Johnny Depp advised a mob of adoring followers within the UK on Thursday evening that he’s “nonetheless in shock” about profitable his bombshell defamation go well with in opposition to Amber Heard — and even cracked a joke about his severed finger.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star was captured on video laughing as dozens of admirers congratulated him on this week’s win as he emerged from his good friend rocker Jeff Beck’s Newcastle gig.
“Thanks, I’m nonetheless in shock a bit,” Depp revealed to at least one celebratory fan.
Because the actor posed for photographs and signed autographs, he joked with a younger boy within the crowd about dropping a part of his finger in an alleged combat along with his ex-wife in Australia in 2015.
“You will have 5, I've 4 and seven-eighths. Mad,” Depp advised the boy.
Depp’s severed finger was introduced up repeatedly through the lurid six-week trial in Fairfax, Va., because the “Edward Scissorhands” star testified that the tip of his finger was chopped off when Heard allegedly threw a vodka bottle at him.
“For these asking, Johnny was genuinely the nicest man,” a fan named Jay tweeted shortly after her Thursday encounter with the star.
“He took his time to speak and thank everybody and signed as a lot as he may given the time and house he had, he particularly took time to thank and speak to the younger kids who have been ready.”
The actor has been within the UK since jurors began deliberating his case — and he remained there when the verdict was handed down Wednesday.
Jurors ended up awarding Depp $10.4 million in damages.
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