Johnny Depp appears as if he’s on a redemption tour, although the actor himself instructed The Occasions in an interview revealed Sunday he isn’t launching a comeback as a result of, “I didn’t go anyplace.”
Depp inevitably addressed his marriage and subsequent authorized battle towards ex-wife Amber Heard, at one level telling govt editor Jonathan Dean, “I used to be pre-MeToo. I used to be like a crash take a look at dummy for MeToo. It was earlier than Harvey Weinstein.”
Heard, who was married to Depp from February 2015 to January 2017, first levied accusations of abuse and assault towards her ex-husband in 2016 after she filed for divorce. The New York Occasions revealed Ronan Farrow’s investigation into allegations towards Weinstein in 2017.
Depp was requested about individuals in his life who testified towards him, or supplied commentary and proof to assist Heard’s claims. “I’ll let you know what hurts. There are individuals, and I’m considering of three, who did me soiled. These individuals had been at my children’ events. Throwing them within the air. And, look, I perceive individuals who couldn’t get up [for me], as a result of probably the most horrifying factor to them was making the best alternative. I used to be pre-MeToo. I used to be like a crash take a look at dummy for MeToo. It was earlier than Harvey Weinstein.”
“And I sponged it, took all of it in. And so I needed from the lots of of individuals I’ve met in that trade to see who was taking part in it protected,” he added.
Depp then sponged off a frequent politically conservative chorus: “Higher go woke!”
In 2018 The Solar ran a bit about Heard’s allegations and the pair’s divorce and referred to Depp as a spouse beater. The actor sued govt editor Dan Wooton and writer Information Group Newspapers for libel; he misplaced the case in 2020 and Justice Nicol concluded, “The good majority of alleged assaults of Ms. Heard by Mr. Depp have been proved.”
Depp sued Heard for libel in Fairfax County, Virginia, after she penned an article for the Washington Submit titled “I spoke up towards sexual violence — and confronted our tradition’s wrath.” Notably, this time round Depp didn’t sue the Submit or its writer, however solely focused his ex-wife (if he had sued the Submit, he would have needed to show that he knew Heard’s claims had been false once they had been printed.)
In her article, Heard wrote concerning the abuse she grew up with and the warnings she obtained towards talking concerning the abuse she mentioned she suffered as an grownup. Heard didn’t point out Depp by title, and even that she was talking of anybody within the leisure trade.
When Heard filed for divorce she additionally requested a restraining order and $50,000 a month. The pair finally reached a settlement and Depp agreed to pay Heard $7,000, which she mentioned she would donate to charities.
Years later, the pair’s trial become a social media circus. One juror mentioned “there wasn’t sufficient or any proof that basically supported what she was saying,” the Occasions identified, however contradicted themselves by including, “they had been each abusive to one another.” Heard grew to become the butt of many jokes and horrific commentary.
“And what was abundantly clear throughout each trials was that Heard, a lady with far much less cash and considerably fewer followers than Depp, suffered extra in each courtroom and the courtroom of public opinion than he did,” Dean famous. “I noticed that at his London trial. The primarily feminine crowd exterior the courtroom stayed there for weeks to wave at Depp and scream dying threats at Heard. She was once his spouse.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Depp additionally appeared to indicate he married Heard as a result of one thing about their dynamic reminded him of the connection between his mother and father; the actor didn’t elaborate on his father’s therapy of his mom (he did say his dad and brother “would duke it out”), however famous his mom “was an superior girl who revealed herself to be sort ultimately, although she didn’t know deal with anybody once I was rising up.”
Learn the interview in full at The Occasions.
