'Leave us alone,' Jenna Ortega tells Johnny Depp rumours

Jenna Ortega has addressed the “ridiculous” rumours she is dating Johnny Depp. Social media gossip social media account Deux Moi reported that the Wednesday star, 20, and Depp, 60, were allegedly spotted on a date.

 The profile features a disclaimer reading: “This account does not claim information published is based in fact.” The rumours, however, gained enough momentum to get Ortega’s attention. The actor swiftly and firmly refuted the speculation, calling it “ridiculous”. 

 On an Instagram story, which has since expired and is therefore no longer available to view, Ortega wrote of the reports: “This is so ridiculous I can’t even laugh.” The Scream star went on to shut down rumours that she and Depp have ever met even in a professional capacity. 

 In a forthcoming sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 film Beetlejuice, Ortega will play the daughter of Lydia Deetz, the role famously played by Winona Ryder in the original.

 Ryder and Depp – who also co-starred in Burton’s Edward Scissorhands – were a high-profile couple between the late Eighties and mid-Nineties. Netflix recently released Depp v Heard, a docuseries looking into the ugly social media discourse surrounding his libel suit and countersuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard.