Johnny Depp has a brand new highly effective, and allegedly harmful, good friend in Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — and their relationship’s being described as a “bromance like no different.”

The seemingly odd pairing is detailed in a brand new profile in Vainness Honest … which claims Johnny is getting the royal remedy over in Saudi Arabia.

MBS hosted JD within the Saudi Kingdom for almost 2 months final 12 months, placing Johnny up in royal palaces and transporting him in helicopters, yachts and a non-public aircraft … in keeping with Vainness Honest.

Unsurprisingly, it feels like cash is a large issue on this “bromance” … Johnny’s capturing films in Saudi Arabia as he waits on a possible 7-figure deal to make him one of many nation’s international cultural ambassadors.

MBS and the Saudis have been attempting to purchase their method into all types of world industries as a part of MBS’ grand plan to make folks overlook his nation’s reported human rights abuses … and the Crown Prince has been investing massive in films.

Johnny and MBS are mentioned to have begun their friendship in July 2022 when Depp was capturing “Jeanne du Barry,” a movie bankrolled by the Saudis.

They’ve grown nearer ever since, to the purpose the place Johnny says he felt snug sufficient to ask MBS in regards to the killing of Washington Submit journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The VF profile says MBS instructed Depp he did not order Khashoggi’s dismemberment, however took accountability … claiming he simply needed the reporter arrested as a result of Khashoggi had develop into a rogue operative working to undermine the nation.

Johnny undoubtedly appears to be shopping for what MBS is promoting by way of a cultural revolution in Saudia Arabia.

Depp tells VF … “Although I admit I used to be considerably naïve at first to what was transpiring within the area, I’ve since skilled firsthand the cultural revolution that’s occurring there.”

JD added, “I’ve had the chance to satisfy folks from numerous components of the area who’ve been most welcoming in sharing with me their tradition, their traditions, and their tales.”

Saudia Arabia can be financing Depp’s subsequent crack at directing a film … a biopic about Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani starring Al Pacino.

There are some ties that bind right here — each males are remaking their public photos … but it surely appears uncertain they’d be buddies if MBS weren’t throwing round insane quantities of oil cash.