Actor Johnny Depp has broken his silence on his painful past with Amber Heard and the emotional fallout from their high-profile defamation trial. Speaking in an interview, Depp shared how he once believed he could “help” someone he saw hurting. Depp also explained why he eventually decided to speak out during the trial.
Depp Opens Up About Love, Loss, and Betrayal
“So, what were my initial dealings with what we call love?” Depp repeated the question. “Clearly obtuse,” he said. “If you’re a sucker like I am, sometimes you look in a person’s eye and see some sadness, some lonely thing and you feel you can help that person.”
However, he warned that this kind of emotional giving can backfire. “But no good deed goes unpunished,” Depp said, adding, “You slowly begin to understand the kind of discomfort and ‘perturbance’ they were hiding in their eyes.”
Three Close Friends Turned Their Backs
While his failed marriage was already public, Depp revealed that he felt betrayed by three people he trusted deeply—individuals who were close enough to attend his children’s birthday parties. “My loyalty is the last thing anybody could question,” he said. “I was with one agent for 30 years, but she spoke in court about how difficult I was. That’s death by confetti… fake motherfu**ers who lie to you… yet keep the money.”
He added, “I understand people who could not stand up [for me], because the most frightening thing to them was making the right choice.”
Johnny Depp also explained why he eventually decided to speak out during the trial. “It had gone far enough. I knew I’d have to semi-eviscerate myself,” he said. “Everyone was saying, ‘It’ll go away!’ But I can’t trust that. What will go away? The fiction pawned around the fu**ing globe?”
He added, “I thought, ‘I’ll fight until the bitter fu**ing end.’ And if I end up pumping gas? That’s all right. I’ve done that before.”
The defamation saga ended with a mixed verdict. Depp was awarded $10.35 million, and Heard $2 million. They later settled for $1 million, which Depp is now donating to charity.
