GQ called Johnny Depp an ‘outlaw’ and some people really weren’t happy about it
GQ had an exclusive interview with Johnny Depp but not everyone was as excited about it as the magazine was. Here’s the front cover (well, most of it).
.@BritishGQ November cover. @JonathanHeaf interviews #JohnnyDepp. Read the interview here https://t.co/O2ZQ7MXdvB pic.twitter.com/uuM22kBDgq
— British GQ (@BritishGQ) October 2, 2018
But here’s the bit that really irritated some people.
https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/1047394276190146560
And this is why.
can’t believe i have to say this @britishgq but being accused of domestic violence does not make you cool. it does not make you an “outlaw”. it does not make you a sexy, conflicted hero. it does not mean you know “torment”. it does not lead you to the “sordid beautiful truth”. pic.twitter.com/a2JdZJvRYG
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
it certainly does not mean you have “looked into the Gorgon Medusa’s eyes to see for [your]self life’s savage reality”!! (a genuine quote from this piece.) it does not men you are making it your “life’s mission” to “seek truth” ?!? what is this pathetic ego massaging nonsense?
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
this paragraph is an embarrassing, feeble, attempt to distance the article from the reality of what it is: a puff piece about a man accused of hitting his wife. “i just wanted to chat with a man – a man who, by the way, brought JOY to MILLIONS, before you start your whining” pic.twitter.com/Lvuwov5mjP
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
i did not expect to get genuinely upset about this today! and yet! embarrassing as it is i am!
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
i spent my formative teenage years basing a big chunk of my identity around this man. he was everything to me. i met him & he was kind to me: a teenager who loved him. my faith in that man was eradicated. and ppl go around gawking at his mansion like nothing happened? fuck that!
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
all that paragraph says (“this is not reporting! i am not trying to find out what happened! just having a chit chat w a big star!”) is that we chose moral cowardice to gain hollywood access. what a terrible look for gq.
— anna leszkiewicz (@annaleszkie) October 3, 2018
But not everyone agreed. Far from it.
No, you’re right, it doesn’t make you cool. It does, however, give you the right to tell your side of the story, defend yourself over allegations that were never proven, to defend your name against a woman that tried to extort you. I do hope you react like this to Amber’s –
— Venus 🍁 (@AutumnOnVenus) October 3, 2018
Still, bet it was a good interview, right?
Can perspective be hoodwinked????? Aside from being dangerous this is laughable garbage pic.twitter.com/zsQJevVhqr
— Laura Snapes (@laurasnapes) October 3, 2018
A BELIEF IN ROMANTIC REBELLION!!! this is like a teenage boy's argumentative essay assignment pic.twitter.com/wnofbPVPdm
— Laura Snapes (@laurasnapes) October 3, 2018
That fawning GQ Depp piece is honestly one of the most embarrassing things I've ever read. Imagine spending your life becoming a writer to churn out vanity pieces for Johnny Depp without a hint of journalistic integrity.
— niamh (@full_hearts) October 3, 2018