Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: A Look Back at Their Troubled 15 Months of Marriage
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While numerous reports are circulating as to “what went wrong” in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s 15-month marriage, the 30-year-old actress stepped out on Friday letting her apparent black eye do the talking.
Depp, 52, has yet to comment on the domestic abuse allegations — although a judge granted Heard a temporary restraining order — but one thing is clear: The past 15 months have been difficult for the actor.
The Rum Diary co-stars wed in February 2015 after it was widely reported that they were having relationship woes. “Because of their strong personalities, they do not always see eye to eye,” a source told E! News. “They are both stubborn and overly dramatic, which doesn’t help when they disagree.”
Though they officially got married at their home in L.A., they had another wedding celebration in the Bahamas. (Photo: Splash News)
If the couple thought tying the knot would be a quick relationship fix, clearly they were wrong. Within months, rumors swirled that there was trouble in paradise. Shortly after their nuptials, Depp headed to Australia to shoot Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales while Heard stayed behind. Filming did not start off smoothly.
In early March, Depp injured his hand so severely that production had to stop on the Pirates sequel. However, the accident wasn’t exactly a stunt gone wrong. Variety confirmed that Depp sustained the injury off set.
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The Daily Mail reported the mishap happened while Depp was go-karting on a private track at MotoGP world champion Mick Doohan’s massive estate. Australian outlets later described it as a “wild weekend bender,” although that was never confirmed.
Regardless, production was delayed as Depp returned to the States to get surgery. While home in L.A., he and Heard had yet to be seen publicly since tying the knot.
In April, People published an article that the newlyweds were “leading separate lives,” which a source called “not surprising.” However, in a very unusual move for the respected celebrity outlet, it pulled down the article. One day later, Depp and Heard landed back in Australia smiling and holding hands, marking their first appearance as a married couple.
Johnny and Amber looked like a couple of newlyweds in love in March 2015. (Photo: INFphoto.com)
We bet they wish they had rethought those travel plans. While Heard came back with Depp, so did their two dogs, Pistol and Boo, which kicked off dog-gate.
The couple purportedly brought their pets into the country illegally, failing to declare them to customs officials. (Australia requires dogs to be quarantined for at least 10 days upon entering the country.) In May 2015, an investigation was launched and Depp faced a possible 10-year jail sentence or a maximum fine of $265,000. We’ll get to the outcome of that later.
Cue the booze rumors again.
In the summer of 2015, local Australian outlets swirled that Depp had to halt production of Pirates again in order to check into rehab for alcohol abuse. Even People picked up the report, although (once again) it ended up deleting the post after reps for Depp denied it.
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Despite dealing with the ongoing canine legal drama, things appeared to be going smoothly for Depp. He even laughed about it while hitting the promotional circuit for Black Mass.
“We were under the impression that we had all the paperwork done with the dogs; we were there with the dogs in front of everybody,” he joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live, adding, “There might have been other things smuggled.”
Given Heard’s recent drug and substance abuse accusations, he may be regretting that one-liner.
Amber and Johnny at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Photo: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
The couple then hit the Toronto International Film Festival in September —promoting Black Mass and The Danish Girl, respectively — and while they shone on carpets together, behind the scenes, things weren’t going so smoothly. According to a local report, the couple were apparently fighting at their hotel.
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In November, Heard denied they were having marital problems. “I try not to react to the horrible misrepresentation of our lives, but it is strange, and hard,” she told Marie Claire. They certainly started off 2016 looking happy and like a family unit. Heard also supported Depp at the Grammys before his supergroup. the Hollywood Vampires — also featuring Alice Cooper and Joe Perry — hit the stage.
The pair even united, albeit incredibly uncomfortably, in April to release an apology video for their dog-smuggling fiasco. Looking back, maybe their body language had more to do with each other than the ridiculous things they were saying.
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Post-humiliation video, Depp seemed in good spirits and even poked fun at it while kicking off his promotional tour for Alice Through the Looking Glass. While it has seemed business as usual for the A-list actor during his press duties over the last few weeks, we all know that’s not the case.
Heard filed for divorce on Monday and was in court Friday alleging Depp was verbally and physically abusive throughout their relationship. And, according to TMZ, she places the blame on drug and alcohol abuse.
So, does the old saying “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” apply here when looking back at the rumor mill these past 15 months? Possibly. The last time (that we’ve found, at least) that Depp has publicly spoken out about drugs and alcohol was in a 2013 interview with Rolling Stone.
The actor said he remained “clear” from alcohol for a year and a half, adding he just doesn’t “have the physical need for the drug alcohol.”
Depp’s side is calling BS on the domestic violence allegations. In response to Heard’s request for a protective order, Depp’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, said: “Amber is attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse,” However, nothing has been said on the record about the alcohol and substance abuse accusations.
Making matters worse, Depp’s mother, Betty Sue Palmer, died on May 20 at the age of 81 following a long illness.
The Hollywood Vampires performed in Lisbon Friday night. (Photo: Getty Images)
Depp is currently on tour with the Hollywood Vampires. Before the band’s Friday night performance at the Rock in Rio music festival in Lisbon, Portugal, Depp made a charity appearance, where he and his bandmates helped to fit and adjust hearing aids to support the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
