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Rachel Riley Says ‘She Wouldn’t Wish Johnny Depp’ On Her Worst Enemy
Not everyone agrees with this.
Rachel Riley recently stumbled upon an outlined claim about Johnny Depp’s past amid his legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard. The thread mentioned the actor’s friendship with Marylin Mason, who had been accused of physical and s*xual abuse by ex-fiancé Evan Rachel Wood and several other women in early 2021.
It also alleged that Depp groomed Winona Rider when she was 17 and claimed the actor had a history of homophobia, although there’s no evidence.
In response to the thread that brands the Pirates of the Caribbean actor as problematic, Riley, 36, wrote: “I wouldn’t wish this guy on my worst enemy.”
The countdown star also reposted another tweet from domestic abuse researcher Emma Katz, which entailed a link to an article from the National Domestic Violence Hotline in the United States titled “The Myth of Mutual Abuse.” The piece had stated: “Many times, we speak with survivors of abuse who want to address concerns they have about their own behaviors.”
“They will often express that their relationship is mutually abusive, a concept used when describing a relationship where both partners are abuse towards one another.”
“Abuse is about an imbalance of power and control. In an unhealthy or abusive relationship, there may be unhealthy behaviors from both/all partners, but in an abusive relationship, one person tends to have more control than the other.” So far, Riley’s retweet of Johnny’s alleged past has attracted mixed reactions in the comments.
Not everyone agreed with the presenter as one person wrote: “Have you looked into the facts or watched the trial? Johnny is no angel but it seems Amber was the abuser in this case.”
Another, in support of Riley, stated: “You are very brave to post this – I see the baying mob of Depp obsessives and plain old misogynists have already started in. Thank you for speaking out.” A third added: “While his alleged actions can’t be condoned, I can’t believe your siding with a person who has been recorded admitting they domestically abused someone.”
Depp is suing Heard, 36, for $50million for defamation over her 2018 op-ed article for the Washington Post, in which she spoke about being a victim of domestic abuse.
In response, Heard countersued for $100M, alleging she was beaten and threatened by her husband.
