Rihanna ignores Johnny Depp’s dirty laundry for her lingerie show

On Twitter critics of the decision to feature Depp in the show have been posting with the hashtag #AmberHeardDeservesBetter.

“If Rihanna wanted to create a talking point, she’s done it,” Otter says.

While the Savage x Fenty show is part of a Rihanna comeback, having released her first new music in six years with the song Lift Me Up from the soundtrack of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever it is also the latest step in Depp’s makeover.

During the most recent trial supermodel Kate Moss testified as a rebuttal witness supporting her ex-boyfriend Depp, saying that “he never pushed me, kicked me or threw me down any stairs.” Depp went on to appear in the MTV Video Music Awards in August.

Depp returned as the well-worn face of the Dior fragrance Sauvage in August, a role he began in 2015. Dior is part of the LVMH luxury conglomerate, which backs Rihanna’s Fenty line through its incubator Kendo.

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If Depp’s appearance goes ahead it will be the latest example of fashion and beauty brands airbrushing uncomfortable details from the past. Controversial comments by Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana haven’t stopped the Kardashians and Delta Goodrem from wearing their dresses, former Dior creative director John Galliano has made amends for his anti-Semitic comments in 2011 and works for Maison Margiela, and Burberry remained relatively unscathed after a 2019 show featured a model wearing a hoodie with strings tied in the shape of a noose at during London Fashion Week.

Instead of barging into the offices of Skechers, following his dumping by Adidas, Balenciaga and the Gap for anti-Semitic comments, Ye might be better off giving Rihanna a call.

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