Johnny Depp's 40-second cameo in Rihanna's fashion show eclipsed the event - The Washington Post

Depp saunters distant from the tree, successful the absorption of another. At 1 constituent connected his abbreviated journey, helium moves successful dilatory motion. His blank regard remains trained connected the camera, speech from the little moments successful which it shifts to the coordinated dancers helium passes oregon up toward the histrion helium approaches and lightly hugs.

The full happening takes up astir 40 seconds successful a peculiar lasting arsenic galore minutes, but Depp’s precise inclusion successful “Vol. 4” acceptable disconnected days of outrage successful the lead-up to its Wednesday merchandise connected Prime Video. The 59-year-old histrion has been a polarizing beingness these days, the ire toward him stemming from ex-wife Amber Heard’s allegations that helium abused her passim the people of their relationship, which ended successful 2016.

In June, Depp won his high-profile defamation lawsuit against Heard implicit a 2018 op-ed successful which she described herself arsenic a typical of home abuse; helium was awarded $15 million, portion she received $2 cardinal aft the assemblage recovered that Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman defamed Heard (one of 3 counts successful her countersuit).

Depp returned to concern soon aft the verdict. He created a TikTok relationship that garnered 16.5 cardinal followers and announced helium would beryllium releasing an album with British guitarist Jeff Beck. He booked movie projects, including a biopic of the creator Modigliani that Depp is acceptable to nonstop and co-produce with Al Pacino. Dior continued to basal by Depp, who has been the personage look of its Sauvage cologne since 2015.

Rihanna isn’t the archetypal to enactment Depp publicly, and “Vol. 4” isn’t the archetypal astonishment quality Depp has made this twelvemonth — successful August, helium made a bizarre virtual cameo astatine the MTV Video Music Awards arsenic the Moonperson, the VMAs mascot that usually appears successful trophy form. But fixed Rihanna’s monolithic power arsenic a popular superstar and billionaire concern mogul, critics of Depp person argued that she is misusing her platform. On societal media, Depp’s fervent instrumentality basal interpreted his quality successful “Vol. 4” arsenic Rihanna, a prominent survivor of home abuse, showing solidarity with Depp, who has alleged that Heard was abusive toward him.

Rihanna, whose concern ventures Savage X Fenty and Fenty Beauty person been commended for serving divers sets of consumers, has besides received praise for the inventiveness of her Savage X Fenty shows, which person antecedently featured celebrities. Depp appears successful “Vol. 4” alongside Hollywood stars specified arsenic Winston Duke, Taraji P. Henson and Sheryl Lee Ralph, arsenic good arsenic supermodels including Joan Smalls and Cara Delevingne. Representatives for Savage X Fenty person not responded to The Washington Post’s petition for remark connected Depp’s quality successful the show.

Earlier this year, quality broke that Depp planned to entreaty the $2 cardinal verdict from Heard’s countersuit; Virginia Court of Appeals records bespeak that his ineligible squad officially filed past week.