‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Emily Hampshire Apologizes for Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Halloween Costume: ‘Thoughtless, Insensitive and Ignorant’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Hampshire, the actor best known for playing Stevie Budd on all six seasons of the Emmy-winning comedy series “Schitt’s Creek,” has issued an apology for dressing up with a friend as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for Halloween.
Hampshire posted and then deleted photos of the costumes, which ignited outrage on social media. The actor sported fake tattoos as Depp and appeared to wear a suit that closely resembled one that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star wore during his highly-publicized 2022 libel trial against Heard. “I want to address what is one of the most thoughtless, insensitive, and ignorant things I’ve ever done,” Hampshire wrote in an apology post. “For Halloween, I stupidly thought it would be funny to dress as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
I am deeply sorry and ashamed for putting something that awful out in the universe.” “Domestic abuse is never, ever funny,” Hampshire added. “These are real issues with real people and I REALLY regret my actions.
In the future I will do better. I’m so sorry.” Hampshire’s costume choice received widespread backlash for making light of abuse, as the Depp-Heard trial was centered around several instances of alleged abuse that took place during the two actors’ relationship.
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