Johnny Depp‘s rep has released an understandably curt and largely dismissive statement regarding his “short marriage” with Amber Heard and it goes thusly: “Given the brevity of this marriage and the most recent and tragic loss of his mother, Johnny will not respond to any of the salacious false stories, gossip, misinformation and lies about his personal life”.
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Amber Heard with Johnny Depp.
Depp and Heard met in 2009 whilst shooting for the film “The Rum Diary” They married in February 2015 on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas.
In her petition, Heard requested spousal support from her estranged husband, but Depp filed a response asking the court to terminate the request.
A source said that “Johnny’s two children, two sisters and his mom hated Amber” and believed that she “treated [Johnny] like crap”.
They recorded a 40-second videotaped apology as part of a deal with prosecutors that allowed Heard to avoid a conviction.
In her legal papers, Amber listed irreconcilable differences as the reason for their separation, which officially began on 22 May (16). The video was widely ridiculed for Depp’s wooden delivery. It wasn’t until 2012 that they confirmed their relationship – once Depp had separated from his wife of 14 years Vanessa Paradis and Heard had ended her long term relationship with artist Tasya van Ree.
Earlier this week, the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, boasted that he had gotten inside Depp’s head like fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter after the actor quipped that the ruddy-faced lawmaker appeared to be “inbred with a tomato” during an interview on the USA talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
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He also thanked Depp for the publicity he gave Australia’s tough biosecurity laws through the case that was widely lampooned as a “war on terrier”.
