Not everybody was offended by Lance Bass’ TikTok reenactment of Amber Heard’s testimony in her ongoing defamation trial in opposition to ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Comic Jenny Johnson discovered the since-deleted video to be fairly amusing, hailing the *NSYNC alum’s efficiency in it as worthy of an Academy Award.
“It appears like this Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial has been happening endlessly and as if I wanted another excuse to like @lancebass anymore… 🎶Then a hero comes alongside…🎶 Swipe to observe this Oscar efficiency —->,” she wrote on Instagram, having snagged Bass’ video earlier than it was taken down.
Within the quick clip, the “Bye Bye Bye” singer acted out the a part of Heard’s testimony wherein she described the primary time Depp, 58, allegedly struck her throughout their transient marriage. The actress’ real-life voice performed within the background.
“I lose my stability. At this level, we’re sitting subsequent to one another on the sting of the sofa — or, I used to be on the sting of the sofa,” Heard, 36, stated in courtroom, as Bass, 43, stumbled throughout his lounge and made his approach to the sofa.
“I used to be simply sitting there on this carpet, this soiled carpet, questioning how I wound up on this carpet and why I by no means seen that the carpet was so filthy earlier than,” she continued, as a confused Bass threw himself onto the bottom and sniffed the shag rug beneath him.
Concurrently, somebody off digicam — maybe husband Michael Turchin — threw ripped-up items of paper onto the previous boy band member and the ground.
“I simply didn’t know what else to do, I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t know methods to react,” Heard’s voice trailed off.
Bass deleted the submit following a slew of backlash from critics who felt it was in poor style to make a mockery of the alleged home violence.
As one dissenter argued, the video might doubtlessly “dissuade victims from ever coming ahead once more.”
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star is at the moment battling it out with the “Aquaman” actress over a 2018 Washington Put up op-ed she wrote wherein she described herself as a sufferer of bodily and sexual abuse.
Though she didn’t point out Depp by title, he alleges that the piece tarnished his repute and profession.
The “Edward Scissorhands” star has lengthy denied his ex-wife’s claims that he beat her and threatened to kill her whereas inebriated and medicines.
They have been married from 2015 to 2017.
