Johnny Depp refuses to ‘hold onto hate’

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Johnny Depp refuses to “hold on to hate” following his bitter court battle with his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actor split from Heard in 2016 and his career was affected when she later wrote an op-ed about being a victim of domestic abuse, which led to a lengthy court battle after he sued her for defamation, but he insists he is moving forward.

Depp told the Telegraph newspaper: “This notion that revenge is something that is interesting or important to me is not, in any way. “It’s a waste of time. Hatred, I think, is a waste of time. Holding on to anything like that just requires energy. I don’t have that kind of energy. I refuse to hold on to hatred.”

The actor admitted some journalist questions inspire jokes, but one can simply hold hate until it inspires someone else.

He said: “Make jokes of it, sure. Laugh through it. But I think if you’re holding on to something like that – a great big responsibility to hang on to.

“The real truth of it, that I won’t allow, is that in order for me to hate, I have to care first. And I don’t care. What should I care about? That I got done wrong by one person? Plenty of people get done wrong.”

When asked why Depp took his grievance to court, he insisted he didn’t want to be in a position of “deciding factor of whether or not he was allowed to work anymore in Hollywood.”

Depp went on to insist he’s happier removed from the world of celebrity.

He added: “Going through all of this... I won’t say it’s a great experience – to go through harsh, horrible things, but you learn a lot.

“I would rather move on through something like that absolutely. But I learnt far more than I ever dreamed I could.”

Depp previously described the years he was sidelined from Hollywood because of his legal woes as “hell years” and “lost years” but he has no desire to be holding grudges towards anyone.

He told Hollywood Reporter: “It was a shakedown. An easy way to make a few bucks off your back. I looked at it as a roadblock – a hurdle I had to make it over.”