Johnny Depp didn’t hold back when expressing his opinion of the news media Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Speaking during a press conference for the movie Jeanne du Barry, in which he plays King Louis XV, Johnny Depp was asked questions on a number of subjects, including his relationship with Hollywood and his career “comeback.”
At one point, he spoke about the news industry’s coverage of his personal life.
“The majority of what you read is fantastically, horrifically written fiction,” he said. “It’s like asking the question: ‘How are you doing?’ But the subtext is, ‘God, I hate you.’”
Watch below:
“I mean it’s boring, isn’t it? Aren’t you guys sick of it by now? It’s weird”
Johnny Depp reminds the media that the focus should be on the film, not his life, of which he calls the reporting of as, “fantastically, horrifically written fiction”
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