Fans knew it was too good to be true. Just one day after reports claimed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-depp">Johnny Depp</a> was in talks to reprise his iconic role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Pirates of the Caribbean</a>,” his rep denied those rumors outright.
&#8220;This is made up,” Depp’s spokesperson <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1335907/the-truth-about-johnny-depps-rumored-s300-million-pirates-of-the-caribbean-return">told</a> NBC News in a statement. 
The rumor started following a report from the Australian site PopTopic which claimed the actor was in talks with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney</a> to return to the lucrative franchise. PopTopic noted that the deal could be worth $301 million, which in itself was a clue that it may not be real. The publication credited an anonymous source with breaking the story.
“Disney is very interested in patching up their relationship with Johnny Depp,” the source allegedly told the outlet. “They are very hopeful that Johnny will forgive them and return as his iconic character.”
It’s likely that the rumored offer, $301 million, came from a comment Depp made during testimony for his highly publicized defamation case against ex Amber Heard. While expressing his anger with Disney for firing him from &#8216;Pirates&#8217; without proof of wrongdoing, the actor “testified under oath that he would not take another ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise role for $300 million and a million alpacas,” The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnny-depp-cracks-up-when-disney-exec-gets-asked-about-one-million-alpacas-for-reprising-pirates-of-the-caribbean-role">reported</a>.
Depp and his lawyer were seen laughing together when Heard’s lawyer referenced the comments during the trial.
Meanwhile, it doesn’t appear that the animosity goes both ways. “Pirates” producer Jerry Bruckheimer did not rule out Depp’s return, seemingly leaving the door open to strike a deal. 
“Not at this point,” the Hollywood exec said when asked about Depp reprising his role last month. “The future is yet to be decided.”
It would probably take more than $300 million and a bunch of alpacas to soothe Depp’s hurt ego, though. He previously expressed anger over being dropped by the studio after Heard’s abuse claims went public. 
“Captain Jack Sparrow was a character I built from the ground up and was something that I, of course, put a lot of [myself] into the character and also having worked on these films with these people and added much of myself, much of my own re-writing of the dialogue and scenes and jokes,” he said, per Movieweb. 
“I didn’t quite understand how, after that long relationship and quite a successful relationship certainly for Disney, that suddenly I was guilty until proven innocent,” he said. 
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans for kids’ entertainment content.)

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‘This Is Made Up’: Johnny Depp’s Rep Denies Rumors He’ll Return To ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Franchise

Johnny Depp's Rep Denies Rumors He'll Return To 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Franchise

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Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is reportedly set to return to Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise after the entertainment giant offered Depp a whopping $301 million to return the role.
Depp was let go from the franchise in 2018 after starring in five movies, making the film’s box office successes and some of the most <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/31/the-13-highest-grossing-film-franchises-at-the-box-office.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profitable</a> movies of all time. A jury recently <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that Amber Heard defamed Depp in an op-ed about domestic violence, published by The Washington Post in 2018. It was alleged that Depp was let go from “Pirates of the Caribbean” in part because of the claims made in that op-ed.
An insider <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://poptopic.com.au/rumour/johnny-depp-usd301-million-disney-deal-revealed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Australian outlet Poptopic that Disney is “very interested in patching up their relationship with Johnny Depp. They reached out to the actor prior to his defamation trial against Amber Heard and asked whether he would be interested in returning for another ‘Pirates’ film or two.”
“I know corporate sent him a gift basket with a very heartfelt letter, but I’m unsure how it was received,” the source alleged. “But what I can tell you is that the studio has already penned up a draft for a film about Jack Sparrow — so they are very hopeful that Johnny will forgive them and return as his iconic character.”
According to Poptopic’s insider, the company is “prepping a deal for USD$301 million deal that will include a sizable donation to a charity of Depp’s choice. The deal is reportedly for Johnny Depp to return as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 and a spin-off Disney Plus series about the early life of the Captain of The Black Pearl.”
During the defamation trial, Depp and his legal team repeatedly emphasized to the court that the actor filed the suit to clear his name, not necessarily for the money. The verdict found Heard culpable of defaming Depp by way of her damning Washington Post op-ed about domestic violence.
Following his legal victory, Depp <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement, “Six years later, the jury gave me my life back &#8230; I am truly humbled.”
“False, very serious and criminal allegations were levied at me via the media, which triggered an endless barrage of hateful content, although no charges were ever brought against me,” he added. “It had already traveled around the world twice within a nanosecond and it had a seismic impact on my life and my career.”
During the defamation trial, Depp said on the stand that he would not return to “Pirates” for $300 million.
Disney’s reported offer is above that claim.
(Disclosure: The Daily Wire has <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/introducing-dw-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans for kids’ entertainment content.)

Disney Offering Johnny Depp $301 Million To Return To Movie Franchise: Report

Disney Offering Johnny Depp $301 Million To Return To 'Pirates Of The Caribbean': Report

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Comedian Bill Maher explained during his show on Friday why he believed the Democratic Party was hemorrhaging voters — and he said it all came down to the fact that the people needed better lawyers.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/badaery-is-sexy-bill-maher-says-ukraine-crisis-proves-the-world-still-needs-grown-a-men/">Maher</a> listed several policy positions that the Democratic Party has pushed in recent years — from illegal immigration and universal income proposals to education and student loan forgiveness — and explained how their positions were actively driving people away from the party.
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If there&#39;s one thing the Johnny Depp trial proved it&#39;s that in this world, you got to have a good lawyer, and <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theDemocrats</a> need a few. <a href="https://t.co/qHU9a8LsrA">pic.twitter.com/qHU9a8LsrA</a>
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Maher began with a reference to the recent defamation trial between actors and former spouses Amber Heard and Johnny Depp — and noted that if that case taught Americans anything it was that having a good lawyer was invaluable.
&#8220;Point being you need a good representative in court,&#8221; Maher continued, drawing a straight line between having good representation in court and having good representation in Congress.
&#8220;In the American political system, the people are represented by two separate but equally stupid groups,&#8221; Maher mocked the opening sequence of &#8220;Law &amp; Order,&#8221; adding, &#8220;The Republicans, who normalize constitutional crimes — and the Democrats, who pit identity groups against each other. These are their stories &#8230; &#8221;
Noting that Congresswoman <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-appears-to-elbow-mayra-flores-daughter-during-swearing-in-ceremony/">Mayra Flores</a> (R-TX) — who won a special election on June 15th in her state&#8217;s 34th Congressional District — had flipped a seat long held by Democrats, Maher pointed to the Democrats&#8217; lax policies on illegal immigration as one of the reasons for her win.
&#8220;The campaign manager for the losing Democrat said, &#8216;We gave up a reliably Democratic Congressional seat for no reason at all. We deserve to know why.&#8217; Well, aside from your terrible attitude, I&#8217;m going to tell you why,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;Because these voters stopped seeing your candidate as their lawyer. That&#8217;s why. Their message to you was, &#8216;I&#8217;m an American now. I&#8217;m here. Be my lawyer, not the lawyer for the migrants showing up in my backyard.'&#8221;
Maher went on to criticize the Democrats&#8217; continued use of the term &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ive-never-met-a-latinx-van-jones-says-the-way-liberals-talk-is-just-weird/">Latinx</a>&#8221; despite polls indicating that the vast majority of Hispanic voters dislike the term. &#8220;AOC keeps defending it, saying, &#8216;Gender is fluid. Language is fluid.&#8217; Yes, and Latino voters are fluid — and more of them now than ever are identifying as Republicans.&#8221;
Noting that Asian Americans are also turning away from the Democratic Party in large numbers, Maher pointed to the Democrat-led push for &#8220;equity&#8221; that often saw advanced programs or <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/state-pta-threatens-to-disband-tj-pta-after-its-asian-parents-reject-anti-merit-policies/">achievement-based admissions</a> policies being cut from schools. &#8220;Asian parents said, &#8216;Okay, I wish all kids well, not a racist, but I need someone who acts like my lawyer,'&#8221; he said.
He concluded by applying the same concept applied to parents who wanted to see their kids back in school after months of lockdowns — many of which dragged on longer in heavily blue cities and states — and to student loan forgiveness, among other issues.

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‘You’re Not My Lawyer’: Bill Maher Breaks Down Exactly Why Americans Are Fleeing The Left

Bill Maher Breaks Down Exactly Why Americans Are Fleeing The Left

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Amber Heard, who owes ex-husband Johnny Depp millions of dollars, was spotted last week discount shopping at clothing chain TJ Maxx and is <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10940093/She-lose-Amber-Heard-write-tell-book-shes-broke.html?ico=most_shared_articles_mol.web.desktop_&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline">reportedly</a> in talks to write a tell-all book about the couple&#8217;s marriage.
A jury recently found that Heard defamed Depp in an op-ed about domestic violence published by The Washington Post in 2018, awarding Depp a total of $15 million in monetary damages, though it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why">dropped</a> to $10.35 million due to Virginia law.
Customers at a TJ Maxx in the Hamptons spotted the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; actress on Thursday scoring some clothing with her sister.
&#8220;Heard was shopping at the TJ Maxx in Bridgehampton, NY — where the average home goes for around $3.8 million according to Zillow — so she probably isn’t maxing out her credit cards at the big box chain,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/19/broke-amber-heard-spotted-shopping-at-tj-maxx/">reported</a>. &#8220;Pictures taken by a sneaky shopper show Heard wearing jeans and an oversized white button-down T-shirt while looking at clothes.&#8221;
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Amber Heard&#39;s money situation is apparently somewhat dire these days in the wake of the Johnny Depp verdict &#8212; which awarded $8.3 million in damages &#8212; so in light of that &#8230; to TJ Maxx it is. <a href="https://t.co/nemxxIKSg9">https://t.co/nemxxIKSg9</a>
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Plus, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10940093/She-lose-Amber-Heard-write-tell-book-shes-broke.html?ico=most_shared_articles_mol.web.desktop_&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline">reported</a> that Heard is in talks to ink a book deal about her marriage to Depp.
&#8220;A source close to the Aquaman star claimed the 36-year-old actress<a class="class" href="https://okmagazine.com/p/amber-heard-inks-multi-million-dollar-defame-johnny-depp/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"> </a>was &#8216;broke&#8217; and not &#8216;in a position to turn down money,'&#8221; the report said, adding, &#8220;They said she &#8216;considers her career in Hollywood over&#8217; and &#8216;has nothing to lose&#8217; following a disastrous few months.&#8221;
Perhaps Heard is pinching pennies at TJ Maxx and seeking a multi-million dollar book deal to pay back Depp.
But it&#8217;s not likely.
The actress has made clear that she has no intention of paying back her ex-husband, routinely having her representatives emphasize that she is broke.
For example, Elaine Bredehoft, an attorney for Heard, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heards-lawyer-johnny-depp-absolutely-not-getting-the-10-35-million-he-is-owed-from-heard">told</a> NBC &#8220;Today&#8221; host Savannah Guthrie earlier this month that her client was &#8220;absolutely not&#8221; able to pay Depp the millions he is owed.
Moreover, it&#8217;s been speculated that Depp won&#8217;t even seek the money from Heard.
The &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; actor and his legal team have emphasized that Depp wanted his name cleared above all else. And it could potentially turn off some people if Depp squeezes Heard for the money.
&#8220;I imagine — and if I&#8217;m team Depp, this is what I would do — they&#8217;d look at getting an injunction to stop Amber Heard from repeating statements that the jury found were defamatory and then stipulating that the payments won&#8217;t be made and there won&#8217;t be any judgment outstanding,&#8221; legal analyst Emily D. Baker <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/happens-amber-heard-cant-pay-222518813.html">told</a> PEOPLE magazine.
&#8220;If he&#8217;s not interested in the money, I think he&#8217;s more interested in her not repeating these allegations,&#8221; Baker added.
Perhaps most importantly, Heard doesn&#8217;t seem the type to pay her debts, or, uh, &#8220;pledges.&#8221;
The actress notably boasted on television that she donated every cent of her $7 million divorce settlement to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
But she didn&#8217;t.
&#8220;In court, ACLU general counsel Terence Dougherty testified that Heard has not given the full $3.5 million she promised to the organization,&#8221; The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ashe Schow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-14-most-shocking-revelations-in-the-johnny-depp-amber-heard-defamation-trial">reported</a>. &#8220;Dougherty testified she has so far only provided $1.3 million, and only $350,000 of that was donated by Heard herself. Another $100,000 came from Depp, and $500,000 is believed to have been donated on Heard’s behalf by billionaire Elon Musk, who dated Heard for almost a year after her divorce from Depp, Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/04/johnny-depp-amber-heard-elon-musk-aclu-1235012179/">reported</a>. Dougherty said that payments stopped after 2018.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thank-god-its-over-robert-downey-jr-facetimed-pal-johnny-depp-after-victory-over-ex-wife-amber-heard">‘Thank God It’s Over’: Robert Downey Jr. FaceTimed Pal Johnny Depp After Victory Over Ex-Wife Amber Heard</a>

Amber Heard Owes Johnny Depp Millions. Her Latest Moves Might Give Insight Into How She’ll Pay (But Probably Not)

Amber Heard Looks To Save, Bring In Money Following Huge Defeat Against Ex-Husband Johnny Depp 

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If one were mounting a production of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKHh8EMXc-Y">David Mamet’s</a> classic play “<a href="https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=853">Oleanna</a>” just at the moment, there is one casting choice that would be almost irresistible. The play features two characters, John, a professor about to get tenure and buy a new house, and Carol, his student who by play’s end is accusing him of sexual harassment. So what is the can’t miss combo for this terse, sexual drama? It would be hard to miss with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crocodile-tears-juror-reveals-what-tipped-the-scales-in-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial">Johnny Depp and Amber Heard</a>. 
“Oleanna” opened its first production almost exactly 30 years ago. It’s a simple two-hander, but one that led to audience reactions rarely seen before or since. In the first of two acts we see Carol in John’s office, she is shy, demure, lacking confidence, and apparently failing his class. He is arrogant, self assured, and rarely stops talking. In that first act Mamet lays out an off color story here, a touch or hug there, just enough to plant the seeds of accusation that fuel Act 2.
In that second act we find that Carol, with the support of a campus “group” has level sexual harassment charges against John, threatening his tenure, his new house, and his whole future. His fruitless and futile attempts to talk her out of it lead, in the plays final moments, to a viscous physical attack. When the play was first put on, men in the audience could be heard cheering the brutal assault (they got it), women in the house tended to take Carol’s side. I myself remember standing on 2nd Avenue in New York, smoking a cigarette and arguing with my rather brilliant playwright-of-a-date over the implications of the ending.
In the three decades that have passed since then, our society has not gotten much closer to settling our issues of sexual politics in the workplace and on campus. This reached a head with the #MeToo Movement gaining steam in 2017. The illogical phrase “believe all women” was in the air. And its inverse was too. That is why Amber Heard was so confident in telling Johnny Depp that nobody would believe his side of their sad and sordid story.
But as we now know a jury, perhaps not quite of his peers, and the court of public opinion landed squarely on the side of Depp, with some saying it signaled the end of this #MeToo Moment. Maybe. What the trial really showed, as did Mamet 30 years ago, is that this issue is not simple, it is not something that the collective efforts of HR departments and campus councils can find a system to fix. It is in fact, the very depth of human nature.
At the key moment just before the final curtain, Mamet gives us a gift of insight. John more or less keeps his cool as he deals with losing tenure and his house, even when Carol tells him she will pursue criminal charges he remains his calm and professerly self. The physical assault takes place when, overhearing a phone conversation with his spouse, Carol tells John, “Don’t call your wife baby.” That’s it. That very personal attack, on John, his wife, his marriage, his identity, sparks horrendous physical violence.
The jury in the Depp-Heard case found, it seems, that the former did not physically abuse the latter, saying she defamed him in an op-ed for the Washington Post. And yet, who could see the video of Depp, storming around the kitchen, slamming cabinets, and belittling his wife without finding it to be wrong? Just as the men watching “Oleanna” found John&#8217;s assault to be a just dessert, perhaps we too, after years of #MeToo, found some solace in Depp’s vindication, but of course, it is far more complicated than that. 
Over the years, “Oleanna” has received myriad revivals, it is a feast of a play for both actors, but more than that, it has proved timeless. Since its debut, the contours of our culture’s understanding of what is and is not appropriate between the sexes in our official spaces has changed, and yet, the solid central point of the play has not. There are no winners in these situations, which is why it was so strange to see so many in the media take a victory lap at the Depp-Heard verdict, and so many others feeling a personal dismay.
Towards the end of Act One we hear this bit of taut dialogue as John seeks to explain his role as a teacher to Carol:
John: …That’s my job, don’t you know?
Carol: What is?
John: To provoke you.
Carol: No.
John: Oh. Yes, though.
Carol: To provoke me?
John: That’s right.
Carol: To make me mad?
John: That’s right, to force you…
Carol: …To make me mad is your job?
This could be Mamet talking directly to his audience. His job, at least sometimes, is to make us mad. He’s good at it. Whatever this new moment is &#8211; perhaps, “believe all A-list movie stars,” &#8211; “Oleanna” reminds us that at the bottom of all of these salacious stories are two human beings, frightened, confused, and unsure. And regardless of social trends, that will never change. 

David Marcus is a writer and theater artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Washington Post columnist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a>, who controversially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-shows-times-square-billboard-trolling-wapo-calls-out-taylor-lorenz-hypocrisy">revealed</a> the identity of the woman who owns popular Twitter account Libs of TikTok, has been removed from the features staff at the newspaper and placed on the technology team, three sources told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/media/sally-buzbee-washington-post.html">The New York Times</a>.
The report comes after the Post had to make two corrections earlier this month to Lorenz’s story on content creators and the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial.
“Ms. Lorenz has been moved from the features staff to the technology team, according to three people with knowledge of the move,” the Times wrote, adding that Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr “has been asked to review her articles before publication, two of the people said.”
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-shuffles-taylor-lorenz-different-team-top-editor-review-work-publication">asked</a> the Post if Lorenz&#8217;s move means she will now be considered a reporter instead of a columnist, but the newspaper declined to comment.
In her <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/02/johnny-depp-trial-creators-influencers/">piece</a> published June 2, Lorenz inaccurately attributed a comment to Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman. YouTubers ThatUmbrellaGuy and Alyte Mazeika also said Lorenz failed to reach out to them before publication, even though she wrote that both content creators did not respond to a request for comment, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-issues-correction-stealth-edit-scrubbed-false-claim-taylor-lorenz-report">reported</a>. 
A note at the bottom of the problematic story said that it had been “updated to clarify comments made during Waldman&#8217;s testimony,” but initially, no correction was admitted when the Post edited out Lorenz’s claim that Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy did not respond to a request for comment.
The Post later issued a correction on the request for comment, writing, “The story has also been amended to note The Post’s attempts to reach Alyte Mazeika and ThatUmbrellaGuy for comment. Previous versions omitted or inaccurately described these attempts.&#8221; 
In a final effort to make things right, the Post mentioned its failure to provide readers with a note when Lorenz’s false claim was first corrected. “The Post removed the incorrect statement from the story but did not note its removal, a violation of our corrections policy,” the newspaper explained. “The story has been updated to note that Mazeika declined to comment for this story and ThatUmbrellaGuy could not be reached for comment.”
But Mazeika said even this attempted correction was not accurate, explaining that she was not asked for comment until after she had called out Lorenz for publishing claims that she had not responded to her requests for comment. 
The leftist newspaper has also been dealing with internal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-post-fires-reporter-who-trashed-paper-colleague-over-retweeted-joke">drama</a> related to a retweet from one of its employees that sparked outrage. 
Earlier this month, reporter David Weigel retweeted a sexist joke that got on the nerves of fellow reporter Felicia Sonmez, who took her frustration with Weigel and the newspaper public. Weigel was suspended a month without pay for the social media post, and Sonmez was later fired.
This story has been updated with additional context.

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WaPo’s Taylor Lorenz Removed From Features Staff After False Claims In Story: Report

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One juror has spoken out in the wake of the defamation trial between former spouses and actors <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/im-the-performer-amber-heard-says-depp-was-performing-in-court-because-he-once-convinced-the-world-he-had-scissors-for-fingers/">Amber Heard</a> and Johnny Depp, revealing what he said the jury discussed behind the scenes about the case.
The unnamed juror, whose statement was reported Thursday on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America,&#8221; was one of the five men who sat on the seven-member jury. He said that while he believed it was likely true that both <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/dana-perino-says-amber-heards-today-show-interview-is-proof-her-counsel-hates-her/">Heard</a> and Depp had been &#8220;abusive to each other&#8221; at times, the jury had found Depp&#8217;s testimony to be more authentic.
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&#8220;The juror, one of five men on the seven-person jury, said <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/he-could-sue-her-again-judge-jeanine-says-amber-heard-risked-another-lawsuit-when-she-doubled-down-on-victim-status/">Heard’s emotional testimony</a> was not realistic,&#8221; ABC&#8217;s Trevor Ault reported — and he went on to share some of the juror&#8217;s comments.
&#8220;The crying, the facial expressions she had, the staring at the jury, all of us were very uncomfortable.&#8221; the juror said. &#8220;It didn’t come across as believable. It seemed like she was able to flip the switch on her emotions &#8230; She would answer one question and she would be crying and two seconds later she would turn ice cold. Some of us used the expression &#8216;crocodile tears.'&#8221;
The juror went on to say that the perception of Depp had been very different — that he had appeared to be more stable and his testimony had been more consistent and believable.
&#8220;On Depp’s side, a lot of the jury felt what he was saying at the end of the day was more believable,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;He just seemed a little more real in terms of how he was responding to questions. His emotional state was very stable throughout.&#8221;
Another major blow to Heard&#8217;s credibility came when she was asked about her promise to donate her $7 million divorce settlement to charity — and the revelation came during the trial that she had not yet done so.
&#8220;She goes on a talk show in the U.K. The video shows her sitting there telling the host that she gave all that money away, and the terms she used in that video clip were, &#8216;I gave it away,&#8217; &#8216;I donated it,&#8217; &#8216;It’s gone,&#8217; but the fact is she didn’t give much of it away at all,&#8221; the juror explained.
The juror also disputed Heard&#8217;s post-trial claims that he and other members of the jury had been <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-in-first-interview-takes-shot-at-jury-says-social-media-unfair-even-if-you-think-im-lying/">swayed by social media</a>, arguing that several of the jurors did not even have accounts and the others had made it a point not to use them.
&#8220;Ultimately what I think is truthful was that they were both abusive to each other,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I don’t think that makes either of them right or wrong. But to rise to the level of what she was claiming, there wasn’t enough or any evidence that really supported what she was saying.&#8221;

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‘Crocodile Tears’: Juror Reveals What Tipped The Scales In Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Trial

Amber Heard Didn't Seem 'Believable' On Stand, Says Juror

This week, a rumor started circulating that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amber-heard">Amber Heard</a> would be cut from &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; 2, but the actress vehemently denies the claim. 
&#8220;The rumor mill continues as it has from day one — inaccurate, insensitive, and slightly insane,&#8221; Heard&#8217;s representative <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/amber-heard-denies-cut-aquaman-johnny-depp-defamation-trial">told</a> Fox News Digital.
Heard’s involvement in the project has become a source of fascination now that her ex <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/johnny-depp">Johnny Depp</a> was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jury-awards-johnny-depp-15-million-but-hell-get-millions-less-heres-why">awarded</a> $15 million in his highly publicized defamation case against her. Some see this win as the end of the #MeToo era.
Part of Depp’s assertions was that Heard’s original claims of abuse significantly hurt his career when he lost his lucrative role in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean.” After some details of their relationship and Heard’s lies and manipulation went public, her reputation also suffered.
The movie &#8220;Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom&#8221; is scheduled to be released in 2023, with Heard reprising her role as Mera. She’s not a major character, spurring movie fans to demand her removal from the project. 
Film journalist Grace Randolph first shared the news of Heard’s screen time getting cut.
“I hear #AmberHeard has less than 10 min of screentime in #Aquaman2,” Randolph <a href="https://twitter.com/GraceRandolph/status/1519734319388020736?">tweeted</a>. This news came as the Change.org <a href="https://www.change.org/p/dc-entertainment-remove-amber-heard-from-aquaman-2">petition</a> to have Heard removed gathered more than 3 million signatures. 
Also, the actress claimed during her testimony that she was released from her contract. She said she had to “fight” to stay in the film, The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amber-heard-claims-she-was-released-from-aquaman-contract-might-not-appear-in-sequel">reported</a>.
“They released me from my contract,” Heard told Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez. “And I fought to stay in it, and they kept me in it. I just don’t know how much I’m in, actually, of the final cut.”
“I don’t know if I will even be in the final cut or how much I will be,” the actress added. “It was difficult to stay in the movie.”
Heard asserted that her being cut was an example of discrimination against women speaking up about domestic violence, while Depp’s attorneys pointed out that it could have been because of Heard’s past actions, like physically assaulting Depp, going public. 
“Aquaman&#8221; 2 producer Peter Safran said in July 2021 that removing Heard’s character would take more than an online petition created by fans.
“I don’t think we’re ever going to react to, honestly, pure fan pressure. You gotta do what’s best for the movie. We felt that if it’s [director] James Wan, and Jason Momoa, it should be Amber Heard. That’s really what it was,” Safran <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/07/amber-heard-aquaman-2-johnny-depp-fans-1234802845/">told</a> Deadline at the time. 
“One is not unaware of what is going on in the Twitter-verse, but that doesn’t mean you have to react to it or take it as gospel or accede to their wishes,” the producer continued. “You have to do what’s right for the film, and that’s really where we landed on it.”
But that was before the trial and the revelations about Heard that happened because of it. Now it appears Heard is in danger of being removed completely, even if her representative denies it.
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Amber Heard Denies ‘Slightly Insane’ Rumors She Was Cut From ‘Aquaman’ Sequel

Amber Heard Denies 'Slightly Insane' Rumors She Was Cut From 'Aquaman' Sequel

Amber Heard says she still loves Johnny Depp, even though she spent weeks cataloging what she called physical and emotional abuse by the &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean&#8221; actor to a Virginia jury, which found she had defamed him.
In the third and final installment of an interview that will air on NBC&#8217;s Dateline on Friday, Heard was asked by host Savannah Guthrie about her previous statement in which she said she &#8220;still loves&#8221; ex-husband Depp.
&#8220;Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. I love him. I loved him with all my heart and I tried the best I could to make a deeply broken relationship work. And I couldn&#8217;t. I have no bad feelings or ill will towards him at all. I know that might be hard to understand or it might be really easy to understand if you&#8217;ve ever loved anyone,&#8221; Heard said.
Heard also spoke about what she said was a pledge by Depp to hit her with &#8220;total global humiliation.&#8221;
&#8220;I know he promised it … it feels as though he has,&#8221; she said.
The interview was taped just days after a jury ruled that Heard, 36, had defamed Depp, 59, by writing in an op-ed published by The Washington Post that she was a survivor of &#8220;domestic abuse.&#8221; Depp sued her for $50 million. Heard then countersued for $100 million, claiming that her former husband defamed her when he and his lawyer said she made up her allegations of domestic violence.
The jury ordered Heard to pay her ex $10.4 million.
In the interview, Heard also discussed her pledge to donate the $7 million she got in her divorce settlement from Depp to two charities, which she is yet to do, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10919309/Amber-Heard-admits-loves-Johnny-Depp-despite-repeating-abuse-claims.html">according</a> to the Daily Mail.
&#8220;When grilled by Guthrie about the $3.5 million donation she said she had made to the ACLU from her $7 million divorce settlement from Depp, Heard insisted that she still plans to &#8216;honor&#8217; that payment, but that she had never intended to make it seem as though it had already been made, despite her stating to the British high court during a previous court case that she &#8216;had donated&#8217; the money,&#8221; the U.K. paper wrote.
&#8220;I made a pledge and that pledge is made over time by its nature,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8230; I feel like so much of the trial was meant to cast dispersions on who I am as a person, my credibility, to call me a liar in every way you can.&#8221;
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Amber Heard ‘Absolutely’ Still Loves Johnny Depp Even Though He Subjected Her To ‘Global Humiliation’

Amber Heard 'Absolutely' Still Loves Johnny Depp Even Though He Subjected Her To 'Global Humiliation'

Fox News anchor Dana Perino made it clear on Tuesday that she would not have advised actress Amber Heard to do the &#8220;Today Show&#8221; interview that had aired earlier in the day.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-gross-to-me-dana-perino-has-had-about-enough-of-bidens-ultra-maga-claims/">Perino</a> discussed the interview — hosted by NBC&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/did-they-all-come-in-and-lie-savannah-guthrie-challenges-amber-heards-claim-that-she-never-started-physical-fights/">Savannah Guthrie</a> — with her co-hosts on afternoon panel show &#8220;The Five,&#8221; and the overwhelming consensus was that Heard had not done herself any favors in her first major appearance following the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/defiant-amber-heard-unloads-in-lengthy-post-after-johnny-depp-wins-big-in-defamation-case/">defamation trial</a> she lost to ex-husband and actor Johnny Depp.
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&quot;Why would they tell her to do this interview?&quot; A baffled <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaPerino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaPerino</a> suggests that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmberHeard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmberHeard</a>&#39;s &quot;TODAY Show&quot; interview was proof &quot;her counsel hates her.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/YcJkJz7b2M">pic.twitter.com/YcJkJz7b2M</a>
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Jesse Watters was first to weigh in on the issue, saying that he would have &#8220;laid low&#8221; rather than make such a high-profile appearance.
&#8220;I would have done this — I would have not done Savannah, is that her name?&#8221; Watters began.
&#8220;Good choice,&#8221; co-host Greg Gutfeld agreed.
&#8220;I would have not done that. I would’ve laid low and I would have hired a team to go behind the scenes to Depp’s team and beg for mercy. He does not have to collect the 8 million or however much money it is. He could forgive it. He&#8217;s a — what I hear he is a decent guy. Okay?&#8221; Watters continued.
Watters went on to say that he believed her career in acting was likely finished, arguing that &#8220;no one is going to touch her, she is toxic, so she has to rely on a different talent, I don’t know what that other talent is &#8230; that is the strategy.&#8221;
Co-host Geraldo Rivera wasn&#8217;t sure that Watters was right about Heard&#8217;s career being over, however, and he pushed back.
&#8220;Give it six months. Johnny Depp complained that his career was destroyed by Amber Heard,&#8221; he said, going on to suggest that Depp&#8217;s likable persona and popularity had made it much harder for Heard and her attorneys to cast him as abusive. &#8220;Harvey Weinstein, you know, ugly, unpopular, easy to put him in the role as an abusive person. Johnny Depp though — popular, quirky, hip—&#8221;
Perino&#8217;s assessment made it clear that she had not been overly impressed with either Heard or Depp: &#8220;No two people deserve each other more.&#8221;
&#8220;The one good thing that she said was that we both look like rats,&#8221; Perino continued. &#8220;That is true and inappropriate, and I have a feeling that she must be so unlikable. Her counsel hates her. Why would they tell her to to do this interview? Why now? It’s too soon, as Jesse — gave great advice.&#8221;
Judge Jeanine Pirro argued that ego had driven Heard to make the appearance, adding, &#8220;She is egotistical and believes that she convinced people that she is a battered woman.&#8221;
&#8220;She said she was up against Captain Jack Sparrow and all of his minions on social media,&#8221; Rivera jumped in again. &#8220;Why do people indulge themselves in social media when they know it’s going to be hurtful though? It seems a self-inflicted wound, if you wallow in your responses to your tweets.&#8221;

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Dana Perino Says Amber Heard’s ‘Today Show’ Interview Is Proof ‘Her Counsel Hates Her’

Dana Perino Says Amber Heard's 'Today Show' Interview Is Proof 'Her Counsel Hates Her'

Dana Perino

Fox News

Fox News host Judge Jeanine Pirro said on Tuesday that actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/did-they-all-come-in-and-lie-savannah-guthrie-challenges-amber-heards-claim-that-she-never-started-physical-fights/">Amber Heard</a> could have opened herself up to another defamation lawsuit when she doubled down on claims that her ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, had abused her.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/im-the-performer-amber-heard-says-depp-was-performing-in-court-because-he-once-convinced-the-world-he-had-scissors-for-fingers/">Heard</a> repeated the claims several times during a &#8220;TODAY Show&#8221; interview that aired Tuesday morning, telling anchor Savannah Guthrie that she stood by the testimony she had given during the recent defamation trial — and Pirro joined her cohosts on &#8220;The Five&#8221; in reacting to the interview.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/JudgeJeanine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JudgeJeanine</a> reacts to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmberHeard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmberHeard</a> interview, warns that doubling down on her abuse claims could leave her vulnerable to another lawsuit from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JohnnyDepp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JohnnyDepp</a>. <a href="https://t.co/PdhwYp7b9U">pic.twitter.com/PdhwYp7b9U</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1536832140205252608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The show began with a clip of the interview that showed Guthrie asking Heard whether or not she stood by what she had said on the stand when she accused Depp of abusing her.
&#8220;Of course, till my dying day I will stand by every word in my testimony,&#8221; Heard replied, claiming that the courtroom had been filled with &#8220;Jack Sparrow fans&#8221; and that the tone on social media had influenced the outcome of the trial. &#8220;The jury is not immune to that.&#8221;
&#8220;Congratulations to Savannah Guthrie, that was a great clip from the interview there,&#8221; Geraldo Rivera responded to the clip before turning to Pirro to get her take on the situation.
&#8220;She is reaffirming all of her allegations, aren’t they new causes of action? Couldn’t they be the subject of a new suit?&#8221; he asked.
&#8220;Absolutely, Amber Heard repeating that Johnny Depp beat her, he could sue her again,&#8221; Pirro declared. &#8220;She is, as far as this jury is concerned, lying — and let me say one more thing, the fact that he won was based on her testimony. Everything that she said was used against her in the closing statement of the plaintiff.&#8221;
Pirro went on to explain that it had not been hard evidence that had ultimately convinced the jury that Depp was telling the truth — rather, the jury had listened to both Depp and Heard and had been convinced that she was not telling the truth.
&#8220;It was not so much that there was this circumstantial evidence that he was beating her, no, her own admissions are what incriminated her,&#8221; Pirro said. &#8220;It was everything that came from her mouth, both the credible and the incredible that ended up making her the liar, her the incredible defendant&#8230; And stop speaking for all of battered women, you don’t know battered women, I know battered women, you&#8217;re not one of them.&#8221;
Pirro, who has a long history of working with battered women herself, said from the beginning that she <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-do-not-represent-women-judge-jeanine-reads-amber-heard-the-riot-act-after-jury-sides-with-depp/">believed Heard was lying</a> about being the victim of abuse.

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‘He Could Sue Her Again’: Judge Jeanine Says Amber Heard Risked Another Lawsuit When She Doubled Down On Victim Status

Judge Jeanine Says Amber Heard Risked Another Lawsuit When She Doubled Down On Victim Status

Jeanine Pirro

Actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/piers-morgan-tells-amber-heard-its-time-to-stop-playing-the-victim-after-actress-calls-internet-reaction-to-verdict-unfair/">Amber Heard</a> lashed out at her ex-husband, actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thank-god-its-over-robert-downey-jr-facetimed-pal-johnny-depp-after-victory-over-ex-wife-amber-heard/">Johnny Depp</a>, over his attorneys&#8217; claim that she had given &#8220;the performance of a lifetime&#8221; during their recent defamation trial, arguing that he had been the one who &#8220;convinced the world he had scissors for fingers.&#8221;
Heard spoke to NBC&#8217;s Savannah Guthrie in her first <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/did-they-all-come-in-and-lie-savannah-guthrie-challenges-amber-heards-claim-that-she-never-started-physical-fights/">post-trial interview</a> — which aired Tuesday — and she continued to claim that Depp had lied and that she had been the victim of an exceptionally &#8220;abusive&#8221; and &#8220;toxic&#8221; dynamic throughout their relationship.
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Guthrie: Depp&#39;s attorneys said you gave &quot;the performance of a lifetime&quot; in court.
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Guthrie began by pointing directly to the closing arguments, noting that Depp&#8217;s attorneys had referred to Heard&#8217;s often emotionally-charged courtroom testimony as &#8220;the performance of a lifetime.&#8221;
&#8220;In the closing arguments, the Depp lawyer said — called your testimony &#8216;the performance of a lifetime&#8217; and said you were acting. What do you say to that?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers?&#8221; Heard quipped. &#8220;I’m the performer? I had listened to weeks of testimony insinuating that — or saying quite directly that — you know, I’m a terrible actress. So, I’m a bit confused how I could be both.&#8221;
&#8220;The Depp team argued that you were the abuser, that you instigated physical violence. Did you?&#8221; Guthrie continued.
&#8220;I never had to instigate it. I responded to it. When you are living in violence and it becomes normal, as I testified to, you have to adapt,&#8221; Heard replied, continuing to insist that she had only gotten physical as a reaction to Depp and the abusive nature of their relationship.
&#8220;You say you were responding, but there is evidence. There are tapes in which you acknowledge hitting. There are tapes which you say, &#8216;I started the fight,'&#8221; Guthrie pressed.
Heard pushed back, claiming that the tapes had been edited and they did not clearly show what was happening in real time. She went on to argue that the tapes were really evidence that she was negotiating with her &#8220;abuser.&#8221;
&#8220;I know much has been made of these audio tapes. They were first leaked online after being edited,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What you would hear in those clips are not evidence of what was happening. It was evidence of a negotiation of how to talk about that with your abuser.&#8221;
Depp, who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-johnny-depp-wins-in-defamation-case-against-amber-heard/">won his defamation case</a> against Heard, has not given public interviews regarding the outcome of the trial.

‘I’m The Performer?’: Amber Heard Says Depp Was ‘Performing’ In Court Because He Once ‘Convinced The World He Had Scissors For Fingers’

Amber Heard Says Depp Was 'Performing' In Court Because He Once 'Convinced The World He Had Scissors For Fingers'

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