Kubwerera mu Disembala 2018, a Johnny Depp adadzipeza pakati pa chiwonetsero cha Amber Herd adayankhula ndi Washington Post, zomwe adaimbidwa mlandu wochita zachiwawa pabanja. Mlanduwu watengera ntchito ya Depp, koma pambuyo pake idakhala chilichonse, ndipo, moona, adadzikhala wokhudzana ndi a Johnny mwankhanza komanso mosasamala. Pambuyo pake, adabweretsa mkazi wakale kwa $ 50 miliyoni kuti anyoze ndipo pamapeto pake amatha kubwerera kuntchito.
Ntchito imodzi yaposachedwa kwambiri inali filimuyo "Kudikirira Varvarov", pomwe kampaniyo idapanga Marko Rielanx ("wamkulu komanso wokongola"). Wochitapositi posachedwapa adafunsidwa mafunso ku UK ndipo adauza zomwe amaganiza zofananirako kuzungulira Hurd ndi Depp. Masitima athu ophunzitsidwa kuti a Johnny amatulutsa "chithunzithunzi cha munthu wokonda kwambiri komanso wodalirika," ndipo anawonjezera kuti mkati mwa kujambula mnzake anali "wamanyazi kwambiri."
Maliko adatsimikizanso kuti milandu ya HALD idakhudza chiwawa chakuthupi, ndipo apeza kuti Johnny adakana chilichonse, zowoneka bwino kwambiri. "Izi siziri konse mu chikhalidwe chake," Woyesererayo adazindikira. Ananenanso kuti sanamvepo depp ikunena mawu oyipa a munthu wina, ndipo ngakhale kuti mphekesera zidachitika kwambiri, zikuonekeratu kuti sakuwona kuti ndi munthu amene ali pachiwopsezo chopha ena.
Inde, lingaliro la kubwezeredwa kwa Johnny kuti ziwonongeko zikhalidwe zilibe mu ulamuliro wa Khotilo, koma zikuwonekeratu kuti ogwira nawo ntchito villain yeniyeni.