Jenna Ortega had a very good chortle about these Johnny Depp relationship rumors. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star lastly addressed the bizarre rumor that’s been floating round that she’s relationship an actor almost 40 years her senior.
In Buzzfeed‘s Pet Interview, the 21-year-old Wednesday actress mentioned the “craziest rumor” with the 61-year-old actor. “Most likely that I used to be in a severe relationship with Johnny Depp and I needed everyone to depart us alone. It’s so insane to me,” she stated. “I by no means stated something like that.”
She continued saying that it made a few individuals on set confused. “I believed that that was fairly hilarious,” she stated. “I used to be on set with Richard E. Grant and he got here as much as me and he stated, ‘Oh, so that you and Johnny …’ and I laughed as a result of I don’t know that particular person.”
Rumors began to flow into when Deuxmoi reportedly acquired an nameless tip claiming that the pair had been noticed collectively and have been probably engaged on the sequel to Beetlejuice collectively. In line with the Day by day Mail, the rumors of his involvement with the undertaking first began in June 2022 when Depp was briefly listed as a solid member in Beetlejuice 2 on Google search outcomes, however that has since been debunked as a result of he’s not within the film or doing film promotion in any respect.
The Pirates of the Caribbean‘s rep denied the rumors after they first got here out. “Mr. Depp has no private or skilled relationship with Ms. Ortega in any way,” they advised Day by day Mail on September 2, 2023. “He has by no means met her or spoken to her. He’s not concerned in any undertaking along with her, nor does he intend to be.” Depp’s spokesperson went on so as to add, “He’s appalled by these baseless and malicious rumors which might be meant to hurt his fame and profession.”
Ortega additionally addressed the “ridiculous” rumors on her social media account on the time dispelling the rumors as properly. “I can’t even chortle,” the Scream star reportedly wrote in a since-deleted publish shared to her Instagram Story.
Although the 2 look like single proper now, the one different factor they’ve in frequent is being a collaborator with Tim Burton. Ortega labored with the director on Wednesday and the Beetlejuice sequel, whereas Depp labored with him on Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Charlie & The Chocolate Manufacturing facility, and Sweeney Todd.
