JOHNNY Depp joked about assassinating President Donald Trump at Glastonbury Festival.

Crowds were filmed cheering as the Pirates Of The Caribbean Star asked: "When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?" — a nod to Abraham Lincoln's killer John Wilkes Booth.

8 Depp was filmed joking about assassinating Trump at Glastonbury Festival

8 Crowds cheered as the dishevelled actor made a rambling speech

8 Depp asked the crowd when the last time an actor assassinated a President

Scruffy Depp, 54, was given a rock star welcome during the event at Cineramageddon — a drive-in cinema on the Somerset site.

He made a rambling introduction to his 2004 film The Libertine along with film director Julien Temple — talking about religion and poetry.

A fan shouted, "You can say whatever you like", to which he replied that President Trump should come here.

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But then in front of the 1500 strong crowd he said: "I think he needs help and there are a lot of wonderful dark, dark places he could go.

"It is just a question - I'm not insinuating anything.

"By the way, this is going to be in the press. It will be horrible. I like that you are all a part of it.

"When was the last time an actor assassinated a President?

"I want to qualify, I am not an actor. I lie for a living.

"However, it has been a while and maybe it is time."

8 Pirates Of The Caribbean star Depp, 54, later posed for snaps among fans Credit: Reuters

8 He sat on his blue vintage car and puffed away for photos Credit: Getty Images

8 Depp joked about killing US President Donald Trump Credit: PA:Press Association

Depp, who arrived in a blue vintage Cadillac, was greeted with crowds of screaming fans holding phones.

He smoked a cigarette as he posed for pictures and jumped on the car bonnet without prompting.

Wearing a black shirt and distressed jeans, he also sported a black hat with a silver ribbon around it.

8 Scruffy Depp was introducing his 1994 film The Libertine at a Glasto event Credit: Rex Features

8 Depp is the latest in a string of stars to make reference to killing the President Credit: Rex Features

Last night Depp said: “I apologised for the bad joke I attempted in poor taste. It did not come out as I intended, and I intended no malice.”

Last year, Depp played Trump in a nearly hour-long spoof called "Funny or Die Presents Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie."

In March rapper Snoop Dogg was panned for a music video showing a clown with a likeness to Trump being shot in the head.

And last month comedian Kathy Griffin was sacked by CNN for posing with a gory prop designed to look like the President's decapitated head.

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