Amber Heard's 'Hideous' Allegations Against Johnny Depp Are 'Utter Nonsense,' Bruce Robinson Says
Bruce Robinson shared his thoughts on the controversial falling-out between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, which ended in a legal battle.
The English director spoke with The Telegraph and shared that he was the one who introduced Depp to Heard. The former couple met on the set of the 2011 comedy-drama "The Rum Diary," which Robinson directed.
"The weird thing for me was I introduced him to Amber Heard," Robinson shared. "I mean, the stuff that was printed about Johnny is just b******t. I'm sure there was a lot of friction in their relationship, but some of the things that were said about him are just utter nonsense."
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Robinson added, "He's one of the most genuinely nice people I've ever met; I've never met anyone who's as generous as Johnny -- yes, he's got lots of money, but I've met lots of people with lots of money who aren't necessarily generous. He was all over the British press like he was the wife-beating monster. It was hideous."
In a 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post, Heard wrote about the alleged abuse she experienced at the hands of her ex-husband without mentioning his name. However, many were convinced that she was referring to Depp, resulting in some outlets calling the Hollywood star a "wife-beater" and the 60-year-old actor losing major projects. Depp vehemently denied all the allegations.
The Sun in the U.K. was the first to publish a report calling Depp a "wife-beater." The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star sued the outlet but lost in 2020.
Depp also sued his ex-wife for defamation. The trial in Fairfax, Virginia, was televised, and Depp scored a major legal victory over Heard after the jury awarded him $15 million in damages, which the judge reduced to $10.35 million due to a state law in Virginia. Heard was awarded $2 million in her defamation countersuit.
Weighing in on the exes' relationship, Robinson said both were "pretty volatile." He, however, clarified that he liked the "Aquaman" actress and complimented her for her intelligence.
However, Robinson noted that their romance "wasn't made in heaven." He also acknowledged that the film provided an artificial setting for an intense relationship between the two actors, but it was like a "dust" that didn't last long.
"It was kind of tragic that it ended up like it did," he added.
Robinson also said that what Heard wrote about Depp was "total b******t, and he couldn't accept it."
During the trial, Depp said he lost "nothing less than everything." The "Fantastic Beasts" star, who lost several projects following Heard's abuse allegations, claimed that regardless of the outcome of the trial, he had already lost.
"When the allegations were made [and] rapidly circulating the globe, telling people that I was a drunken, cocaine-fueled menace who beat women suddenly in my 50s... no matter the outcome of this trial, the second the allegations were made against me [and] turned into fodder for the media... I lost then," Depp said, per Entertainment Weekly.
"I lost because that is not a thing that anyone is [going to] put on your back for a short period of time. I will live with that for the rest of my life. Because of the allegations [and] because it was such a high-profile case, I lost then no matter the outcome of the trial... It never had to happen, and I don't quite understand why it did in the way that it did."
The digital copy of Heard's op-ed is still up. However, it has been amended with an editor's note that Heard was found liable for three counts of defamation following the trial in Virginia.
