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# The Dark Side of Celebrity Fandom
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/johnny-depp-and-the-dark-side-of-celebrity-fandom/
- Published: 2022-05-17T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-17T21:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Kaitlyn Tiffany: Johnny Depp and the Dark Side of Celebrity Fandom](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/05/modern-celebrity-fandom-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial/629887/?ref=birchtree.me)

> Depp supporters have also suggested that Heard’s daughter, Oonagh, who was born via surrogate last year, is secretly the child of Elon Musk, and that Musk has some larger role to play in an immense conspiracy.

I'm only vaguely following along with this story, but it does seem to touch on a very common trope of narrative-building around celebrities and finding storylines that aren't actually there.