'Saturday Night Live' weighed in on the actors' court battle with a parody of the live proceedings.
, where sex and culture critic Ella Dawson accused the show of repeating claims from Depp that she branded"false."'s cold open made fun of the Depp/Heard defamation trial and it repeated false claims that Heard cut off Depp's finger and defecated in his bed," she wrote."The premise of the sketch was that the trial is 'fun' and for public amusement.
"Domestic violence is not a joke. Rape is not a joke. Abusers using the legal system to continue to terrorize their victims is not a joke. Abusers using accusations of defamation to silence their victims is not a joke." Domestic violence is not a joke. Rape is not a joke. Abusers using the legal system to continue to terrorize their victims is not a joke. Abusers using accusations of defamation to silence their victims is not a joke."In twenty years people are going to look back at this trial and all of the media coverage and be disgusted," Dawson added."Some of us are already disgusted.
"Leave it to #SNL [to] be not only late, but also ignorant and unfunny as they make fun of the Johnny Depp trial," Signore tweeted, adding that they"didn't even have the balls to have any cast member play crying Amber Heard. let alone get any of the other trial players right. Lame #JusticeForJohnny."be not only late, but also ignorant and unfunny as they make fun of the Johnny Depp trial… didn’t even have the balls to have any cast member play crying Amber Heard.
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