Current:Home > MyJohnny Depp Addresses Media Frenzy over His and Amber Heard's Legal Battle-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Johnny Depp Addresses Media Frenzy over His and Amber Heard's Legal Battle
View Date:2024-12-23 19:03:01
Johnny Depp is reflecting on having aspects of his personal life play out in the public.
While promoting his latest directorial venture, Modi - Three Days on the Wings of Madness, at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, the Pirates of the Caribbean star discussed how he related to the film's subject, Amedeo Modigliani, adding that they had both gone through a number of ordeals in their lives—which for Johnny included his high publicized split from ex Amber Heard.
"Each has their story," Johnny told reporters during a Sept. 24 press conference per The Hollywood Reporter. "Sure, we can say that I've been through a number of things here and there. But, you know, I'm alright."
And while the 61-year-old—who shares daughter Lily-Rose, 25, and son Jack, 22, with ex Vanessa Paradis—is aware that others have "been through a number of things" as well, he joked, "Maybe yours wasn't—didn't turn into a soap opera. Televised, in fact," seemingly a reference to his and Amber's 2022 defamation trial, which was live-streamed each day.
"We all experience and go through what we go through," Johnny added. "And those things that we are able to live and remember and use, these are your stripes. You never forget them. So to see these people all teetering on the verge of earning their stripes, desperate to speak but unable to, in a way."
The Finding Neverland star has rarely spoken about his June 2022 defamation trial against his former wife, in which he was awarded $10.4 million in total damages after a jury found Amber liable for defaming Johnny for a 2018 Washington Post essay. While the 38-year-old hadn't named him directly in the piece, she referred to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Amber herself was awarded $2 million in in compensatory damages after the jury found that Johnny's lawyer had accused her of perpetrating a "hoax.")
In December 2022, Amber—who is mom to 3-year-old daughter Oonagh—made the decision to settle the defamation lawsuit, writing on Instagram at the time, "It's important for me to say I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed."
She added, "I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder."
Following Amber's decision, Johnny's lawyers said in a statement to E! News that they were "pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp" and that he would be donating $1 million paid to him by Amber's insurance to charity.
Prior to the 2022 decision, a judge in the High Court had ruled against Johnny in his 2020 libel case against The Sun.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (666)
Related
- Cruel Intentions' Brooke Lena Johnson Teases the Biggest Differences Between the Show and the 1999 Film
- Xander Schauffele claims British Open title for his second major of season
- VP Kamala Harris salutes national champion college athletes at White House
- Democrats promise ‘orderly process’ to replace Biden, where Harris is favored but questions remain
- 'Treacherous conditions' in NYC: Firefighters battling record number of brush fires
- Takeaways from a day that fundamentally changed the presidential race
- 2024 Olympics: Breaking Is the Newest Sport—Meet the Athletes Going for Gold in Paris
- AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values
- Businesses at struggling corner where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, The End of Time
Ranking
- Cruise ship rescues 4 from disabled catamaran hundreds of miles off Bermuda, officials say
- Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, is dead at 88
- 'A brave act': Americans react to President Biden's historic decision
- LSU cornerback Javien Toviano arrested on accusation of video voyeurism, authorities say
- NFL overreactions: New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys going nowhere after Week 10
- MLB trade deadline 2024: Biggest questions as uncertainty holds up rumor mill
- Higher tax rates, smaller child tax credit and other changes await as Trump tax cuts end
- Trump says he thinks Harris is no better than Biden in 2024 matchup
Recommendation
-
Barbora Krejcikova calls out 'unprofessional' remarks about her appearance
-
'This can't be real': He left his daughter alone in a hot car for hours. She died.
-
Karen Read back in court after murder case of Boston police officer boyfriend ended in mistrial
-
U.S. travel advisory level to Bangladesh raised after police impose shoot-on-sight curfew amid protests
-
After years of unrest, Commanders have reinvented their culture and shattered expectations
-
LSU cornerback Javien Toviano arrested, faces video voyeurism charges
-
Seven people wounded by gunfire during a large midnight gathering in Anderson, Indiana
-
VP Kamala Harris salutes national champion college athletes at White House