Johnny Depp roasts Hollywood, gets 7-minute ovation at Cannes.

Johnny Depp Receives Standing Ovation at Cannes Film Festival

Actor Johnny Depp received a warm welcome at the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest film “Jeanne du Barry” premiered to a seven-minute standing ovation. However, in a subsequent interview, Depp made it clear that he no longer had any use for Hollywood.

Roasting Hollywood and the Media

During the interview, Depp roasted the industry that had effectively boycotted him and the media that turned his life into “fantastically, horrifically written fiction.” He objected to the term “comeback” when referring to his return to the big screen, saying, “I keep wondering about the word ‘comeback,’ because I didn’t go anywhere. I live about 45 minutes away … I’ve been sitting around.”

Standing Up for the Truth

Depp also took a jab at social media hate and commentary, suggesting that people were afraid to stand up for the truth if too many people were saying something else. “It’s a very strange, funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves. But they can’t. Because they must ‘fall in line’ with the person in front of them. You wanna live that kind of life, I wish you the best,” Depp said. “I’ll be on the other side somewhere.”

Focusing on the Films

Depp concluded by lambasting the media for taking his life and turning it into “fiction,” claiming that journalism today was akin to someone asking a simple question – like wondering how he was doing — but always having a devious ulterior motive. He said that they should be there to focus on the films and referred to the other stories as “all the stuff that you can stuff your shoes with – or line your parrot cage with — I mean it’s boring, isn’t it? Aren’t you guys sick of it by now? It’s weird,” he said. “Hundred thousand dollar bird sings unrecorded Beatles songs … you’ll get it later, I promise.”

• Johnny Depp received a seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival for his latest film “Jeanne du Barry.”
• Depp roasted Hollywood and the media for their treatment of him.
• He encouraged people to stand up for the truth and be themselves.
• Depp called for the focus to be on the films, not his personal life.

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