Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at MTV’s Video Music Awards

Actor Johnny Depp performs with musician Jeff Beck (not pictured) through the Helsinki Blues Competition in Helsinki, Finland, June, 19, 2022. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari through REUTERS

Aug 28 (Reuters) – Actor Johnny Depp, who’s making an attempt to rebuild his profession after an unpleasant defamation struggle along with his ex-wife Amber Heard, appeared as a floating astronaut hovering above the group at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday.

Depp’s face was digitally imposed contained in the helmet of an house man, the inspiration for the VMAs Moon Particular person statue, and he delivered transient jokes all through the reside ceremony.

“I wanted the work,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star joked initially of the present.

Later within the ceremony, Depp mentioned he was out there for “birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, any previous factor you want.”

In June, Depp received a near-total victory in his authorized battle with Heard, who had accused him of bodily abuse. Depp denied hitting her or every other lady learn extra

Two years earlier, Depp misplaced a libel swimsuit in Britain towards the Solar tabloid, which known as him a “spouse beater.” A London Excessive Court docket decide dominated that Depp had repeatedly assaulted Heard. He was quickly dropped from “Harry Potter” spinoff franchise “Implausible Beasts” and largely shunned by Hollywood.

Since his U.S. court docket victory, Depp has carried out music on tour with Jeff Beck and is about to direct “Modigliani,” a biographical drama about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

The actor additionally is about to play King Louis XV in French movie “Jeanne du Barry.”

Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Enhancing by Christian Schmollinger

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