I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: my least favorite part of Divorce Watch or When-Did-It-All-Go-Wrong-Watch is Ring Watch. I HATE Ring Watch. But People Magazine did some analysis on photos of Amber Heard throughout the past few months, and they seem to think it’s significant that at some point in the past few months, Amber stopped wearing her diamond engagement ring. But she was wearing her wedding band up until a few weeks ago. Which just goes to my point: Ring Watch is bullsh-t. If celebrities are trying to tell us something by wearing or taking off their bands or engagement rings, they just need to USE THEIR WORDS. Stop with the ring games. That’s why I’m using these photos of Amber at the Met Gala a few weeks back. She wasn’t wearing her engagement ring at the Met Gala.
Meanwhile, the big story yesterday was that Amber was universally loathed by Johnny Depp’s family, especially his late mother. Johnny’s mom thought Amber was an uptradey a—hole who was just with Depp to help her career. TMZ also claimed that Amber had limited Johnny’s access to his mom last year, but when Johnny moved his mom into his home this year, Amber’s relationship with her mother-in-law got even worse. But Amber wants you to know that she adored Johnny’s mom.
With her marriage crumbling, Amber Heard remained a dedicated daughter-in-law to Johnny Depp’s ailing mom during the past year, a source close to the actress tells PEOPLE.
“Amber was by Betty Sue’s side during this illness,” says the source, disputing reports of strife between Heard and Palmer. “And regularly visited her in the hospital.”
Betty Sue Palmer passed away last Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. She was 81 and enjoyed a close relationship with her famous son over the years.
“They are a close-knit family with a special bond with their mom, who tied it all together,” a source close to Depp tells PEOPLE. “They took good care of her. She had been gravely ill for the last few years but they made sure she was well taken care of and had the best treatment. Johnny was very close to his mom.”
Meanwhile, the Heard source says “Amber is a family person” and enjoyed a friendly relationship with Depp’s mom from the start.
“Amber was the one that suggested that they get married at Betty Sue’s house,” says the source, adding that she was also close to Depp’s 14-year-old son. “She and Jack had a loving relationship.”
In 2014, Depp was spotted taking Heard and Palmer out for a New Year’s Eve dinner.
“It was obvious that Johnny was at dinner with his two favorite ladies,” an observer at Ago Restaurant in West Hollywood told PEOPLE at the time. “He seemed very, very happy.”
If leaking this information to People Mag wasn’t enough, Amber and her team also ran to TMZ (the outlet that originally reported that Depp’s family hated Amber) with the same story. TMZ spoke to “Amber sources” who claim that Amber was a regular visitor when Johnny’s mom was in and out of the hospital. Those sources also say that Johnny made the “choice” not to spend a lot of time with his mom last year, and that “Amber does not believe any members of Johnny’s family hated her…Our Amber sources say she actually has pictures of her snuggling with Johnny’s son, Jack.”
My take is that TMZ and People Magazine want the info to keep coming in, so they’re not asking any follow-up questions from these “Amber sources.” Questions like… if Amber was so tight with her mother-in-law, why did she file for divorce two seconds after Betty died? And: if Amber is such a “family person,” why did she file for divorce when Depp was deep in grief? And I find the absence of a specific mention in these articles of Lily-Rose Depp interesting too – sure, Amber will tell you that she got along really well with Johnny’s son. But what about Johnny’s teenage daughter, who seems especially close to her mom, Vanessa Paradis? Well, E! News has a “source” in a new story claiming that of course Amber was tight with Lily-Rose. Amber is betting a lot that Depp’s kids and the people closest to him won’t contradict her. Which they totally will. Yeah, so this whole thing is so messy. Made worse by Amber’s inability to think two steps ahead.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
Someone get popcorn ready— this is going to be long and messy
More than messy.It will be dirty!
Who knows? Maybe- OF ALL THINGS – Betty Sue’s presence was the only thing that made being around Johnny tolerable for Amber. When she passed on, Amber was alone with Johnny and couldn’t handle it?
It’s a horrible experience being in a loveless relationship, and no matter how one looks at it, there is a power balance here that no one has addressed yet: and Johnny Depp would be the person that held the power – money, fame, connections, image, etc – in this relationship. I’m not trying to villify him, but he also is a person capable of walking away from a 14+ year relationship with the mother of his children. He is a person capable of leaving living in someplace as grand as France just over “taxes”. He is a person that will have your name tattoed on his arm in the throes of first falling in love. He is a person whose best friend died on the side walk of his nightclub.
I’m not an Amber sympathizer per se, but when those elements are there about Johnny, I just remember that there are two sides of every story, Amber isn’t a victim, per se, but I certainly don’t see her as someone who has master calculated Depp and his Hollywood position– at least not to this degree. For most golddiggers, they will latch on with a baby, maybe stay with a unsatisfactory relationship, etc..
I think Depp pursued her hard, and she got into something that she honestly could not handle or thought was something else.
I mean, just look at her face in these pics….any pics taken of late. We all read it months, a year ago…I think she was a toy for him.
@annaloo His best friend died on the sidewalk outside his nightclub? River Phoenix and Johnny Depp were not best friends, or even close at all – they were sometime acquaintances at best. Also, River Phoenix’s death had nothing to do with Johnny Depp. Let’s not blame him for everything now.
IKR ?
Who could ever thought that the cool hipster chick girl aka “free spirit” would get an Ivana Trump ?
Was Ivana so terrible though? I mean she contributed massively to the business and she raised three kids. Plus Trump did publicly cheat on her with that Maples woman. I think she deserved every red cent. I’m not sure about Amber.
I remember this. Which is not about the business 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAaCjCIrmWc
I’ll get the popcorn, somebody else bring the good china….something tells me Lily-Rose Depp is about to serve some ice tea.
Whatever their prenup situation, I’m sure there will be some shots-fired moments until he buys her silence with a lot of $$ and a NDA
She’s well capable of it, the only question is will she think her ex-stepma is worth the dragging?
Well, they don’t call People “Kneepads” for nothing.
It like she puts out one story then commenters point out a loophole in it ( ex. the absents of Lily as being on good terms with her ), her people see this and then make sure to fix it by putting out another story. Her team is terrible. It’s so obvious she is the only one that is desperate to control the narrative of this story and is doing a poor job of it. I also find it gross that she is using the kids, just leave them out of it.
Also, both kids are close to their mom. I figured that the reason that they didn’t mention Lily the first time was because unlike Jack she can go on the record ( whether through her on instagram or in an interview) and publicly refute any statement Amber says about their relationship. Jack doesn’t have that kind of outlet.
I agree, she’s not using Lily Rose’s name because that girl has a mind of her own and can openly refute Amber. On the other hand I’m not sure Lily Rose wants to be a part of this. No doubt she loves her father but she also loves her mom whom he left for Amber.
She might have a bit of resentment towards her Dad. I also don’t know if Vanesa is the type of woman that blames her ex for cheating on her or the evil woman who “seduced him away”. That too might influence Lily.
Overall, I agree 100% to leave the kids out of this divorce.
Amber should use the kids cperiod, it doesn’t matter whether or not they were on good terms, same goes for Johnny.
I’ve never been through a divorce myself, but I’m pretty sure taking the ring off is a big step? I don’t think celebrities are playing games when they do this, I think it might just be part of the process? I might be wrong though
I am happily married, but have taken off my wedding ring twice, both for a few months. During my first pregnancy, even my fingers “put on weight” and had to have it forcefully sawn off. Then there was that time I had a hideous flare up of dermatitis on my hands. No ring doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a problem.
Uh-huh. And my guess is Amber’s getting along with her MIL better than ever now…
I forgot how unpleasant she looked at met gala. Well without Depp no one cared about her.
She’s like a beautiful alien. She’s got the catch flies in your mouth, instagram model pout down. And also the dead leg slot going. And the tin foil-like dress.
The Derp is strong with this one.
Does she ever look at photos of herself posing? If someone caught a snap of me looking like that I’d feel like a complete twit.
Which pose do you mean?
No doubt over the last few years Johnny Depp has been a mess. He looks terrible, and he has shown up more than a few times just sloppy. But I will say this about him, he seems like a very nice person, almost like he is the stereotypical too sensitive for his own good troubadour. I do hope Johnny can get off the sauce though. He needs too, and badly. Alcohol and pills are a double edge sword. They are a coping mechanism, but they are also fuel for the fire.
Who is she?
The woman who kicked off Divorce Summer 2016.
I think that title goes to Anne-Marie Duff but Amber just shoved her off the stage.
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HAHAHA comment awesome, made my Friday morning!!!
AKA, the Golddigger wanna be actress
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Sounds like Johnny’s mother was an astute lady!!
She’s outnumbered. Both his kids will likely side with their father, plus doesn’t he have a sibling who probably knows his mother’s side.
JD is likely a mess, but I cannot get past the timing of this filing. Anyone who has lost a parent they loved realizes how stone cold and cruel this is. From a PR perspective, she’s starting with a big negative.
The decision was obviously taken before. It was not like Johny Depp found out about his divorce when Amber filed it lol
I am talking about the PR onslaught happening right at the time of his mother’s funeral. That makes no sense that either party would want that.
Waiting a month or so would have been better, but it is possible with his addiction issues he has been impossible to live with and she didn’t want to do it while his mom was dying and basically realized she couldn’t wait. However, I understand getting out but I don’t understand the rush to file when the optics are like this. Maybe she knew he was going to file and wanted to be first. Big life changes have a way of clarifying things.
But according to her what she told the Australian courts they barely saw each other for the majority of their marriage. So how could not being able to live with him and his addictions anymore have been the catalyst for her timing if, by her own admission, they weren’t even together that much?
Johny Depp married Amber for her looks. Amber married him for her connections. Amber must have realised she cannot have sex with that molten thing anymore and decided to divorce. Now Johny Depp’s using his 400 million is going to drag Amber through the mud.
She is a terrible person who filled for divorce right after his mother died, I hope she gets dragged through the mud. Finish her!
A mother in law that hated her and a divorce that Johny Dep must have known was coming ? Miss me with this bullshit.
Wow really are we in grade school now.
agreed. let’s stop pretending she’s the one being awful to him, they both knew exactly what they were getting into.
There is no excuse for Amber in my opinion. Johnny has been looking bad for a long time now. She definitely knew what he was getting in before they got married. He has been falling down drunk for many years. She married him for his money and connections. Btw, she is cold hearted. I believe she could have asked to not have the filing made public for a few weeks knowing he has just lost his mom who he was close to, jmo.
B N A FN… Yes, yes and hell yes!
@cornyblue real mature
Did ya all read Johnny’s rep statement? Robin Baum just knows how to throw some professional shade! His team is gonna destroy her. Hers on the other hand has made her look too perfect, therefore so fake. Baum’s 5 line statement totally beated all of her “I’m so innocent”articles lol.Johnny of course has made mistakes but her hypocrisy and gold digging attitube are making her super unlikable.
lmao, i just read it. they’re both awful.
She is the new Anne Heche.
Someone mentioned Bowfinger the other day. Who will play Amber?
“Amber was universally loathed by Johnny Depp’s family, especially his late mother. Johnny’s mom thought Amber was an uptradey a—hole who was just with Depp to help her career.”
That’s because she was and Johnny was kidding himself if he thought otherwise. Maybe he was sloshed all the time because he was trying to drown out that little voice in his head that kept telling him the relationship was a sham.
It is interesting that Depp has hired Laura Wasser. From what I can gather she doesn’t like nastiness and tries to keep things out of the press. There are no children directly involved, but if things get too bad she still might wash her hands of it; it wouldn’t be the first time.
I think that just shows that Depp really doesn’t want this to get ugly. Especially since they are already alleging ugly things about his mom’s character and dragging his kids into it.
I stopped wearing my wedding ring a couple of years ago because my fingers got too fat.
I feel like the rebuttal for “people hated you” isn’t “no they didn’t!” Like… you need to show some receipts. One picture of you snuggling with your stepson? Really? Girl, get real. They didn’t like you then, they definitely don’t like you now. And while Johnny’s no prize, dumping him 2 days after his mother died and going after his $$$ is bad PR.
Let’s face it when it comes to public opinion, the majority of the public and probably Hollywood are going to be Team Depp. He’s been around for years, he’s quirky enough to be endearing even when he’s a stoner, and he’s Captain Jack Sparrow.
Amber, okay her name rings out gold-digger, is the much younger woman who filed days after his mom died. Poor timing and poorly played. Her participation in that insulting apology doesn’t help because they were in it together.
Not now that she’s saying he beat her up.
Actually, when you think about it, if it was horrible to be married to him but she was close to his mother, maybe she really did hold off to file until after his mom died. She didn’t want to be denied her last goodbyes or to upset a dying woman. Not saying she’s a saint but there are more than one ways to look at this.
You certainly have a point there !