He was so intoxicated that he needed help standing

Nov 21, 2014 15:26 GMT  ·  By

Last weekend, Johnny Depp was on duty at the Hollywood Film Awards 2014, walking on stage to present the documentary award for Mile Myers’ “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.” As you can see in the video below, he wasn’t exactly himself.

Word online has it that he was either severely drunk or stoned out of his mind, but one thing is clear: he had trouble standing in one spot, and he could barely string a few words together in a sentence, not to mention read off the teleprompter.

Fiancée Amber Heard wasn’t there with him, but she found out how he embarrassed himself and she wants him in rehab, claims the latest print issue of Star Magazine (story via CB).

Depp needed help standing, was “extremely intoxicated”

Insiders reveal for the tab that what we saw on the CBS broadcast was actually half of the scene that Depp caused: we didn’t see more because producers rushed to cut him off when they realized that he would only be making a complete fool of himself.

As per the spies, the actor could barely stand without assistance and was in no condition to present the award because he couldn’t form a sentence to save his life. Still, he insisted on presenting either way.

Friends are worried that he’s relapsed again into heavy drinking: Depp never considered himself an alcoholic, saying last year that he drank moderately to relieve the stress of living his entire life in the spotlight. Also then, he said he was taking a break from the booze after realizing they had started to get along “too well.”

If he was drinking before because he was stressed, he will probably start doing it again because he’s got a very busy couple of years coming up: he will be in 6 movies, which he has to shoot and then promote, and he has his wedding to Amber to plan as well. If he starts seeking refuge in alcohol again, this can’t end well, his pals fear.

Amber is embarrassed, wants him in rehab

Speaking of Amber, she is said to be “mortified” that he’d get this drunk in public and make a fool of himself. Though she’s inarguably the smaller star of the two, she believes that “this reflects negatively on her,” so if she had a choice in this, she would have chosen for this not to happen.

The report suggests that she agrees with Johnny’s friends saying that maybe it’s time for rehab for the actor, just to curb this kind of behavior while there’s still time. Depp has been plagued by alcohol abuse rumors before, right after his 13-year-relationship with Vanessa Paradis ended and he was said to be experimenting the “single life” to the max once more.

“There’s a chatter in Johnny’s camp about rehab,” a source explains. “At this point, he’s driving everyone — including Amber — away.”

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