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Johnny Depp has stirred up public outrage in wake of cracking an assassination joke about President Donald Trump during an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom on Thursday.
"Can we bring Trump here? I think he needs help,” Depp told the audience. "This is going to be in the press, and it'll be horrible, but I like that you're all a part of it."
“When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?" he asked, seemingly referring to John Wilkes Booth shooting President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. "I want to clarify, I'm not an actor. I lie for a living."
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White House Responds to Johnny Depp's Trump Assassination Joke: 'Sad'
View StoryMuch like the reactions to Snoop Dogg aiming a gun at a Trump clown in a music video or Kathy Griffin holding a bloody Trump-like prop head, many Americans are expressing their outrage over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star's comment on Twitter.
"While #SteveScalise is in critical condition, you 'joke' about assassination of the President of the United States?" fellow actor James Woods tweeted.
Others, however, are equally bothered by the hypocrisy of Trump supporters' outrage, since well-known conservative Ted Nugent -- who even visited Trump in the White House earlier this year -- has a history of encouraging violence against Hillary Clinton.
Take a look at a mix of the Twitter reactions below:
Jokes about killing people are never funny. Just stupid. #SitDown!
@LanceBass
Johnny Depp joins the list of idiot celebrities to glorify violence & threaten to kill the man we elected President. pic.twitter.com/k9xJe8JKby
@ARmastrangelo
No joke about killing @POTUS is acceptable. I'm sick of celebrities getting away with such disgusting comments. https://t.co/8gPifbrMmJ
@GOPChairwoman
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View StoryJohnny Depp was joking people... that means it is not serious, stop being such snowflakes. It shouldn't even be a story.
@JimTouz
Johnny Depp assassinating Trump is about as likely as Depp sobering up and becoming vaguely relevant again.
@PrisonPlanet
Not very.
While #SteveScalise is in critical condition, you "joke" about assassination of the President of the United States? https://t.co/2iKGkTOSZF
@RealJamesWoods
Johnny Depp: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?"
@PrisonPlanet
Probably around the same time you were last in a good film. pic.twitter.com/z8ZUdfLMkX
I have a #FridayFeeling the right is going to be focused on Johnny Depp's comments and not a #HealthcareBill that will effect them for years pic.twitter.com/5dQG4oWLWE
@RedTRaccoon
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View StoryGood morning to everyone except Johnny Depp
@JackPosobiec
Hey, maybe "Johnny Depp" will get Invited to the Whitehouse just like Ted Nugent did after saying👇 pic.twitter.com/aMgiu5xcFs
@Mompreneur_of_3
Trump supporters: Johnny Depp is a moron, but I noticed you were really fucking quiet when Ted Nugent threatened Obama with assassination.
@cmclymer
Johnny Depp pretends to be someone else for a living. Pretty smart because the real Johnny Depp is an ass.
@dale1chair
Police officers KILL innocents, no one bats an eye.
@Don_DaPilgrim
Johnny Depp JOKES about killing Trump, everyone loses their mind.
Americans.🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Terrorists threat the whole world with attacks and death and people are worried about #johnnydepp joking on Trump! I m scared 😳 I AM SCARED!
@juliaeumei
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View Storywe should believe women when they speak up about abuse, but for those who demanded more proof about Johnny Depp - read those court papers
@lexcanroar
In case Johnny Depp does not know, the answer is 1865. The actor was a Democrat. What is it with Democrats and violence?#JohnnyDepp
@DesignGreek
Kathy Griffin: I ruined my career, no one can ever screw up as badly as I did.
@TEN_GOP
Reza Aslan: Hold my beer!
Johnny Depp: Mind if I join you?
@Disney do you condone #PiratesOfTheCaribbean Johnny Depp joking about assassinating the President of the United States?
@pcraven175
Johnny Depp: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?"
@StefanMolyneux
Well Depp does have experiencing killing a career and marriage!
Hasn't Johnny Depp embarrassed himself enough with another horrible Pirates movie and blowing $625 million?
@UofMGophers
Confirmed: Johnny Depp is an abusive, lying cunt (just in case u were still giving him a free pass bc he was fit in the 90s/you hate women)
@keavaoloan
And here we go again, y'all mad about Johnny Depp making a joke but wasn't saying nothing when people was talking about assassinating Obama. pic.twitter.com/HI9xxuiDqn
@bigcheeksweeks
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