'It's hard to maintain the same level of respect and admiration for Rihanna in the face of such a dismal judgement call.'
When I read about Rihanna’s decision to cast Depp in her show, I was horrified and deeply disappointed. For context, Rihanna is one of my heroes. Ever since I joined her on her infamous 777 tour in 2012, I've adored her. At the time of that trip, Rihanna was secretly dating Chris Brown again, her ex-boyfriend who violently attacked her in 2009.
Rihanna is a woman in control of her own ship. That ship might not always have been steered in the right direction, but there’s no doubt that she was at its helm. Her performances are always high energy, irreverent, and skilled. I love her music and how it makes me feel, but I also love her persona – her defiance and non-conformity. I love how she dresses – she couldn’t care less about what anyone else thinks of her outfits, it’s about how she feels in them.
“It's hard to maintain the same level of respect and admiration for Rihanna in the face of such a dismal judgement call, but domestic abuse is a murky, nuanced issue and survivors often have complicated, mixed feelings about abusers.” All this has made her casting choice very difficult to swallow. Regardless of whether you think Depp is an abuse survivor or not, there were a great many dark, nasty things that came out about him in court – not just Heard’s accounts of abuse, but explicit footage and recordings that detailed his behaviour towards her. It seems risky from a business perspective, but also hugely poor moral judgement on her part.
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