Not too way back this 12 months, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard had been embroiled in a harsh authorized battle with competing defamation claims. At the center of the battle had been claims of home abuse, with either side accusing the opposite of assaults. The case stirred intense public curiosity with innumerable articles, TikTok movies, and assume items relating to who was proper or wrongm or what proof was legitimate or not. But the center of the matter remained home violence, which is unacceptable in any regard.
Somehow, home abuse has change into a dressing up for Halloween this 12 months, with Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly dressing up as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, with one picture even depicting his hand round her neck, and the caption, “But are these even costumes.”
Yesterday, Lexus Amanda, who has been relationship and dwelling with Pasquale Rotella, founder and CEO of Insomniac Events, posted a photograph on Instagram of the 2 of them of their Halloween costumes, dressed as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, full with make-up on Lexus round her eyes and lips, implying she’d not too long ago been “beaten” and was bruised.
Already it is a tasteless and improper selection, however given the latest publicity of many alleged abusers and individuals who have allegedly dedicated sexual abuse inside our personal digital music scene, dressing up in a dressing up to make a joke of home violence reveals he’s egregiously unattached to the scene which he claims to elevate up and promote.
The costume started gaining traction on Twitter early this morning, calling it “indicative of how deeply the roots of sexism and misogyny run in dance music.” It’s quickly gaining consideration on social media, though Lexus has already deleted the picture from her Instagram feed.
Comments on Lexus’ publish appeared overwhelmingly optimistic and in help of the costume, although just a few had been very clearly calling her out for the tasteless stand up. Although, as many as popped up, they appeared to vanish simply as shortly, main us to imagine feedback had been actively being deleted.
In the quote tweets on Twitter, most are echoing the sentiment that the costume is tasteless and expressing that home violence just isn’t a joke, even in a scenario through which such a case was lined by the media advert nauseam.
Pasquale Rotella and his accomplice making gentle of IPV with their tasteless selection to decorate up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is indicative of how deeply the roots of sexism and misogyny run in dance music. sexual assault and home violence is a joke to those individuals. a dressing up. pic.twitter.com/bfatuNJcTJ
— staley (@stalesmcgalesss) November 1, 2022
I really like dance music tradition however the stage of assault, sexism, and misogyny on this trade is wild.
IDC what your stance is on the trial, however making a mockery of home violence isn’t a laughing matter. Absolute trash @PasqualeRotella 🐸☕️ https://t.co/P5pksn4YBX
— kimberly (@kimmyhendrixx) November 1, 2022
Aside from this simply being a shitty costume concept in each doable method, the utter lack of social consciousness to do that with what’s been happening within the EDM scene this previous month is simply subsequent stage silly. Like, WTF are you doing? https://t.co/uobII0uDXF
— Zoat (@zwcampo) November 1, 2022
Damn, fairly tasteless for certain.
Like out of all of the issues you might gown up as and select that is fairly bizarre tbh. https://t.co/kJfuAMyMOe— Kelly (82%) (@momma_kellz) November 1, 2022
Your EDM has reached out to each Insomniac and Live Nation with requests for remark. A consultant for Insomniac confirmed receipt of the request, although we’ve got not but acquired any response from Live Nation. We will replace the article if that adjustments. Neither Lexus nor Pasquale have but acknowledged the criticism to their costume, other than Lexus deleting the picture.
In the meantime, if you could converse to somebody about your individual expertise, the National Sexual Assault Hotline is obtainable 24 hours a day at 1-800-656-4673. You also can converse with a consultant on-line.
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