Johnny Depp’s relationship with his son Jack is close, despite splitting with his mother, Vanessa Paradis, in 2012. Jack is French-born and was raised in a small village in the south of France that Depp and Paradis bought when they were still together. Jack was only 10 when his parents broke up.
Depp was 15 when his parents divorced. He testified in court that his childhood had been volatile and violent. So he was determined to maintain a good relationship with Jack. “The thing is, kiddies come first,” Depp told Rolling Stone following his break-up with Paradis. “You can’t shield them because then you’d be lying. So you can at least be honest with your kids.”
Jack was 13 when his dad married Amber Heard, and Depp claimed that Heard had little interest in playing stepmom. However, the actor is aware of the effect her accusations of domestic violence — and their very public court battle — have had on his son following their split a year later. “I’m sure it wasn’t easy for my 14-year-old boy to go to school, you know what I mean?” Depp told British GQ. “With people going, ‘Hey, look at this magazine, man. What, your dad beats up chicks or something?’ Why did he have to go through that?”
