Paul McCartney waded into the ongoing controversy over Johnny Depp amid his ongoing defamation suit when the rocker featured the actor in a video at a recent concert.Footage posted to Instagram on Tuesday shows McCartney, 79, performing his song My Valentine at a show in Seattle while showing a recording of Depp, 58, playing guitar.The oddly timed concert footage comes as the actor is engaged in a furious court battle over his defamation suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, 36, though McCartney has been using the video at his shows for nearly a decade.
On stage: Paul McCartney, 79, appeared to signal support for his friend Johnny Depp, 58, when he played a clip of Depp from the video to his song My Valentine at a concert Tuesday in Seattle, while Depp is suing his ex Amber Heard for defamationA representative for McCartney didn't immediately return DailyMail.com's request for comment.In a video shared to Instagram by Jill Vedder, McCartney can be seen at the piano as he sings My Valentine.Behind him is a large black-and-white projected video of Depp, who initially plucks at an acoustic guitar, before he begins reciting the song's lyrics in sign language while McCartney sings them live. 'Might be controversial to post this video with J.D.
Don’t care,' wrote Vedder, who is a philanthropist and the wife of Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, as well as an apparent acquaintance of Depp.'Know him only to be a gentleman,' she continued, before defending the actor, who has been accused of sexual assault and physical abuse by his ex-wife. 'And while I support women and the “me too” movement, I also know some women who have destroyed the lives of innocent & good men. .. @johnnydepp … p.s verbal abuse is not cool either..
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