“I want to let you know that I’m available for birthdays, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, weddings, wakes, whatever,” Depp said with a wink. The actor was out of work for a while because, due to the ongoing lawsuit, he had to hand in his role in the third Fantastic Beasts film, after he had still been seen in the first two parts as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.
However, since Depp won the libel suit this summer, the tide seems to have turned for him again. He closed a new lucrative deal with perfume brand Dior and it became known that he would direct his first film in 25 years. Still, an extra snack here and there is welcome, he joked about his VMA performance. “You know, I needed work.”