“I can’t imagine how Amber Heard must be feeling at the moment. The vitriol that has been spewed online has honestly shocked me,' said Christie Whelan-Browne who until recently was tied up with defamation proceedings with Craig McLachlan. amberheard ...
, citing the impact it was having on his family and his own mental health. Before he did so, the court heard allegations from McLachlan about Whelan-Browne’s own behaviour that went unanswered. The case was abandoned before she had the opportunity to speak.
We’re speaking soon after the verdict in Johnny Depp’s defamation case has been handed down amid an online pile-on against his ex-partner Amber Heard, evidence of what Whelan-Browne sees as “pushback” against women speaking out. “I can’t imagine how Amber Heard must be feeling at the moment,” she says. “The vitriol that has been spewed online has honestly shocked me.I just hope she is being looked after.
That said, she adores performing and says it’s the only thing she can imagine doing: “It’s addictive.”traces the journey from an aspiring graduate to a perpetual understudy, a musical star torn by career versus life choices, the leading man pushing the party show along, an ageing diva and finally to an elderly gent looking back wistfully on his career.Whelan-Browne jokes that a few of the songs are triggering, as they’re from roles she is desperate to play but hasn’t been able to thus far.