Girlfriend Amber Heard says haters have 'low vanity'

“It is a lot simpler to assist a lady who performs a damsel in misery,” says Eva Barlow.

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Could 12, 2022 • 12 minutes in the past • 3 minutes of studying • Be a part of the dialog

This mixture of two separate images exhibits actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard within the Fairfax County District Courtroom in Fairfax, Virginia on Could 4, 2022. Photograph by Elisabeth Franz /Related Press

Girlfriend Amber Heard has set her sights on a military of followers who supported Johnny Depp as the previous couple wage battle in a Virginia courtroom.

Eva Barlow, a British journalist, claims that girls “hate” the 36-year-old Heard partly as a result of they envy her seems.

“Girls with low vanity discover it simple to hate E.H. (Amber Heard) or justify your prejudice in direction of archetypal feminine energy/magnificence by denying your envy of her.” – Barlow tweeted this week. “They understand the facility they supply, which is definitely a fantasy, and justify their ineffectiveness in combating misogyny.”

She continued, “It is a lot simpler to assist a lady who performs a damsel in misery than it’s to empathize with a lady who must be free.”

It’s simple for ladies with low vanity to hate AH or to justify their prejudice in direction of archetypal feminine power/magnificence by denying their envy of her. They understand the facility they supply, which is definitely a fantasy, and justify their ineffectiveness in countering misogyny.

— Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) Could 10, 2022

Depp, 58, is suing Heard for $50 million, claiming her 2018 Washington Submit the article slandered him when she described herself as a sufferer of home violence. The article by no means talked about Pirates of the Caribbean a star by identify, however Depp claims that the article implied that he was a rapist and this affected his appearing profession.

Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim, alleging that Depp denigrated her as a liar.

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Barlow’s argument got here in response to a tweet by Dr. Charlotte Proudman tweeted to her followers: “Girls hate different ladies? And in the event you assume so, then why?

Throughout her final week of testimony, Heard painted an image of the alleged management and abuse of Depp, who, as a result of he was recognized to the world as one in all Hollywood’s greatest film stars, was Dr. Depp. Jekyll Mr. Hyde-like “monster” behind closed doorways.

Amber Heard testifies in the Fairfax County District Court in Fairfax, Virginia, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. — Amber Heard testifies within the Fairfax County District Court docket in Fairfax, Virginia, Wednesday, Could 4, 2022. Photograph by Elisabeth Franz /Pool picture by way of hotspot

Heard spoke about allegations that Depp abused her with a bottle of liquor throughout an explosive struggle in 2015 and threatened to “kill me.”

“I didn’t know if the bottle he saved in me was damaged,” she stated. “I did not really feel it. I did not really feel something.”

When he testified in courtroom final month, Depp stated Heard abused him and minimize off his fingertip.

“She has a necessity for violence. It comes out of nowhere,” Depp stated.

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Barlow additionally criticized a brand new TikTok pattern through which customers of the social media platform repeatedly mocked parts of Heard’s testimony.

“Pay attention, anybody defending TikTok from Amber Heard’s abuse is appearing in unhealthy religion,” Barlow tweeted this week. “You may’t argue that coming ahead does not have a chilling impact on the survivors. Anybody who actively ridicules allegations of abuse contributes to this silence. Interval.”

One video that goes round in circles is superimposed on a clip of Heard crying within the stands and Kim Kardashian in a gown banging a hammer and saying, “Ugh, that is so cringing. Responsible.”

In accordance with Range, movies with the hashtag “amberthurd” have been seen greater than 1.2 billion instances up to now. Amongst them is a video through which TikTok consumer @sansanjovs makes enjoyable of Aquaman actress, how she mockingly cries. In the meanwhile, the clip has gained 2.1 million likes and was signed: “Cheerful little internet we spin“.

Elsewhere, Heard was additionally trolled on-line when she talked about how her “canine stepped on a bee” throughout one in all her many alleged fights with Depp.

Viral movies take Heard’s “My canine stepped on a bee” anecdote and add new rhymes.

Canadian TikToker Jeff Purple edited the clip, which obtained 873,000 likes, through which he stated, “My dad must pee,” whereas consumer Cloeann Hardee added, “I forgot my home key.”

In one other video that has 359,000 likes on the Vinyl Haus TikTok web page, an animated bee steps in to say, “Amber is mendacity about me.”

In the meantime, Snapchat needed to dispel a rumor that its new crying face filter was impressed by Hurd’s crying in courtroom.

Amber Heard’s filter works arduous and so they kill me🤣🤣

– Queen of the night time. (@abi_nayo) Could 10, 2022

TMZ reported that the filter, launched on Friday, had been in growth for six months, lengthy earlier than Heard’s tearful testimony.

Hurd is predicted to wrap up his efficiency subsequent week. Leisure Weekly reporting that each her sister Whitney Enriquez and actress Ellen Barkin had been awaiting to testify on behalf of the protection.

Throughout a 2020 UK libel case that Depp misplaced, Barkin reportedly testified that the actor threw a bottle of wine at her throughout a sizzling second in a resort room.

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