Even supposing Johnny Depp’s home abuse allegations and next defamation lawsuit with ex-wife Amber Heard have polarized fanatics of each actors, it didn’t have a lot impact on his tune profession.
Depp spent a part of his summer season traveling with the Hollywood Vampires, his musical facet venture with Alice Cooper and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry.
In spite of his contemporary scandals receiving numerous consideration within the press, Cooper informed Vulture that Depp’s trials didn’t appear to make a distinction with concertgoers.
“I don’t suppose it used to be ever discussed at the excursion as a result of no person cared,” Cooper stated, including that he by no means watched a second of the pains. “It used to be so blown out of percentage. It used to be one of these Hollywood factor. I knew Johnny used to be gonna win as a result of what number of people produce other exes actually on their facet attesting for him? That by no means occurs. I grew to become it proper off and stated, ‘Smartly, you understand, Johnny will climate this hurricane, and when he’s onstage, he’s our guitar participant.’”
Cooper stated Depp didn’t appear very involved in regards to the home abuse allegations Heard made in opposition to him.
“In the event you communicate to Johnny about it, it used to be one thing that came about. He used to be similar to, ‘Yeah, yeah, what’s the following music?’” Cooper stated. “For Johnny, it used to be a kind of issues the place … you’ll’t say it were given blown out of percentage, however I don’t know why they might televise the court cases, proper? It’s on account of the celebrity of each other people.”
Depp and Heard began courting in 2012 and have been married between 2015-17. Heard filed for divorce in 2016, accusing him of home violence.
In December 2019, Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Publish that Depp stated defamed him. In a lawsuit, he accused her of being the abuser.
A jury awarded the actor $15 million in June 2022 in overall damages (which the pass judgement on capped at round $10 million) and awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages in her countersuit.
In spite of all this, Cooper has what he thinks is a hilarious and financially profitable manner for Heard and Depp to place their previous in the back of them ― and spice up their careers.
“The most productive factor I stated about the entire thing used to be, ‘They will have to do a remake of [the 1989 Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner comedy] ’Conflict of the Roses’ with Johnny and Amber,’” Cooper stated. “Who’s no longer gonna pass see that? I’m going to peer that! To make it even higher, make their attorneys Angie and Brad. All you want is a in reality humorous director, and that’s gonna be a monster hit.”