At the Glastonbury Festival 2017 , Depp ranted against U.S. President Donald Trump . Depp controversially asked " When was the last time an actor assassinated a President ? " , before adding " I want to clarify : I 'm not an actor . I lie for a living . However , it 's been awhile and maybe it 's time . " He then said that he was " not insinuating anything " . The comment seemed to reference John Wilkes Booth , the actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln . Shawn Holtzclaw of the Secret Service told CNN that they were " aware " of Depp 's comment , but said , " For security reasons , we can not discuss specifically nor in general terms the means and methods of how we perform our protective responsibilities " . The next day , Depp apologized for making these remarks , saying , " It did not come out as intended , and I intended no malice . I was only trying to amuse , not to harm anyone . " '' ' Footnotes ' '' '' ' Citations '' '
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