Johnny Depp has but to land a significant Hollywood position since his victory in courtroom earlier this 12 months, however he did rating an enormous endorsement within the trade. Rihanna enlisted the Pirates of the Caribbean star to stroll in her extremely anticipated trend present Savage X Fenty Vol. 4. The actor’s cameo is just like Cindy Crawford’s buzzy look within the 2021 Savage X Fenty showcase — simply not as controversial.
Depp’s look got here midway by the star-studded occasion, which simply dropped on Prime Video. Draped in one among Rihanna’s newest Savage X Fenty loungewear kinds, the actor struts to OutKast’s “So Contemporary, So Clear.” He offers the digicam just a few smiles, certainly figuring out this casting is an enormous deal. In spite of everything, having Rihanna on his aspect — one of many greatest stars on the planet simply tapped for the Tremendous Bowl halftime present — is an enormous deal.
Information of Depp’s look leaked final week and was met with some backlash. The Hollywood Vampires rocker, 59, remains to be a divisive determine within the leisure trade, regardless of successful his defamation case in opposition to Amber Heard. Actor Olly Alexander, who collaborated with Savage X Fenty in a social media marketing campaign earlier this 12 months, declared that he “will not be carrying” the model any longer. Others adopted go well with with some followers hopeful he would not make the ultimate minimize.
After all, Depp followers had been ecstatic at information of the actor’s inclusion. This trend present is probably the most high-profile look thus far for the actor since this 12 months’s trial.
Heard publicly accused Depp of bodily and sexual abuse all through their five-year relationship; nonetheless, a Virginia jury decided he by no means abused her, even as soon as, with their verdict. The choice contradicted a 2020 ruling in London when a choose dominated it is “considerably true” that Depp abused his ex-wife. In June, Heard gained one among her three counts with the jury discovering that she was defamed by way of Depp’s lawyer. Each Heard and Depp have appealed the choice for various causes.
Rihanna is much from the lone movie star backing Depp. Kate Moss supported her ex-boyfriend, even testifying at trial. Winona Ryder additionally spoke out in protection of her former fiancé. Though likes will not be essentially endorsements, a slew of stars hearted Depp’s Instagram assertion after he was awarded greater than $10 million in damages. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Momoa and Zoe Saldana had been among the many celebrities to double faucet the put up.
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