Courtney Love is the newest star to publicly help Johnny Depp amid his court docket case towards Amber Heard. The rocker, 57, revealed that the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, 58, saved her life in a prolonged video shared to YouTube on Saturday, Might 21. Whereas the 2 “didn’t actually” know one another, Johnny got here to the rescue after she “overdosed” exterior of his Los Angeles membership The Viper Room again in 1995.
“I don’t actually wanna make judgments publicly, however I simply wish to let you know that Johnny gave me CPR in 1995 once I overdosed exterior the Viper Room with Sal,” she started, seemingly referencing author Sal Cinquemani. On the time, Courtney was battling extreme drug habit as she parented daughter Frances Bean, then 3-years-old, a yr after the demise of Kurt Cobain. The incident started a seemingly distant, however supportive, friendship between Courtney and Johnny.
“Johnny, once I was on crack and Frances was having to endure by way of that with all these social staff, wrote her a four-page letter that she’s by no means confirmed me on her thirteenth birthday. He didn’t actually know me,” Courtney defined within the emotional video. The generosity continued later as Johnny took on the function of Captain Jack Sparrow within the iconic Disney Pirates franchise.
“Then he despatched limos to her college when all of the social staff have been crawling round, once more, unasked, for her and all her pals to go to each Pirates,” the Stay By way of This songstress mentioned. “He did it a bunch of instances. He gave her her personal seat together with her title on it. I’ve by no means seen these Pirates films, however she cherished them. You realize, she mentioned to me when she was 13, ‘mama, he saved my life’. And he or she mentioned it once more,” Courtney added.
The emotional message comes amid Johnny’s on-going court docket case through which he’s suing ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation after Heard printed an op-ed piece alleging he abused her. Amber has countersued for $100 million in damages, taking the stand to allege sexual abuse from Johnny following a drunken argument.
Courtney additionally revealed she has sympathy for Amber within the state of affairs. “I’ve been essentially the most hated lady in America. I’ve been essentially the most hated lady on this planet, earlier than TikTok, and it’s actually lots of empathy for what that should really feel like for Amber,” she mentioned. “F— man. Are you able to think about how that feels? Jesus. However when you use a motion in your personal private acquire, and also you inhabit queer feminist intersectional areas, and also you abuse that second, then I hope justice will get served no matter it’s,” she mentioned.
