Johnny Depp has reportedly written two songs about his ex-wife Amber Heard on an upcoming album with longtime pal and fellow musician Jeff Beck. The Pirates of the Caribbean star famously won his defamation case against his former flame last month, where a jury unanimously agreed to award him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
The forthcoming album, “18,” which has been given a July 15 release date, hears Johnny seemingly address Amber in what seems to be a not-so-pleasant manner. The Sunday Times, who reviewed the record a week ahead of its release, quoted Johnny singing on the track “This is a Song for Middy Hedy Lamarr,” “I think you’ve said enough for one motherf***ing night. You’re sitting there like a dog with a seven-year itch … If I had a dime, it wouldn’t reach your hand.”
Amber Heard sued in federal court for making an insurance claim for Johnny Depp’s defamation judgment, and for refusing to cooperate with the insurance company in defending the suit. Read it here. pic.twitter.com/VPYHApzpVX
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On another track, titled “Sad Motherf***in’ Parade,” he continues, “You’re sitting there like a dog with a seven-year itch … If I had a dime, it wouldn’t reach your hand.” The aforementioned publication said that Jeff was said to have been “blown away” by the songs — presumably since Johnny has never publicly spoken out about his personal matters in his music before.
Johnny’s songs on the album are the only original songs on the project, with the rest consisting of covers of songs by Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, and The Beach Boys. The father of two appears to share quite a close working relationship with Jeff, who he previously teamed up with to cover John Lennon’s “Isolation” in 2020.
They recently collaborated again to cover “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye, before embarking on a UK tour, which had commenced in May, during which time Johnny was gearing up for the verdict in the defamation trial with Amber. The Texas native, who battled it out with Johnny in a Virginia courthouse for six weeks, won one of her three defamation countersuit claims and was subsequently awarded $2 million.
In recent weeks, however, Amber’s attorneys have filed a motion and stressed that their client had no chance of having a fair trial in court based on several factors. Supposedly, one of the jurors was never summoned to be there, it was claimed in a five-page legal document filed at the Virginia Fairfax Circuit Court.
“As the Court no doubt agrees, it is deeply troubling for an individual not summoned for jury duty nonetheless to appear for jury duty and serve on a jury, especially in a case such as this,” Amber’s attorneys wrote. “The individual who appeared for jury duty with this name was obviously the younger one. Thus, the 52-year-old … sitting on the jury for six weeks was never summoned for jury duty on April 11.”
They hope to have the verdict tossed out or be given a re-trial. A judge has yet to make a decision.