Johnny Depp Complains He Was A 'Crash Test Dummy' For #MeToo
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Depp made the comparison while talking about people who refused to publicly support him after ex Amber Heard accused him of domestic abuse.
Johnny Depp believes abuse allegations against him were a trial run for the #MeToo movement.
Calling the fallout from his 2016 divorce with Amber Heard a warmup for the cultural reckoning around misogyny and rape culture, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star told the Sunday Times he was “a crash test dummy.”
“I was pre #MeToo,” he said. “I was like a crash test dummy for #MeToo.”
The comparison came as Depp complained about those who did him “dirty” and refused to publicly support him following Heard’s domestic abuse accusations.
The “Aquaman” actor first accused Depp of being “verbally and physically abusive” in a May 2016 restraining order request filed just one week after she initiated divorce proceedings.
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