29 déc. 2021 - MEDIA COVERAGE Sunrise hosts forced to cut off Barnaby Joyce as he tears into Johnny Depp over dog-smuggling saga

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Sunrise hosts are forced to cut off Barnaby Joyce as he tears into Johnny Depp over THAT dog-smuggling saga - after Amber Heard reignited their feud by naming her pooch after deputy PM

By JESSE HYLAND and MARY MRAD

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce unleashed on Johnny Depp live on Sunrise on Wednesday - forcing the hosts to cut him off in case his tirade compromised the Hollywood actor's ongoing legal case in the U.S.

The National Party leader, 54, called the Pirates of the Caribbean star, 58, a 'deads**t' - an Australian slang term for a contemptible person - after being asked about Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard naming her new dog after him.

Heard had announced on Twitter earlier that day that she'd named her dog Barnaby Joyce in reference to the 2015 incident when she and then-husband Depp illegally brought their dogs into Australia and Joyce threatened to have the animals killed.

'I can't work it out. I'd forgotten about her,' Joyce said in response to Heard's choice of dog name. 'She was out of my mind, but I'm in her mind.'

'I'm in there like a bee, I'm just buzzing around her brain,' he added, before admitting he was 'flattered' the actress had used his name for her new pooch.

Heard avoided a conviction for dog smuggling in 2016 but was issued a $1,000 fine.

Depp and Heard were then ordered to issue a public apology on camera for border security, which Sunrise hosts Edwina Bartholomew and Matt Shirvington brought up during their interview with Joyce.

'They look like two terrorists in a basement in Lebanon. They're crazy guys,' Joyce said of the now-infamous video.

The politician then went on the attack against Depp, who has been accused of verbal and physical abuse by Heard - claims he strongly denies and is fighting in court.

'I got Johnny right. You know, she was all "Johnny is lovely, Johnny is lovely". Johnny is a deads**t,' Joyce said.

Bartholomew, Shirvington and co-hosts Natarsha Belling and Mark Beretta looked shocked by the comment then quickly wrapped up the interview.

'Well, the jury is still debating that one as well at the moment,' Shirvington said, in reference to the ongoing $50million defamation lawsuit filed by Depp against Heard.

Bartholomew added: 'Quite literally the jury is still debating that, so we'll leave that one there.'

Depp is suing his ex-wife through a court in Virginia over an op-ed article she wrote for the Washington Post in 2018 where she described how she was a victim of domestic violence.

She never referred to Depp by name but he believes that it was obvious Heard was referring to him as the abuser. Depp has denied any abuse towards her.

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