Control” group for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue
Committee.
Michael J.
Elliott was the president & CEO for the ONE Campaign, and a political editor & Washington bureau chief
for The Economist.
Andrew S.B. Knight
was an editor for The Economist, and
a CEO for the Daily Telegraph.
John
Micklethwait was an editor in chief for The Economist, and is an editor in chief for the Bloomberg News.
Bloomberg News
is a division of Bloomberg LP.
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