British actress Helena Bonham Carter has slammed the “cancellation culture” and said Johnny Depp is “totally vindictive” after winning a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, Variety reports.

Helena Bonham Carter, right of Depp, at the Alice in Wonderland premiere.Photo: Barcroft / Backgrid USA / Profimedia Images

Speaking of Depp, with whom he starred in several films directed by Tim Burton, for example The corpse of the bride, Sweeney Todd, Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryor Alice In WonderlandThe British actress said in an interview with The Times reporters that, in her opinion, he is “right now. Quite well.”

“Johnny definitely had issues,” she added, but claimed he was now “completely avenged” after a US jury ruled in early June that his ex-wife had defamed him after a newspaper article The Washington Post claimed that he physically assaulted her during their marriage.

Of course, Bonham Carter’s comments aren’t entirely surprising, given that Johnny Depp is also godfather to her and director Tim Burton’s two children, who had a long-term relationship between 2001 and 2014.

But she has also defended British author JK Rowling, who has come under fire from some people in recent years for some of her comments, which some consider transphobic.

“It’s terrible, complete nonsense. I think she was bullied. This way of judging people is taken to the extreme,” said Bonham Carter, who played Bellatrix Lestrange in 4 films. Harry Potter.

Bonham Carter rails against ‘cancellation culture’

“It is not necessary for everyone to agree with everything. You’re entitled to your opinion,” she stressed, expressing her frustration with Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson attacking Rowling over her comments.

“But I think they’re very protective of their fans and their generation. It is difficult. One of the features of the fame game is that it has a label,” she added.

Helena Bonham Carter also spoke of the phenomenon of “cancellation culture,” rhetorically asking whether a genius would be “cancelled” because of his sexual practices.

“There will be millions of people who, if you looked closely enough into their personal lives, would be disqualified. You can’t ban people. I hate cancellation culture. Hysteria has set in, there is some sort of witch hunt and misunderstanding,” she said.

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