Amber Heard is feeling defeated. In her first on-camera interview since her explosive legal battle with ex-husband, Johnny Depp came to an end, the Aquaman actress is speaking out about social media's role.
This has included negative hashtags, petitions against her career, and more. She slammed the social media backlash to Today, calling it "not fair." She is defending herself as the backlash continues online.
As a live televised event, people were able to express their thoughts on social media, as they were happening.
The majority of these tweets and posts favored the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.
His research found that there were over a million negative tweets about Amber Heard. Among the most used ones were #amberheardisanabuser, #wejustdontlikeyouamber, and #amberturd.
He also noted that #JusticeForJohnnyDepp began trending as far back as 2013. Although, the hashtag #Johnnydeppisawifebeater took a jump during Depp's UK libel suit, which he ended up losing.
In an interview with Today, she said that Amber was "demonized" by Johnny's team. "A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused."
“There’s no way they couldn’t have been influenced by it, and it was horrible,” Elaine said. “It really, really was lopsided.”
“Social media played no role whatsoever,” Chew said on GMA when asked if social media played a role in the seven-person jury's decision.
Vasquez admitted that coverage of the trial was everywhere. "But at the same time [jury members] were admonished every single night. And they had a tremendous amount of respect for the court and the process, and they were doing the best that they could.”
In a matter of days since joining TikTok, he now has over eight million followers. Comparatively, the hashtag #justiceforjohnnydepp had nearly 20 billion views on TikTok as of June 3, while #justiceforamberheard had over 80 million.
In a preview clip from Heard's exclusive interview with NBC News (the full interview airs Tuesday and Wednesday, along with an hour-long Dateline special), the actress slammed social media for the role it played in the six-week trial.
"I don't presume the average person should know this things, so I don't take it personally."
"Even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t tell me — look me in the eye and tell me — that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation," Heard said.
"You cannot tell me that you think that this has been fair."
Watch the preview clip for Amber's interview here.
