Johnny Depp insinuated that he wanted to assassinate President Trump during an appearance at a film festival in the UK by offering to be the next actor to kill a president.
Depp asked the crowd how long it has been since “an actor assassinated a president” while introducing a film at the Cinemageddon film festival in Glastonbury, according to The Guardian newspaper.
“I want to qualify, I am not an actor. I lie for a living. However, it has been a while and maybe it is time,” Depp told the crowd.
President Abraham Lincoln was infamously assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth — who was a well-known actor of the time.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor tried to pose his question as a hypothetical but clearly knew the comments would be seen as controversial.
“It is just a question — I’m not insinuating anything,” Depp added. “By the way, this is going to be in the press. It will be horrible. I like that you are all a part of it.”
In a statement from the White House, Trump encouraged other actors to “speak out” against what Depp insinuated.
“President Trump has condemned violence in all forms and it’s sad that others like Johnny Depp have not followed his lead,” the statement read. “I hope that some of Mr. Depp’s colleagues will speak out against this type of rhetoric as strongly as they would if his comments were directed to a Democrat elected official.”