Brits in disbelief as Johnny Depp casually poses for pictures and shakes hands with fans

Johnny Depp continues to delight British fans as he awaits defamation verdict

Brits were left bewildered in Sheffield on Sunday when they chanced upon Johnny Depp casually walking about. Depp, whose defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard continues Tuesday with jurors resuming deliberations, was seen outside Sheffield City Hall, where he had just performed with musician Jeff Beck. In a video shared on TikTok, excited fans can barely believe what they're seeing, with one saying: "It's not really Johnny Depp is it?" In the clip, shared by TikToker Morgan Anderson, the Pirates of the Caribbean star happily poses for videos and shakes hands with fans. Morgan wrote that after walking out of Spoons "we saw people holding there phones up, we didn’t know he was going to be there, it was a shock."

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Depp took to the stage that night with Beck, performing covers of Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing and Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On. And on Monday night joined the musician again at his London gig. Depp is seeking $50 million in damages from Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she penned. While Depp was not named in the piece, he believes it infers he abused Heard and has made it difficult for him to secure work. Heard is counter-suing for £100m. At Depp's second gig, at the Royal Albert Hall, Beck told fans he kept Depp's appearance quiet "for obvious reasons". https://www.instagram.com/p/CeMiBTqr_eQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=e07d03ab-5238-4f4b-a34f-7c699170d964 Angela Flannery, a Beck fan who was at the concert on Monday, told Sky News she was "pretty shocked" to see Depp step on stage in London. Flannery said: “I have always been a massive fan of his. My other half took me to this gig just to see Jeff Beck, I had no idea Johnny would be playing. “It was brilliant, such a fantastic night in general… a special mention to the drummer girl, she was absolutely amazing [and] Johnny Depp smashed it. I'll die happy [that] I've been in the same room as him now.”

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