And why is she making fun of him being in 21 Jump street? It was a huge hit show and he was a star because of it.
Meanwhile she was in a slew of silly nothing shows herself. She'd have jumped at the chance to be in 21 Jump Street.
Just like she made fun of him for 'sitting around playing guitar with other fat ol boring men' ----meanwhile Johnny is playing guitar and performing and recording with the most elite musicians in the world.
She is just jealous so she berates him.
I don't think jealousy was the only thing at play here. I think huge resentment popped in because I think she thought Johnny should have been out there promoting her and beating the streets to find her projects to pull her onto the A-list with him. When he had downtime he instead used it to catch up with friends, play music, read dozens of scripts that showed up unsolicited on his agent's desk. I wonder if she became so vile because she was angry he wasn't using that time to benefit her. Elevate her. Promote her.
But Johnny is not that guy. His previous girlfriends had all made it on their own talent and merits (just like he did) and I think he expected Amber to do the same. Get her own projects. Promote herself. Manage her own career. He wasn't interested in being her agent or manager. She had people for that. But I think she became increasingly hostile that he didn't use his power to pull strings for her, which is why she married him in the first place. She doesn't have a fraction of the talent required to acquire lead roles on her own and I think she got seriously irritable that he wasn't doing it for her.
When her marriage to him did not gain her the attention and roles she craved, she turned her venom on him rather than face the reality that she is a middle of the road actress and that's all she's ever going to be, no matter who she is married to. I think she still doesn't understand this. It's Johnny's fault Hollywood isn't beating down her door (in her mind) - when the truth is they never were. Not before she met Johnny. Not while she was married to Johnny. And not after she divorced Johnny.
The first I'd even heard of her was when she smuggled dogs into Australia. And that was only because Depp was involved. I had no idea who she was or even what her name was. The next I heard of her was the divorce. And I didn't even know it was the same woman at first. Even at this stage of the game I've never seen her in a movie. If not for him I would have no idea who she is, other than Johnny Depp's ex-wife. And she's 36 years old, not 22. I'm not saying it's fair, but as a female actress if you haven't made it in Hollywood by age 36 you're not likely going to.
I think she latched so hard onto Johnny Depp because she wasn't getting anywhere on her own and she needed him to get her there. It's probably the same reason she latched on to (or tried anyway) to Elon Musk. But that didn't work either. I think something very similar to this situation would have happened to whatever man (Depp, Musk or anyone else, male or female) who failed to indulge her entitlement and give her what she felt she was owed. The wrath and spite and revenge came out. Johnny Depp unfortunately became the target, but it could have been anybody in power, or who she thought had the power to help her, but didn't.
Johnny is not blameless for this mess, though. He left his very stable partner and children to have a stereotypical mid-life crisis and go chasing after a younger, beautiful woman. That was massively stupid and men who do this generally wind up the worse for it. As we see here.
Is Johnny Depp a risk taker? Yes. Is he sometimes reckless? Yes. Is he sometimes irresponsible? Yes. He freely admits all that. He always has. But is he abusive towards women? No, no I don't think so. He generally splits amicably from his girlfriends and even remains friends with them to this day. He's nearly 60 years old and had never been accused of abuse towards women until Amber Heard came along. When Amber made her accusations, women did not come out of the woodwork to say Depp acted that way with them, as well. Nothing. That is very telling.
Sorry, I'm just rambling at this point, so I'll just shut up now.
This post is entirely my own opinion.
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