Break-up. Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. Why?
That’s what we’d like to know.
After 14 years of being together and raising two kids, no-one would have expected the Depp-Paradis fall-out. But as several sources report things are not looking good for Mr. Sparrow and his long-time girlfriend. Their relation is on the rocks, and it has been for some time now. They’re living separate lives, shuffling their kids Lily-Rose(12) and Jack(9) between them. People magazine notes that the growing separation, geographic and professional, between the two contributed to the breakup.
One of the quirkiest and acclaimed – for that matter – actors in Hollywood, Johnny Depp (42) and less successful French singer-actress, Vanessa Paradis (38), have been leading high-profile lives split between the US and France. And up until last year, this seemed to work perfectly for the couple. In December 2010, Depp explained in an interview for Extra why he and Paradis had no wedding plans:
“I never found myself needing that piece of paper. Marriage is really from soul to soul, heart to heart. You don’t need somebody to say, okay you’re married… If Vanessa wanted to get hitched, why not… But the thing is, I’d be so scared of ruining her last name. She’s got such a good last name”.
Fair enough – we respect and totally get the view. Unfortunately, for more than a year, the two haven’t been together anymore, not privately, nor publically.
Depp appeared to Cannes last year to promote the latest instalment of his movie of reference “Pirates of the Carribean”, without Paradis. He was seen flirting with girls in Hawaii and in Puerto Rico and he attended the premieres of his movies The Rum Diary and The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides alone. He also went to the 2012 Golden Globes solo, avoiding interviews.
We’re keen to see whether the plans they’ve announced for their first film together will go through. The film, “My American Lover” was presented as a biopic about French feminist philosopher Simone De Beauvoir.
For the time being, it’s sad to see that not even the couple who seemed to have a really healthy and happy relationship – a rare thing in Hollywood – is falling apart.
Here’s Depp at the 2012 Golden Globes, presenting Hugo.
