LOS ANGELES: Johnny Depp apologized on Friday (Saturday in Manila) for joking about President Donald Trump being assassinated, as his remarks to a music festival audience triggered an angry backlash.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star made the off-color comments late Thursday at the Glastonbury Festival in southwest England, telling the crowd it had “been a while” since an actor had assassinated a president.

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