Amber Heard’s Racist Tweet Made Her a Hated Hollywood Star Long Before Johnny Depp’s Trial
Amber Heard has been feeling the heat for quite a long time. From making degrading remarks, to legally proven false claims, Heard has been subjected to humiliation for years. Known for maintaining a controversial personality, the actress made several political comments. However, among her tone-deaf comments, the 2018 “racist” remark is what stands out.
Back in 2018, Heard was criticized for her ICE checkpoint tweet. Calling her out for making political comments regarding migration and racism, Amber Heard faced the wrath of netizens. Way ahead of her defamation trial against Johnny Depp heard has been subjected to public criticism and hate for her unwanted opinions.
What Did Amber Heard Say About Migration Checkpoints?
Looking back at Amber Heard‘s timeline, one can simply say, the actress started facing criticism since her inception. In 2018, the actress was under fire after she tweeted about ICE checkpoints close to her house. Although she deleted the OG tweet after criticism, people grabbed a screenshot on time. Further posting the screenshot, twitteratis went after the actress.
Originally tweeting, “Just heard there’s an ICE checkpoint in hollywood, a few blocks from where I live.” Continuing with her audacious remark Heard typed, “Everyone better give their housekeepers, nannies, and landscapers a ride home tonight.”
The Aquaman actress then proceeded to write about Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance policy on immigration. “Checkpoints on your home streets…Is this the ‘great’ America we’re aiming for? Raids, fences and police-state like checkpoints don’t feel like the ‘land of the free’ our immigrant ancestors built.” Amber Heard tweeted.
We noticed you deleted the racist tweet that preceded this one. The internet saved a copy for you. pic.twitter.com/98khN83DrY
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) July 3, 2018
Further, the 36-year-old actress threw light upon the human rights crisis. “With this human rights crisis being so politicized, it is hard to make a simple statement w/out it being used to distract from the real issues.” However, people were quick to judge her tweets for racism and therefore slammed the actress.
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Fans Criticized Amber Heard For Her Racist Tweet
Amid trying to express herself freely over social media, Amber Heard was criticized by netizens for her “housekeepers, nannies and landscapers” remarks. Facing backlash for her “racist” tweets, Heard tried explaining herself rather than apologizing. Calling her defensive over avoiding acknowledgment, twitteratis attacked the actress.
Using sarcasm, one user asked if she was high while she tweeted the post. The issue escalated in no time and people started criticizing the actress over and over.
Were you taking Ambien by any chance when you posted that tweet? Asking for a friend.
— Miss Anthropy (@nutsysixnine) July 3, 2018
Twitteratis even compared her post with Roseanne Barr’s tweet that led to the cancellation of ABC’s rebooted series.
How is this even different from Roseanne's "planet of the apes" tweet? Hint: it's not.
— aria two (@mightbearia) July 4, 2018
Heard even faced backlash for deleting the tweet after receiving unending criticism. Calling her out for being a racist as well as a coward, people started throwing shade at the actress.
So you deleted your tweet showing how racist you are. Here it is for everyone to see. #amberheard pic.twitter.com/yxxXfmZJmh
— Sarahtonin (@Ainamzas) July 3, 2018
Pointing out the racism in her tone-deaf tweet, users started slamming the actress. The 36-year-old simply failed at her attempts of explaining herself.
"housekeepers, nannies and landscapers"
Ah, racism.
CC @realamberheard pic.twitter.com/P1drKTDZie
— I'm a woman, and I'm mad as Hell (@nowhere_nh) July 3, 2018
Calling her out for being defensive rather than acknowledging her fault and apologizing, people started throwing hate comments at her.
Watch her go on a nice streak to put her racism in the dark
— sari (@hello_14567) July 4, 2018
Later on, speaking to BuzzFeed and hinting at the 2018 Twitter incident, Amber Heard broke down into tears while further explaining how she was raised by and with immigrants.
Source: Twitter