Amber Heard says she still has 'love' for Johnny Depp after defamation trial
- Amber Heard told the "Today" show that she still loves Johnny Depp.
- "Absolutely. I love him. I loved him with all my heart," she said.
Amber Heard said that she still loves her ex-husband Johnny Depp in her first interview since the conclusion of their high-profile defamation case on June 1.
Speaking Wednesday with the "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie — who sat down with Heard for a two-part interview — Heard was asked whether she still loved Depp, to which she responded: "Yes. Absolutely."
"Absolutely. I love him. I loved him with all my heart and I tried the best I could to make a deeply broken relationship work. And I couldn't," the "Aquaman" star said. "I have no bad feelings or ill will towards him at all. I know that might be hard to understand, or really easy to understand if you've ever loved anyone — it should be really easy."
Elsewhere in the interview, Guthrie asked Heard about her plans following the conclusion of the defamation trial. Heard said she plans to focus her time on her 1-year-old daughter, Oonagh Paige Heard.
"I get to be a mom full time, without having to juggle calls with lawyers," Heard replied.
As Insider previously reported, it is not clear if this statement was Heard alluding to retiring from acting, or if she was talking about the immediate aftermath of the high-profile trial.
Earlier this week, a spokesperson for Heard denied a report that Heard had been recast in the "Aquaman" sequel due to her recent personal issues.
Depp initially filed the defamation suit against Heard in response to an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post that detailed her experience with domestic violence. In January 2021, Heard countersued Depp for $100 million after one of Depp's attorneys claimed her allegations of sexual abuse were a "hoax."
After six weeks of testimony in Fairfax County, Virginia, jurors found both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard liable for defamation against each other.
Depp was awarded $15 million in damages after a jury found that Heard defamed him in a Washington Post op-ed. Depp was also found liable for defamation against Heard with the jury awarding the "Aquaman" star $2 million in damages.