{"id":1246,"date":"2016-04-19T07:04:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T07:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/?page_id=1246"},"modified":"2024-01-03T12:21:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T12:21:57","slug":"awkward-depp-apology-for-failing-to-declare-dogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/pawesome\/news\/awkward-depp-apology-for-failing-to-declare-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkward Depp apology for failing to declare dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news\">\n<p class=\"txt\">It\u2019s been a while since Hollywood star <strong>Johnny Depp and Amber Heard<\/strong> landed themselves in hot water for not notifying Australian authorities when they <strong>smuggled their two Yorkshire Terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the Gold Coast last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"434\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_001.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_001-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">While it seemed like everyone had moved on from the controversy, the power couple have unintentionally dragged the issue back up. <strong>They recorded a 40-second apology defending Australia\u2019s bio-security laws.<\/strong> Critics have noted the utter lack of sincerity and it\u2019s unlikley Depp will win an Oscar\u2019for his role in the video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">Warning, if you haven\u2019t seen it yet, get ready to cringe\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid769963\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 366px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORpBAIB9j64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Looking more like hostages than willing participants, Depp and Heard were reportedly reluctant to record the video the Department of Agriculture pushed for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"813\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_005.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_005-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said of the video, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;d be something that they would&#8217;ve willingly would&#8217;ve wanted to do&#8221;. He also added that he hopes the video doesn\u2019t turn bio-security laws into a \u2018joke\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><strong>So where has their beloved dogs\u2019 unauthoraised vacay down under got them?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><strong>Amber Heard was handed a month\u2019s good-behavior bond and no conviction<\/strong> for her role in failing to declare her dogs. <strong>Depp avoided any punishment,<\/strong> but his once perfect image down under has been tarnished somewhat with this clip unlikely to win him any new admirers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-111215.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-111215.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amber-heard-johnny-depp-111215-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">In May last year when the smuggled dogs were discovered, Mr. Joyce was adamant that no-one was above bio-security law and threatened euthanising Pistol and Boo if they weren\u2019t sent back to California within 50 hours of their discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_002.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/zookie_johnny_depp_pistol_boo_002-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\">From all reports Pistol and Boo are doing just fine; ignorance really is bliss in the canine world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a while since Hollywood star Johnny Depp and Amber Heard landed themselves in hot water for not notifying Australian authorities when they smuggled their two Yorkshire Terriers, Pistol and Boo, into the Gold Coast last year. While it seemed like everyone had moved on from the controversy, the power couple have unintentionally dragged &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/pawesome\/news\/awkward-depp-apology-for-failing-to-declare-dogs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Awkward Depp apology for failing to declare dogs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268,"parent":1076,"menu_order":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sub-sub-details-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4047,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246\/revisions\/4047"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zookie.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}