We now know why Johnny Depp has his mouth closed in most red-carpet photos. After a photo of him at the premiere of his film, Jeanne Du Barry, at the Cannes Film Festival went viral on social media people were disgusted by his rotting teeth.


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“Johnny Depps’ teeth are literally ROTTING,” tweets user @cocainecross posted alongside two Getty images of Depp’s mouth.



His mouth appeared to be yellow, his back molars black, and because Depp is a known chain smoker, many people said the photos of his teeth belonged in an anti-smoking campaign.


One user said they needed a “trigger warning” before seeing the photos on their timeline.


“Bro ur position as jack sparrow has been terminated u can stop pretending ur a pirate now,” said another user.



Soon after the image started making the rounds, Depp supporters claimed the photo was doctored, and used Twitter’s community notes to issue a correction stating the images were altered to “appear more yellow.”


So we investigated.


Searching Getty you can find the image shot by Marc Piasecki and used by @coccainecross fairly easily. After comparing the photos, there is has been no obvious editing done to Depp's teeth. And after staring at both photos for about 10 minutes, I feel queasy.



Twitter’s community note about Depp’s teeth has since been removed.



After the post went gone viral, one user posted a screenshot excerpt from a 1995 Depp interview with Premiere Magazine that has since been archived by online Depp fans, detailing Depp’s history of poor dental health.


“‘I’ve got loads of cavities. I had a root canal done eight years ago that’s unfinished. It’s like a rotten little stub.” He pulls back the curtain of flesh covering his upper-right molars, revealing the oddity. “But I like it. It’s like when the Indians would make something beaded, they would always put imperfections on it.’”


While Depp might not care what his teeth look like, *thoughts and prayers* to everyone at Cannes that comes in contact with his breath.



In other news, Helen Mirren came to Cannes with blue hair and those photos are much more appealing.