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A White House official has apparently responded to comments made by Johnny Depp at Glastonbury Festival about an actor assassinating a president.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star was introducing his film The Libertine when he said that Trump needed "help" and there were "a lot of dark places he could go".
"I'm not insinuating anything - by the way this will be in the press and it will be horrible," he said to laughter from the crowd, "but when was the last time an actor assassinated a president?"
Katherine Faulders, a White House reporter for ABC News, tweeted a statement she said was given by an official in response to Depp's remarks.
"President Trump has condemned violence in all forms and its [sic] sad that others like Johnny Depp have not followed his lead," it read.
"I hope that some of Mr Depp's colleagues will speak out against this type of rhetoric as strongly as they would if his comments were directed to a democrat elected official."
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PC Small wearing a fairy costume sits on top of her horse Sedgemoor who is wearing garlands as she and her colleague interact with the public at Glastonbury, 25 June 2017
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Barry Gibb performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 2017
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Festival-goers queue to charge their mobile phones at the Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 2017
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Rag'n'Bone Man performs on day 4 of the Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 2017
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Jamie Cullum performs on the Pyramid Stage during day 4 of the Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 2017
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Musician Jarvis Cocker plays a DJ set from a wooden tree structure in the Greenpeace are at Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 2017
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Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at the Glastonbury Festival, 24 June 2017
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One of the 'Lords of Lightning' harnesses high-voltage electricity in a performance during the Metamorphosis Show in the Arcadia area at the Glastonbury Festival, 24 June 2017
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Katy Perry performs on day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival, 24 June 2017
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Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses the crowd alongside Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis on the Pyramid Stage as he makes a guest appearance at the Glastonbury Festival Site, 24 June 2017
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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn meets festival goers as he visits the Green Fields at the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm in Pilton, 24 June 2017
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Craig David performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, 24 June 2017
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Gabrielle Aplin performs on the Other Stage during day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, 24 June 2017
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Lights illuminate the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm at night in Pilton, 23 June 2017
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The Flaming Lips perform on The Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, 23 June 2017
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Lorde performs on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm, 23 June 2017
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Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England, 23 June 2017
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Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim of the XX perform on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 23
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Former Labour MP Ed Balls attends Glastonbury Festival on 23 June 2017
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Dua Lipa performs on the John Peel Stage on day 2 of the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 23, 2017
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Festival goers at Glastonbury Festival Site on June 21, 2017 in Glastonbury, England
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Festivalgoers watching Blossoms on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, at Worthy Farm in Somerset
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Actor Johnny Depp poses on a Cadillac before presenting his film ‘The Libertine’, at Cinemageddon at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival
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Fans cheer as American actor Johnny Depp makes his entrance at Cinemageddon during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, near Pilton, Somerset
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US actor Johnny Depp attends the Cinemageddon event as part of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2017 at Worthy Farm
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Cineramageddon ushers Daisy Peters (left), from Shepton Mallet, and Tamsin Walton, from Pilton, before an appearance by Johnny Depp for a screening of The Libertine, during the Glastonbury Festival
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Festival-goers pose at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2017 at Worthy Farm on 22 June
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Revellers sleep in front of a food stand at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival on 22 June, 2017
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An aerial view of the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset on 22 June, 2017
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People gather to watch the sun set as temperatures reach record levels at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton on 21 June, 2017
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Festival goers enjoy themselves as the gates open at the Glastonbury Festival amid heightened security at Worthy Farm in Pilton
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A festival goer arrives at Glastonbury Festival Site on 21 June in Glastonbury, England
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A festival goer at Glastonbury Festival Site on June 21, 2017 in Glastonbury, England
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Festival goers enjoy themselves as the gates open at the Glastonbury Festival amid heightened security at Worthy Farm in Pilton on June 21, 2017 near Glastonbury, England
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Festival goers at Glastonbury Festival Site on June 21, 2017 in Glastonbury, England
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Revellers sing and dance by the Stone Circle at Worthy Farm in Somerset
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Festival founder Michael Eavis arrives to attend a screening of film maker Julian Temple's Glastonbury documentary
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People attend a screening of film maker Julian Temple's Glastonbury documentary being shown at the new night time area Cinemaggedon on June 21, 2017
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People attend a screening of film maker Julian Temple's Glastonbury documentary being shown at the new night time area Cinemaggedon on June 21, 2017
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People gather to watch the sun set as temperatures reach record levels at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton on June 21, 2017
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The sun sets at the Glastonbury Festival 2017 at Worthy Farm in Pilton on 21 June, 2017
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Fireworks illuminate the night sky at the end of the first day at the Glastonbury Festival on 21 June
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A reveller smokes by the Stone Circle at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival on June 22, 2017
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While the reaction to Depp's comments at Glastonbury seemed mostly positive, others on social media have criticised him for being in poor taste.
The remarks come weeks after a gunman opened fire and injured a Republican congressman , along with four other people, in Virginia in the US.
ABC reported earlier that the US Secret Service is "aware" of Depp's comments.
He is not the first US celebrity to cause controversy by alluding of "assassination attempts" on the US President.
Madonna said she had thought "an awful lot about blowing up the White House" at a rally which took place shortly after Trump's inauguration ceremony.
Snoop Dogg later released a music video where he shot a toy gun at a clown resembling Trump.
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