Floating above the stage at a screening, Depp delivered one-liners between commercial breaks. “I needed the job,” he announced, as the annual ceremony opened. It marks the actor’s latest appearance in an apparent return to the public sphere, following his victory in his multi-million dollar lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. In later virtual appearances at the VMAs, Depp said he was available for “birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, anything you need… anything. “Oh, I’m a dentist too,” he added. Allow Instagram content? This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is uploaded, as it may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click Allow and Continue. “Hey VMAs, let’s get back to the fucking music, shall we?” he said in another appearance. It was recently announced that Depp is set to direct his first feature film in 25 years with Monti, about the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani. The announcement came a week after Depp confirmed his first starring role after winning a legal battle in Fairfax County, Virginia, earlier this year: as King Louis XV in the French film Jeanne Du Barry. Depp is also a musician, having formed the band Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry in 2015. While awaiting the verdict in the trial, Depp performed several shows with musician Jeff Beck in the UK, at venues in London, Newcastle and Glasgow. The pair released an album in July.
