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A photo posted by Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) on Oct 18, 2015 at 9:14am PDT
Johnny Depp has some really loyal friends. Dude friends. Bro friends. Bros-before-hos friends. Depp’s bros like Benicio del Toro, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton have all defended Depp, explicitly or implicitly, in the wake of Amber Heard’s accusations of abuse. Considering that the divorce has been finalized and everything is done, I was hoping that we would stop hearing from Depp’s bros completely. I mean, what’s done is done. Amber got out, and hopefully her actions served to warn the next woman in Depp’s life. But Depp’s bros just can’t help themselves. The latest Brosef to step up for Team Depp 4-Eva is Marilyn Manson. Marilyn and Johnny have known each other for years/decades. They are friends. They’ve performed together. Marilyn is godfather to Johnny’s daughter. So in a new interview, Marilyn stepped up to the plate for Depp:
Now Marilyn Manson, a longtime friend of Depp’s who’s said he’s “like a brother to me,” is godfather to Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose, and who shares a skeleton tattoo with the actor from Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal, has given his two cents on the split. In an interview with The Daily Beast for a longer profile to run next week tied to his creepy upcoming role in the WGN drama Salem, the musician and artist stood by Depp, claiming that his pal was “crucified” by Heard in the press.
“Lily-Rose is my goddaughter and I was there when [his son] Jack was born, so we go back,” said Manson. “Johnny is one of the nicest people that I know—to the extent where it’s almost heartbreaking how kind he is to his friends, and everyone around him. I know that he was completely crucified—unjustly.”
“I would stand by him on anything,” Manson continued. “As my friend, I know that he’s handling it the best he can and he’s a great Dad, too. It fills me with joy to see his kids grow up and be so smart, and so hilarious. We played a show together not too long ago. It’s hard to say when you talk about your friends. Of course I think that all of it was bullsh-t, and I think that he is a great person. I wouldn’t agree with any of it if someone were to put me on the stand and ask me what I know, or what I’ve witnessed.”
[From The Daily Beast]
Here’s what I don’t understand: one, how do celebrities still not understand how to say “no comment”? Two, how do Johnny’s bros not understand that they can simply talk up Johnny without maligning Amber? I don’t think anyone would hold it against one of Depp’s longtime friends if they said, “Look, he’s my friend and he’s been my friend for years. I don’t want to comment about the rest of it.” Why do all of Johnny’s bros have such a hard-on for talking sh-t about Amber, who, let’s be clear, HAD THE RECEIPTS?? We know Depp is awful because she showed us. But the bros don’t care. They still think Amber was “crucifying” Johnny, because… she filed for divorce? Because she tried to handle everything quietly until he publicly maligned her and waged a public campaign to discredit her? Because HE was the one who was “crucified,” right?
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