It’s Halloween 2015, and I’m dressed as Patsy Stone, watching as a man dressed as Oscar Pistorius – an athlete who shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp – swans across the dancefloor, wearing a sign that reads: “Everyone loves a few shots… even if they’re to the head.” It’s funny, right?
Fast-forward eight years, and clearly, I still don’t get the joke. Emily Hampshire, best known for her role as Stevie Budd in Schitt’s Creek, has apologised for dressing up with a friend as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for Halloween.
The actor posted (and then swiftly) deleted photos of the costume on social media, showing her wearing fake tattoos, a suit similar to the one worn by Depp during his highly-publicised defamation suit against Heard in 2022, and crudely drawn on facial hair. She also posed with a bottle of wine, a possible reference to Heard’s allegation that Depp assaulted her with a liquor bottle (which he denies), and a plastic turd, presumably a reference to Depp’s allegation that Heard defecated in their bed (which she denies).
After deleting the offensive post, Hampshire shared an apology, describing her actions as “one of the most thoughtless, insensitive, and ignorant things [she’s] ever done.”
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She’s not the first person to opt for the ultra-edgy costume choice of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp – but she is perhaps the latest to the party. Last year, several content creators tried out the costume in the wake of the trial. The text on one such video reads, “Bet you didn’t expect to see Johnny Depp and Amber Heard together this Halloween,” while one Twitter thread by a pro-Amber Heard account showed a litany of women wearing a ‘poop emoji’ costume to poke fun at “Amber Turd.”