At Glastonbury Festival, Depp Asks About Assassinating The President

Actor Johnny Depp introduces a film at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Thursday, June 22, 2017.  (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)
Actor Johnny Depp introduces a film at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp has asked a crowd at the Glastonbury Festival when was the last time an actor assassinated a president. The remarks came during a segment Thursday in which Depp was speaking about President Donald Trump.

He asked the question at the annual festival that celebrates the performing arts.

The 54-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star followed by saying that he is not an actor, but someone who lies for a living.

However, he said, it’s “been a while, and maybe it’s time.”

Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Depp was at the festival to introduce a screening of his 2004 film “The Libertine.”

He played Trump last year in a Fun or Die video parody of the businessman’s 1987 book “The Art of the Deal.”

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  1. I now brand thee Johnny ‘Ted Nugent’ Depp. Nice going asshole.

  2. Check out the BBC account of what was said. TPM; gives an incomplete report. Depp is still an idiot, though. Definitely not at the Ted Nugent level yet. Perhaps Trump level.

    The star acknowledged that his comments - which may have been a reference to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865 - would prove controversial.

    “By the way, this is going to be in the press and it’ll be horrible,” he said. “It’s just a question, I’m not insinuating anything.”

    Channeling Trump, much?

    Otherwise, Pffft!

  3. I listened to the full audio. It was a bit more than Trump level but you’re correct, it was still something above Nugent. Right or left, asshole celebs shooting their mouths off are still asshole celebs.

    Edit: He’s even starting to look like Nugent.

  4. The 54-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star followed by saying that he is not an actor, but someone who lies for a living.

    No less ambiguous than our commander-in-consternation. Trump probably loves this guy.

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