This was Johnny Depp’s 40 seconds on Rihanna’s “Savage X Fenty” show

A week ago, Rihanna announced on Twitter that Johnny Depp would be her special guest in the fourth installment of her intimate fashion show, ‘Savage X Fenty’. The news was met with a lot of criticism from the artist’s fans and also from some of her models, such as the musician Olly Alexander, who for this reason decided not to participate in the fashion show. The first episode of the show is out now on Prime Video and features the actor’s controversial cameo.

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? sea ​​(@vaersac) November 9, 2022

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The spotlights illuminate a Johnny Depp, leaning in the shade next to a tree (there was no more beautiful trunk) and surrounded by a group of dancers who seem to praise him like a deity. With determined steps, Depp walks towards the camera, while the song ‘So Fresh, So Clean’ by Outkast plays in the background.. Her look is reminiscent of her campaign for Sauvage de Dior cologne, but with her longer hair it fits better with recent images from her time in court.

Halfway through, Depp smiles. After a small continuity glitch where the dancers slip into the background, Depp rolls his eyes, where the spotlights illuminate him even more. Finally, he returns to the tree that started it all and leans against it in an unexpected embrace.. There you have it: Rihanna got her 40 seconds of redemption.

What does the cameo mean?

Rihanna has placed Johnny Depp in a privileged position on her show: He’s not another model, but he’s the first male guest to have a ‘solo’. While we don’t know the meaning of the metaphor behind Depp-hugs-trees, the inclusion of the actor is a total statement of intent by the artist, who, as a victim of gender-based violence, decides to position himself in Depp’s favor regarding the defamation process and the media that continue to divide the population in the Amber-Depp case.