Howard Stern branded Johnny Depp a “large narcissist” and known as him out for “overacting” in his ongoing defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.
“The rationale he needed that on — he needed it televised [because] that’s what narcissists do,” the shock jock mentioned Monday on his SiriusXM radio present whereas discussing of Depp’s extremely publicized authorized battle with Heard, per Mediaite.
“They assume they’ll discuss their method out of something,” Stern, 68, continued. “I believe Johnny Depp is a large narcissist and what I imply by that’s — he figured, ‘I’ll put this on TV and since I’m so persuasive and since I’m so good, I’m such a beautiful man.’”
The previous “America’s Acquired Expertise” choose then accused Depp of placing on a present.
“I’ll play you some clips from the Johnny Depp trial. If he isn’t performing — I imply, he’s so overacting as a result of he’s writing his personal materials as he goes alongside,” he continued. “You already know, I gotta let you know, he’s mistaken. He shouldn’t be placing this on TV in any form.”
Depp, 58, is suing Heard, 36, for defamation after she alluded that their relationship was allegedly abusive in an op-ed piece written for The Washington Submit in 2018. The case has been livestreamed through varied platforms since April 11.
Stern additionally opined that Depp and Heard sound like “two battling youngsters” — and predicted that their respective careers can’t be saved no mater the result of the trial.
“That’s what narcissists do, [they say], ‘I’ll attraction the pants off of America on the trial.’ No you gained’t! This is not going to go nicely,” he mentioned. “It’s not going nicely for you, it’s not going nicely for her. It’s not going nicely for anyone.”
Stern additionally poked enjoyable at Depp’s perplexing accent.
“Initially, his issue in talking the English language is implausible…And the accent. Initially, isn’t he from just like the South of the Midwest? Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky,” he mentioned of the Owensboro native. “Does that sound like a man from Kentucky?”
Depp’s cross-examination concluded April 25. Heard has not but testified but, although she is scheduled to take action within the coming days.
Depp and Heard finalized their divorce in January 2017 practically two years after attempting the knot in a personal ceremony on the “Cry Child” actor’s non-public island within the Caribbean.
