Voices: Cancel culture bounces off the elite. Just ask Johnny Depp
msn.comJohnny Depp. You know that he was cancelled, right? You know that his career and reputation were ruined by that harpy Amber Heard, who benefitted enormously from alleging to be a victim of domestic violence in her now infamous Washington Post op-ed?Oh… sorry.
No. I got it wrong. It was Heard whose career and reputation were ruined by last year’s trial, while Depp has since done a global victory tour greeted by rapturous applause and standing ovations wherever he goes.
The Cannes Film Festival is the most recent site of his public adoration. It’s not just the public who welcome him, either. Industry icons like Dior, Rihanna’s Savage Fenty X, MTV, and now the Cannes Film Festival have all shown their support for Depp by giving him coveted platforms to raise his already stratospheric profile.
You might think, what’s the problem? The jury found that Heard had indeed defamed Depp, so he’s innocent – why should he be cancelled for something he didn’t do?
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