Rihanna Casts Johnny Depp In Her Upcoming Fashion Show, Internet "Disappointed" - NDTV

Rihanna is facing online backlash aft it was revealed that Johnny Depp volition marque a "star" cameo successful the upcoming Savage Fenty manner show. 

"Savage X Fenty Vol. 4" volition premiere connected Amazon Prime connected Wednesday and Mr Depp volition marque past arsenic the archetypal antheral to instrumentality portion successful the 'star' moment, according to Fox News. However, days earlier the amusement dropped, societal media users expressed interest implicit the casting, with immoderate adjacent calling for a boycott of the lingerie marque and Rihanna's cosmetic institution Fenty Beauty. Several Internet users also expressed their disapproval utilizing the hashtag #DitchDepp and simply tweeting "disappointing". 

"Rihanna can't beryllium serious? With each these beauteous and unproblematic men successful Hollywood, and Johnny Depp is the 1 that appeals to you the most?" wrote one user connected Twitter. "Delete the Johnny Depp country present if it ever existed," said another. 

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"We volition boycott the amusement if Johnny Depp is successful it," commented a third, portion a fourth added, "If Johnny Depp has immoderate portion successful this, I volition nary longer enactment the brand."

The comments chiefly look to instrumentality umbrage pursuing Mr Depp's high-profile ineligible conflict with ex-wife Amber Heard. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' histrion won the defamation lawsuit against Ms Heard successful June, 5 years aft their divorce. The suit stemmed from 2018 op-ed written by the 'Aquaman' star, successful which she called herself a "public fig representing home abuse". 

During the trial, Mr Depp's squad argued that adjacent though Ms Heard didn't notation his name, the nonfiction implied it was him. A assemblage past ruled that Ms Heard had defamed Mr Depp erstwhile she alleged helium had abused her during their marriage. As a result, she was ordered to wage Mr Depp $10 cardinal successful compensatory damages and $5 cardinal successful punitive damages. The assemblage besides awarded Ms Heard $2 cardinal successful her counterclaim that she was defamed by 1 of Mr Depp's lawyers. 

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The details of the erstwhile couple's marriage, and each infinitesimal of the six-week-long trial, was played retired connected societal media. Now, amid the backlash, net users besides noted that adjacent though Mr Depp won the 2022 defamation suit against Ms Heard, helium mislaid a 2020 libel lawsuit against the genitor institution of The Sun and the paper's enforcement exertion successful the UK implicit allegations helium had deed the 'Aquaman' star.