--- description: Barnaby Joyce said Depp could have made the video — part of a guilty plea for illegally bringing dogs into Australia — with more gusto title: Australia's Deputy PM Mocks Johnny Depp Apology Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2f36ad3901ec5c/69888faa0b72e3d47a6e8fd6/gettyimages-521962672.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Says Johnny Depp Won't Get Any Awards for That Apology by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 4:35 AM CUT  Johnny Depp arrives at Southport Magistrates Court on April 18, 2016 in Gold Coast, Australia. Johnny Depp arrives at Southport Magistrates Court on April 18, 2016 in Gold Coast, Australia.Matt Roberts—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 4:35 AM CUT The Internet wasted no time in lampooning Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard’s [video apology](http://time.com/4297389/johnny-depp-amber-heard-australia-dogs-apology-video/ "undefined") to Australia on Monday — part of a [guilty plea](http://time.com/4297136/johnny-depp-amber-heard-dogs-guilty-australia/ "undefined") for illegally bringing their pet dogs into the country last year — with many likening the Hollywood star couple’s stoic delivery to a [forced confession](https://twitter.com/Ryan%5FYH/status/722173705082781698 "undefined") from authoritarian North Korea and [comparing](https://twitter.com/neilrich75/status/721982722973900800 "undefined") it to a 1995 _Simpsons_ episode that features Bart being kicked with a giant boot as punishment for a prank call. One of the people [joining in](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-19/depp's-apology-like-'an-audition-for-the-godfather'-joyce-says/7336736 "undefined") on the fun was none other than Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, the man who, when Agriculture Minister, played a pivotal role in last year’s controversy and [threatened](http://time.com/3858205/johnny-depp-dogs-put-down-australia-barnaby-joyce-boo-pistol/ "undefined") to euthanize Depp and Heard’s two Yorkshire terriers unless they “buggered off back to the United States.” In an interview with Australian broadcaster Channel 7, Joyce [said](http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2016/apr/19/barnaby-joyce-says-jonny-depp-apology-video-needed-more-gusto-video "undefined") Depp could have showed “a little gusto” while uttering his lines. “What I can say is although I don’t think he’ll get an Academy Award for his performance,” Joyce said, “he looked like he was auditioning for _The Godfather_.” As for the contents of the video, however, the Australian leader was not in a humorous mood. “At the end of it we’ve got a message that is going all around the world right now, it’s going off like a frog in a sock telling people that if you come into this nation and you don’t obey our laws, you’re in trouble,” he [told](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-19/depp's-apology-like-'an-audition-for-the-godfather'-joyce-says/7336736 "undefined") ABC. “I hope that now things move on and this issue is left behind, except for the part that it reinforces to all and sundry, don’t take our biosecurity requirements as a joke.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298692/barnaby-joyce-johnny-depp-apology-video-australia-dogs-amber-heard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298692/barnaby-joyce-johnny-depp-apology-video-australia-dogs-amber-heard/"},"headline":"Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Says Johnny Depp Won't Get Any Awards for That Apology","datePublished":"2016-04-19T04:35:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:51:01.305Z","description":"Barnaby Joyce says Depp and his wife Amber Heard could have made the video with \"a little gusto\"","url":"https://time.com/4298692/barnaby-joyce-johnny-depp-apology-video-australia-dogs-amber-heard/","keywords":["celebrities","Australia","Johnny Depp","Amber Heard"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2f36ad3901ec5c/69888faa0b72e3d47a6e8fd6/gettyimages-521962672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e2f36ad3901ec5c/69888faa0b72e3d47a6e8fd6/gettyimages-521962672.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-521962672","caption":"johnny depp amber heard Australia dogs","creditText":"Matt Roberts—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4298692/barnaby-joyce-johnny-depp-apology-video-australia-dogs-amber-heard/","name":"Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Says Johnny Depp Won't Get Any Awards for That Apology"}}]}] ```