Johnny Depp A ‘Belieber’
Johnny Depp appeared Thursday on “The Late Show,” discussing both “The Rum Diary” and Justin Bieber.
“The Rum Diary,” starring Depp, opened Friday. The film is based on the Hunter S. Thompson novel of the same name.
According to the L.A. Times, Depp claims that Thompson's spirit is with him "24 hours a day.”
Depp is also ‘a Belieber.” That is, a fan of teen heartthrob Justin Bieber.
On “The Late Show,” when David Letterman asked Depp if his daughter likes Justin Bieber, Depp responded, "Oh yeah, she does. But I'm not sure anyone's daughter doesn't."
Depp added, "I've met the young man. Very sweet kid," and went on to describe the experience of taking his daughter, Lily Rose, to see Bieber in concert.
Depp said his daughter was mesmerized when she got to meet Bieber.
"It was quite astonishing to see your child in this kind of like frozen..." Depp said.
Depp denied having a similar celebrity hypnotist when he was her age, but didn’t deny his fandom of Bieber.
Depp recalled on the show a journalist recently asking him at a news conference if he was a "Belieber."
"I was confused and then -- a-ha -- synapse fired and I said, 'Oh yes, of course, I'm a huge Belieber. And then, about 3.5 seconds later, to the right of the room, Justin Bieber enters," Depp said.
"Now how'd they do that?" Letterman asked, sarcastically mystified.
Depp responded, "Exactly. I don't know if we summoned him up... He was just there."
Johnny Depp, Justin Bieber Share Bro' Love
Depp stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman, and somehow the conversation drifted to the 17-year-old singing phenom.
Oh yeah, Dave opened the can of worms by asking quizzically whether Johnny’s daughter liked Justin.
Depp could have gone anywhere with the conversation and a put-down seemed to be in the offing. Depp is not big on commercialization and Justin has been criticized by some for his lightness of being.
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In fact, comedian Russell Brandeven suggested that Justin shoot up some heroin so he could make serious music.
But not Johnny; too cool, too obvious. “Oh yes she does,” he replied. “But I’m not sure anyone’s daughter doesn’t.”
Double negatives, aside, Depp was clearly giving Justin a high five.
“I mean, you’re in show business, he’s in show business, have you all gotten together?” Dave asked more puzzled than ever.
“There is that weird connection,” Depp deadpanned.
But turns out they had!
“I’ve met the young man, and a very sweet kid,” he added.
Needless to say, Depp scored some tickets to one of his shows and took his daughter, who he said, trembled in awe of the young phenom.
Dave even quizzed Johnny on the word “Beliber,” a term to denote hard-core fans. And, he knew what it meant!
Justin apparently saw the interview and returned the love on Twitter.
“Im a big fan of Johnny Depp. the guy can SUMMON me. haha,” he wrote.
Check out the interview below: