Jenna Ortega reveals how she reacted to ‘insane’ Johnny Depp dating rumour

Netflix star Jenna Ortega sets the record straight once and for all about her rumoured romance with Johnny Depp.

It’s been one year since Jenna Ortega’s rumoured romance with Johnny Depp made headlines — and she still can’t believe the “insane” speculation.

While speaking to BuzzFeed about the “craziest” headline she’s seen about herself, the actress replied, “Probably that I was in a serious relationship with Johnny Depp and I wanted everybody to leave us alone.

“I never spoke on that. I never said anything like that,” the Wednesday star, 21, clarified, admitting that she found the rumours “pretty hilarious” at the time.

“I was on set with Richard E. Grant and he came up to me and he said, ‘Oh, so you and Johnny,’” Ortega recalled. “I laughed because I don’t know that person.”

Depp’s rep said the same during the September 2023 gossip.

Jenna Ortega has set the record straight on those Johnny Depp dating rumours.

“Mr. Depp has no personal or professional relationship with Miss Ortega whatsoever. He has never met her or spoken to her,” the 61-year-old’s spokesperson said.

“He is not involved in any project with her, nor does he intend to be,” the statement continued. “He is appalled by these baseless and malicious rumours that are intended to harm his reputation and career.”

Ortega called the rumours “insane” in a new interview with BuzzFeed.

The Daily Mail claimed that Ortega denied the relationship on Instagram before deleting the upload.

“I can’t even laugh,” the Scream star allegedly wrote. “I have never met or worked with Johnny Depp in my life. Please stop spreading lies and leave us alone.”

The actress says she has never even met Johnny Depp. Picture: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images

Johnny Depp also denied the rumours when they made the rounds last year. Picture: UPI/BIGPICTURESPHOTO.COM

The speculation started over a Deuxmoi post claiming the duo had been spotted together and were potentially working on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Ortega is currently doing press for the movie, which premieres September 5 — and does not include Depp in the cast.

Ortega is best known for playing the tile role in the Netflix hit Wednesday. Picture: Netflix

The Jane the Virgin star told The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon viewers last week how “terrified” she was to take on Winona Ryder’s character Lydia Deetz’s daughter, Astrid.

“Never in my wildest dreams. I just never could have anticipated something like that happening,” she said. “Lydia is the coolest character on the planet.”

Ryder, 52, confessed to Slash Film on Sunday that she “never pictured” her character from the original 1988 film being married with a child.

The Stranger Things star added that she came around after “bond[ing] with” Ortega and meeting Justin Theroux, who plays her onscreen husband, Rory.

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