We’ve Heard too much, Amber
Amber HeArd has given her first sit-down interview since losing the defamation trial brought against her by ex-husband Johnny depp.
It has been suggested that miss Heard was paid a large sum for the interview and was provided with some questions in advance — but, despite these advantages, she still fails to elicit the sympathy and support she clearly craves.
excerpts from the NbC interview, which will be broadcast in full in America tonight, finds the 36-year-old actress in an unrepentant mood, complaining that the trial was unjust and that the jury were dazzled by depp’s fame.
‘You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that my trial was fair,’ she says.
Actually, Amber, I could. I really could. In court and in this interview she comes across as a dangerous narcissist who thinks that everyone is wrong and only she is right.
She makes a big deal about being ill-treated on social media, as if that counted for anything. And she continues with the lie at the heart of this case. ‘I spoke truth to power, and I paid the price,’ she tells interviewer Savannah Guthrie.
many wish that Amber would just go away, but this is the woman that many followers, high-profile journalists and celebrity supporters insisted we must support, too — in order to preserve the integrity of the #meToo movement and the sisterhood.
Yet untrammelled by the formalities and legal restrictions of the court, this interview provides a real sense of Amber Heard, and it isn’t pretty or comfortable to watch.
It also further undermines the suffering of domestic abuse victims, who might not now be believed because of Amber Heard. That is her real legacy. She should think about them, instead of feeling sorry for herself.