Amid Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s defamation trial, celebrities have been keeping an eye on the court proceedings — and they have not been afraid to share their opinions.Drew Barrymore made headlines after joking about the legal drama during her talk show. “It’s, like, one layer of crazy, it’s a seven-layer dip of insanity.
I know that these are two people’s real lives and I know what it’s like to have your life put out in public,” the 50 First Dates star, 47, said about the live-streamed trial in April. “I understand all the feelings, but they are actually offering up this information.”After receiving criticism on social, the California native apologized to her followers for trying to add humor to the conversation.“It has come to my attention that I have offended people with making light of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard and for that, I just want to deeply apologize and appreciate everyone who spoke out because this can be a teachable moment for me and how I move forward and how I conduct myself,” Barrymore detailed in an Instagram video in May. “I can be a more thoughtful and better person moving forward because all I want to do is be a good person and I very much appreciate the depth of this and I will grow and change from it, and I thank everyone for helping me grow along the way and teaching me.”Depp, 58, and Heard’s court trial is a result of the Oscar nominee suing his ex-wife, 36, for defamation.
The Kentucky native claims that Heard’s 2018 op-ed about her past history with abuse cost him his career in Hollywood.The former couple’s relationship first became a topic of conversation one year after they tied the knot in 2014.
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