Depp ‘threatens’ Don at music fest

Talks of US President’s ‘assassination’, refers to shooting of Lincoln by an actor

London: Actor Johnny Depp courted controversy by appearing to threaten US President Donald Trump in his speech at the Glastonbury Festival.

Depp was at the music festival to introduce his 2004 film The Libertine along with director Julian Temple but began talking about the 45th US President, reported The Guardian.

“Can we bring Trump in? I think he needs help and there are a lot of wonderful dark, dark places he could go,” Depp told the crowd.

The 54-year-old knew that what he was going to say next will be controversial. “It is just a question – I’m not insinuating anything. By the way, this is going to be in the press. It will be horrible. I like that you are all a part of it.

“When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?” Depp asked apparently referring to Abraham Lincoln’s death by actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865. “I want to qualify, I am not an actor. I lie for a living. However, it has been a while and maybe it is time,” the actor added.

He is not the first US celebrity to allude to killing the President.

At a rally in Washington DC, Madonna said she thought “an awful lot about blowing up the White House” and the US rapper Snoop Dogg shot a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video.

But on social media, some have criticised Depp’s comments — which come days after a gunman shot and injured Republican congressman and four others in Virginia in the US.

“Casual Johnny Depp: ‘When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?’ GOP reps targeted & shot days ago,” tweeted one user, Chet Cannon, referring to the incident. The US Secret Service is aware of Depp’s comments, according to ABC News. Festival-goers in Somerset met his comments about President Trump with laughter, albeit mixed with shock.

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— AFP (Right) Amanda Peet attends the premiere of The Beguiled at The Metrograph in New York City on Thursday.

— AFP Actor Johnny Depp introduces his film The Libertine to the audience at ‘Cineramageddon’, at the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts in Somerset, southwest England, on Thursday.

— AFP, AP (Above and left) Racegoers wearing hats attend the third day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting, traditionally known as Ladies Day, in Ascot, west of London, on Thursday.