Johnny Depp will appear in Rihanna’s upcoming Savage X Fenty fashion show, which airs on Prime Video on November 9, a source confirmed to Reuters.
TMZ broke the news for the first time that Depp will be making an appearance on the singer’s highly anticipated style show, noting that he will be taking part in one of the celebrity segments, which in the past has included Cindy Crawford and other faces. famous.
Depp, 59, will wear items from the men’s collection, making him the “first man in Savage X Fenty show history to take on the role,” according to TMZ.
Sources told TMZ that Rihanna and her team “invited” Depp to appear on the show and that both teams were “excited for this to happen.”
Representatives for Savage X Fenty and Depp did not respond to request for comment.
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 does not feature Depp or tease his appearance.
Previously announced performances include Anitta, Burna Boy, Don Toliver and Maxwell, and special appearances by Ángela Aguilar, Avani Gregg, Bella Poarch, Cara Delevingne, Damson Idris, Irina Shayk, Joan Smalls, Kornbread, Lara Stone, Lilly Singh, Marsai Martin, Precious Lee, Rickey Thompson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Simu Liu, Taraji P. Henson, Taylour Paige, Winston Duke, Zach Miko and more, according to a press release.
Depp’s appearance in Savage X Fenty comes just months after his surprise appearance at the MTV VMAs, following his libel lawsuit with ex-wife Amber Heard.
The actor appeared in a cameo appearance near the start of the show, with his face digitally superimposed in a floating lunar’s helmet.
“And you know what? I needed the job,” Depp told the crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. He reappeared as the show was returning from commercial, joking, “Hey VMAs, let’s get back to fucking music, shall we?”
The appearance came months after a seven-person jury sided mostly with the actor, finding that Heard defamed Depp in his 2018 Washington Post op-ed on domestic violence, despite her didn’t mention him by name. He was awarded over $10 million in damages. Heard, meanwhile, won one of her three libel countersuits and was awarded $2 million.
Judge Penney Azcarate denied Heard’s request for a mistrial, and after Heard formally appealed the verdict, Depp’s legal team announced that they would also appeal his countersuit verdict.
