Johnny Depp jokes about Donald Trump assassination at Glastonbury event
The actor appeared at the music festival to introduce his film The Libertine.
Johnny Depp joked about assassinating President Donald Trump during an appearance at Glastonbury Festival.
The Hollywood actor received a rock star welcome during the event at Cineramageddon – a drive-in cinema situated on the Somerset site.
“I think he needs help and there are a lot of wonderful dark, dark places he could go,” Depp said, to cheers from the crowd.
“It is just a question – I’m not insinuating anything.
“By the way, this is going to be in the press. It will be horrible.
“When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?
“I want to qualify, I am not an actor. I lie for a living.
“However, it has been a while and maybe it is time.”
He smoked a cigarette as he posed for pictures and jumped on the car bonnet without prompting. Wearing a black shirt and distressed jeans, he also sported a black hat with a silver ribbon around it.
Introducing the film, he said: “Thank you so much for having me here.
“This is beautiful, chaotic, madness.
“I made the film because I wanted to try to bring to England a great poet that they missed.
“This guy is one of the deepest poets. He was very religious.
“Someone asks to talk about religion. How long you got?
“It is a film that a lot of people worked very hard on.”
Fans, many sat in vintage cars and trucks, then enjoyed a screening of The Libertine.
