Don Johnson claims Johnny Depp shot his assistant with shotgun shells during a nasty prank

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Don Johnson claimed that a young Johnny Depp shot his assistant with shotgun pellets during a prank.

Talking to Jimmy Kimmel during Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” The “Doctor Odyssey” star recalled being Hunter S. Thompson’s neighbor in Woody Creek, Colo., and the countless pranks he would pull on the actor.

“I called Hunter’s to see if there was any weed, and of course he had. Like a ton out back,” the 74-year-old told Kimmel.

“So I said, ‘Look, I’m going to come over and get some weed because I’ve got a little group of people here.'”

Don Johnson described some of the pranks Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson pulled on him Thursday night. Jimmy Kimmel Live/ABC
He said during Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel” that Depp and Thompson shot his assistant with “shotgun bullets.” Jimmy Kimmel Live/ABC
Johnson said he came to pick up some weed from Thompson and Depp at the time. Getty Images

After Thompson told him to come over, Johnson sent his assistant to retrieve it.

“(He’s) driving up Hunter’s driveway and Johnny Depp and Hunter were hiding behind Hunter’s car with shotguns loaded with blanks and my assistant got out of the car and they both jumped out and said, ‘Die, Mom!'” he recalled , before they started shooting him with blanks.

Johnson then revealed that his assistant – “god bless him” – peed his pants from the scare.

Johnson and the gonzo journalist were actually best friends before the latter’s death by suicide in 2005.

Thompson and Depp, pictured in 1997, were close friends over the years. Getty Images
Thompson died by suicide in 2005. Getty Images

The two first met in the ’80s during the “Andy Warhol days.”

“I shot my first movie in New York. We met because he was the crazy m—–f—er who came in with a pocket full of drugs, and our movie was about drugs. So I got to know him pretty well ,” Johnson told People last month.

The two then became neighbors in Colorado before Thompson, who died aged 67, became an uncle figure to Johnson’s children, including actress Dakota Johnson.

As for Depp, he and Thompson were also very close friends over the years.

Thompson and Johnson met in the 80s and quickly became best friends.
Don also talked about what it was like raising an “eventful” child, Dakota Johnson. Getty Images for The Hollywood Reporter

During his interview with Kimmel, Don also talked about what it was like raising Dakota, who he described as an “eventful child.”

“If I left my phone out, just a little bit unattended, she would pick up the phone and somehow get into my contacts and send obscene messages to random people,” he recalled as the audience laughed.

“Also, the other thing, you want to be very careful about leaving blank sheets of paper lying around your desk because she would immediately draw a big penis on it,” he detailed.

Don shares Dakota, 35, with ex Melanie Griffith. The “Miami Vice” actor also shares son Jesse, 41, with ex Patti D’Arbanville and daughters Atherton, 24, and Jasper, 22, with wife Kelley Phleger.