Amber Heard admits she and Depp may look like ‘Hollywood kids’
Amber Heard gives her first interview since losing a multi-million dollar defamation battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp.
After sitting down with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie last week, the clip is already in today The show is scheduled for a full interview on June 17 at 8pm EST.
Hurd said she will stand by her testimony at the trial “until the day I die,” but as the trial unfolds on social media, she believes even well-meaning jurors will find it unavoidable.
Describing the trial as “humiliating” and feeling “unhuman”, Hurd admitted she had no confidence before the sentencing but insisted she “speaked the truth to power” and paid the price. She admitted that she and Depp looked like spoiled “Hollywood brats” to the average person, but insisted her case was about free speech.
Guthrie questioned Hurd about her behavior in the relationship, admitting she’d done and said “terrible, regrettable things” but said she “always tells the truth.”
Depp is suing Hurd for $50 million for suggesting he abused her in a Washington Post op-ed. She filed a $100 million countersuit, accusing him of a “defamation campaign” against her.
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A spokesperson for Heard responded to news of her first TV interview in a statement independent:
“Johnny Depp’s legal team released numerous statements and TV interviews in the media in the days following the sentencing, and Depp himself did the same on social media.
“Miss. Hurd just wanted to respond to their aggressive behavior last week. She did it by expressing her thoughts and feelings, much of which she was not allowed to do on the witness stand.”
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 13:00
Going forward, Ms Heard said she was looking forward to being a stay-at-home mom without having to deal with lawyers.
Asked what she might want or have to tell her daughter someday about what she’s been through and what she’s going to say, Ms Heard replied: “I think, whatever that means. I’ve done the right thing. to defend yourself and the truth.”
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:58
Heard she’s worried Johnny Depp will sue her again
Amber Heard is concerned that Johnny Depp could take more legal action against her, she told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie.
“I am afraid that whatever I do, whatever I say or say, it will provide another opportunity for silence,” she said.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:54
In an awkward back-and-forth, Ms. Guthrie questioned Ms. Hurd about her promise to donate $7 million to charity from her divorce settlement, which didn’t happen, and whether it hurt her jury service. reputation in.
Ms Heard said it was an example of Depp’s team defaming her as a person and her credibility and calling her a lawyer.
Ms Guthrie pointed out that it was a trial, a contest of credibility.
The Doubling actor said she shouldn’t have said she’d donate money to try and be believed, to which Ms Guthrie responded by saying she shouldn’t, but she did.
Ms. Heard said she still intends to make good on her promises to the ACLU and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:51
Amber Heard has told Savannah Guthrie that six years after their divorce, and after all the legal turmoil, she still loves Johnny Depp.
“I love him. I love him with all my heart. I did my best to make a deeply broken relationship work, but I couldn’t.”
“I don’t have any bad feelings or ill will towards him,” she added. “I know it can be hard to understand, or if you’ve ever loved anyone, it can be really easy to understand, it should be easy.”
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:44
Amber Heard has denied telling TMZ when she will be in court for a temporary restraining order.
Ms. Guthrie also asked her about the number of specific abuses she testified about, and the Depp team’s response to posting pictures of her after the alleged incident without leaving bruises or marks in public.
Ms Heard said if she had bruises it was fake and if she didn’t then it didn’t happen.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:42
Amber Heard said she was concerned about further defamation action by Johnny Depp and was nervous about what she could say after the trial.
“No matter what I say, or how I say it — every step I take will provide another opportunity for this silence, which I think is what the defamation lawsuit is meant to be.”
Savannah Guthrie asked her why she wrote the column.
Ms Heard said she did not write about her relationship, but rather spoke out on the wider issue, and had the article read by a team of lawyers to ensure she was not defaming him.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:35
NBC’s Today Show airs more interviews with Amber Heard
NBC today The show is airing more of Savannah Guthrie’s interview with Amber Heard this morning.
In a tease at the top of the show, Ms Heard insisted she “did the right thing” in court and will talk about her plans for the future.
Ms Guthrie also asked how she felt about Johnny Depp after the trial.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:14
Hurd insists ‘I’m telling the truth to power’
In a recent exclusive interview with NBC, Amber Heard insisted she was “factual” about power in her high-profile defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp. Today Show.
“The First Amendment protects speech . Speaking to the actor in an interview. The jury also found that Ms Heard partially prevailed in a counterclaim decided earlier this month.
“Free speech doesn’t protect you if you walk into a crowded theater and scream ‘fire,'” Ms Heard explained in the interview clip, scheduled for a full 8 p.m. ET on Friday, June 17. broadcast.
“My understanding of what that means is not just freedom of speech, but freedom to speak the truth to power,” she added.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 12:00
WATCH: Heard she and Depp might look like ‘Hollywood kids’
Amber Heard admits she and Depp may look like ‘Hollywood kids’
Oliver O’ConnellJune 15, 2022 11:00