Johnny Depp: Why I Won't Wed Vanessa After 12 Years Together
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Don't call her Mrs. Depp!
Johnny Depp, 47, tells Extra the reason he hasn't wed gal pal of 12 years Vanessa Paradis is because "I'd be so scared of ruining her last name. She's got such a good last name."
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The three-time Oscar nominee, whose thriller The Tourist with Angelina Jolie hits theaters next Friday, adds he already feels as if he's wed to the French model/actress, 37.
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"I never found myself needing that piece of paper," he says. "Marriage is really from soul to soul, heart to heart. You don't need somebody to say, okay you're married."
That being said, Depp admits he'd be willing to take the plunge, "if Vanessa wanted to get hitched."
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For now, the twosome are looking forward to spending the holidays relaxing with their kids Lily-Rose, 11, and Jack, 8.
On the agenda: "Sleeping, sleeping and playing with a lot of toys with my son," says the actor. "Hanging out with the kiddies."
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38To HARDBLOGCAFE: That's EXACTLY what I said in my comment of Dec. 3, 2010: Depp found it H A R D BEING MARRIED!! So YOU AGREE that "HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT", right?! Some people are so stupid....they don't even understand their own comments...!!
i agree with him..here marriage over rated
Oh my.... "CLEAR & HONEST" to the public.....???? Who cares they are married or not? They are simply happy as is. They don't have to give you an explanation. Leave your fantasy world! They are good comedians, this is the most important for fans. By the way, Johnny Depp was married many years ago......so he knows what he's talking about-)
CAT TRIVOLU: former French President Mitterand WAS A MARRIED MAN, wasn't he?! And "young Parisians" are NOT THE MAJORITY of the French people, well???...I have no "different perception" of the French, but read WELL first before you reply! I only think all those statements of D-P are just NONSENSE, because Depp HIMSELF twittered: "its HARD BEING MARRIED...." etc. So why don't they chose another "alternative" and just being CLEAR & HONEST to the public!!
I am going to get a ton of flack for this - for the record I am a VERY happily married woman - but the reality is marriage is just a false sense of security, just like religion. If you want to do it, great, but no one should feel they need to get married in order to validate or feel secure in their relationship. Someone can leave you or cheat on you or leave their money to someone else if they die, with or without a marriage certificate. Obviously Depp was being facetious with the comment about her last name; most likely he is sick and tired of being asked this same question and his response was the alternative to that of outward rudeness. And Lily, it is not in the least uncommon for French men to have mistresses (remember when the last President of France died and his wife AND mistress both showed up to his funeral?); it is a very common practice, and young Parisians are in fact marrying less and less. I think their views on marriage are ever-so-slightly different than your perception of them is.
To Lili Hardblogcafe: so the MAJORITY of the French people are NOT married???! What a rubbish! And what a NONSENSE in those JD-VP interviews: they "don't need or don't have plans to marry" each other (while they're MARRIED ALREADY!), but well, "if SHE'll want to get hitched, why not?" Bla, bla, bla......For goodness'sake: WHAT ARE THEY ENGAGED AT?!
@Lili Hardblogcafe RELAX
Girls, let me explain to you something you may don't know...French People are not under pression of getting married. We live many years with the same person, sharing, loving and having kids without to be married.We are perfectly fine with that. Vanessa Paradis said to french News, she simply doesn't want to be married, they're fine like that. I also read Johnny Depp saying that if one day, Vanessa changes her mind, he will marry her right away. So Ladies, forget Angelina Jolie...I know it's just difficult to admit that a man like the sexy Johnny could just be happy with the same woman and kids...-) HardBlog Cafe
Over the years he'd always used the last name as an EXCUSE for not marrying her: which "nut" will tell a "joke" over & over & over again in serious interviews?!....And she is just a liar with nonsense of "fearing and don't need to marry him" in her interviews. Because I believe they ALREADY ARE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER long ago! But probably for PR-reasons better to keep it a SECRET to the world....And with HIS OWN tweet of last October he made a slip (oops)! He found it "HARD" BEING MARRIED (to super model Paradis): should the internet rumours/gossips of FRICTIONS in their relationship might be true perhaps???....Your comment, please?
ok lets see how you feel when your daughter does the same
I'm sure him and Jolie hooked up.. and yes, that was a very lame comment about messing up her last name.. duh! Who does that?!
Johnny at least do it for tradition sake!!!
Colleen, LMAO, you're so right! Get a sense of humor people! It was a joke.
ruining her name comment was a joke
It really is no one's business. However, since he is talking about it and is a celebrity.... Just be honest about it. Options, She can keep her last name. You can take her last name. Or you can both CHANGE your last name to a last name you come up with. It just seems a bs answer.
Hey, Depp-S***...she can always keep her last name, and you know it. So what's your real problem?
Marriage no longer means 'happily ever after', but it could end up a complete disaster! Especially when you get drunk in Vegas, anybody drunk enough could say yes.
Marriage no longer means 'happily ever after', but it could end up a complete disaster! Especially when you get drunk in Vegas, anybody drunk enough could say yes.
I think the ruining her last name bit was just him being sarcastic. Obviously his committment to her and the children are there. If you've ever been through a bad divorce before you might not be so keen on marriage a 2nd time, I get that. And in his defense he seems open to marriage if she really wanted to. But playing devil's advocate here. Speaking as a married person-- if you're ALREADY playing house anyway (having kids, being monogamous, paying bills, why not just make it official? To each his own, I guess...
Obviously the part about ruining her last name was a joke. Get a sense of humor, people. He's right. Who determined that a piece of paper has the power to say if people are married or not? That piece of paper is for legality's sake only. If they feel married, then they are. Oh, @Macy...no strings? What are you talking about? They have two children to whom they're obviously devoted. What a bunch of judgemental freaks the majority of you are. (and that's not me making a judgement, it's stating a fact)