'Schitt's Creek' actress apologizes for Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Halloween costume

WASHINGTON (TND) — Actress Emily Hampshire, known for "Schitt's Creek," issued an apology after she and a friend dressed up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard for Halloween.

In a since-deleted post, the 42-year-old put up the photo on her Instagram. The friends could be seen wearing costumes that resembled the former couple's outfits from their highly-publicized defamation trial in 2022.

Props were also used in the photos such as a bottle of wine and fake poop.

Hampshire posted an apology on Wednesday saying she wanted to "address what is one of the most thoughtless, insensitive, and ignorant things I've ever done."

She continued to say,“For Halloween, I stupidly thought it would be funny to dress as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. I am deeply sorry and ashamed for putting something that awful out in the universe.”

Depp sued Heard over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse." The jury found in Depp's favor on all three of his claims relating to specific statements in the 2018 piece.

In June 2022, a jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages, which was then reduced to $10 million by a judge.

She also ordered Depp to pay Heard $2 million, the jury's award on her counterclaim that Heard was defamed by one of Depp's lawyers.

Hampshire ended her apology by saying "These are real issues with real people and I REALLY regret my actions. In the future I will do better. I'm so sorry.”

Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.