‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actor Apologizes for ‘Ignorant’ Halloween Costume

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Emily Hampshire “REALLY” regrets choosing this year's Halloween costume.

He Schitt's Creek The student took to social media on Wednesday to offer a profuse apology for dressing up as Johnny Depp and amber heard with a friend. Hampshire posted photos of his costume, complete with fake tattoos and a bottle of wine—with her friend posing next to her like a crying Heard.

After an outpouring of outrage online, the actor deleted the images.

"I want to address what is one of the most thoughtless, insensitive and ignorant things I have ever done," Hampshire said in his statement Wednesday. “For Halloween, I stupidly thought it would be fun to dress up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. “I am deeply sorry and ashamed for having exposed something so horrible to the universe.”

She continued: ““Domestic abuse is never fun. These are real problems with real people and I REALLY regret my actions. In the future I will do better. Very sorry."

During the run of the hit CBC show, Hampshire played motel clerk Stevie Budd, who collides with and eventually befriends the formerly wealthy Rose family after they move to the town of the same name, Schitt's Creek.

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