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Betty Sue Palmer<\/strong><\/h2>\nJohnny’s mother Betty was a waitress during his childhood. Betty and her then-husband John were living in Owensboro, Kentucky when Johnny was born, but the family<\/a> moved around a lot during Johnny’s childhood, as he revealed in a 2002 interview on\u00a0Inside the Actor’s Studio.<\/em> His parents split up when he was 15 in 1978. Johnny told\u00a0James Lipton<\/strong> that he focused on his mom after the divorce. “She’s just one of the smartest, funniest, greatest people I’ve ever been lucky enough to know,” he said at the time. “She is truly one of my best friends.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/johnny-depp-parents-amber-heard-trial-ss-post.jpg?resize=620%2C918\")
Johnny wraps his arm around his mom when he receives a star on the Walk of Fame. (Bei\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAfter the divorce, Johnny described the period as a “dark” time for his mom. He revealed that he walked in on his mother overdosing on pills shortly after the split in his testimony<\/a> during the defamation trial<\/a> with Amber Heard. He also revealed that he began using drugs as a result of the “trauma” his childhood brought on. \u201cIt\u2019s been for trying to numb the things inside that can plague someone who has experienced trauma,” he said, per The New York Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nBetty remarried to a man named\u00a0Robert Palmer,\u00a0<\/strong>who spent much time in prison. The actor explained that the\u00a0 2015 Hollywood Vampires song “As Bad As I Am” was an ode to him in an interview with\u00a0USA Today<\/a>. <\/em>“He was this really cool guy. He was a bit of a rounder. He spent about half his life in prison, in Statesville Ill. And he had this toast. ‘Here\u2019s to you, as good as you are. Here\u2019s to me, as bad as I am. You’re still as good as you are, as bad as I am,'” he said.<\/p>\nDespite clearly loving his mom, Johnny has been open about receiving beatings from her during his childhood, while his dad was mostly out of the picture. “Yeah, there were irrational beatings,” he told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in a June 2018 interview. “Maybe it\u2019s an ashtray coming your way. Maybe you\u2019re gonna get clunked with the phone.\u201d When his mother died in 2016, he described her not so kindly at her funeral. “My mom was maybe the meanest human being I have ever met in my life,” he told the magazine.<\/p>\nDuring the trial, Johnny’s relationship with his mom was brought back to the forefront once again. He detailed being whipped by a belt, as well as other forms of both physical and psychological abuse that the actor claims his mom took part in, via The New York Post<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cThere was quite a lot of name calling,” he said in his testimony.<\/p>\nJohnny gave more details about his mother’s death during his testimony at the defamation trial on April 20, 2022. He said that his kids<\/a>\u00a0Lily Rose\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jack\u00a0<\/strong>came with him to see her during her final days in the hospital. He also said that he received some closure for the difficult times he had with his mom. “I<\/span> had<\/span>\u00a0made<\/span> peace<\/span> with<\/span> Betty<\/span> Sue<\/span> because<\/span> I<\/span> understood<\/span> where<\/span> she<\/span> came<\/span> from<\/span> and<\/span> I<\/span> understood<\/span> how<\/span> difficult<\/span> her<\/span> childhood was,” he\u00a0 said. “I forgave her for all that.”<\/span><\/p>\nJohn Christopher Depp<\/strong><\/h2>\n
After the divorce, Johnny described the period as a “dark” time for his mom. He revealed that he walked in on his mother overdosing on pills shortly after the split in his testimony<\/a> during the defamation trial<\/a> with Amber Heard. He also revealed that he began using drugs as a result of the “trauma” his childhood brought on. \u201cIt\u2019s been for trying to numb the things inside that can plague someone who has experienced trauma,” he said, per The New York Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Betty remarried to a man named\u00a0Robert Palmer,\u00a0<\/strong>who spent much time in prison. The actor explained that the\u00a0 2015 Hollywood Vampires song “As Bad As I Am” was an ode to him in an interview with\u00a0USA Today<\/a>. <\/em>“He was this really cool guy. He was a bit of a rounder. He spent about half his life in prison, in Statesville Ill. And he had this toast. ‘Here\u2019s to you, as good as you are. Here\u2019s to me, as bad as I am. You’re still as good as you are, as bad as I am,'” he said.<\/p>\n Despite clearly loving his mom, Johnny has been open about receiving beatings from her during his childhood, while his dad was mostly out of the picture. “Yeah, there were irrational beatings,” he told\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in a June 2018 interview. “Maybe it\u2019s an ashtray coming your way. Maybe you\u2019re gonna get clunked with the phone.\u201d When his mother died in 2016, he described her not so kindly at her funeral. “My mom was maybe the meanest human being I have ever met in my life,” he told the magazine.<\/p>\n During the trial, Johnny’s relationship with his mom was brought back to the forefront once again. He detailed being whipped by a belt, as well as other forms of both physical and psychological abuse that the actor claims his mom took part in, via The New York Post<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cThere was quite a lot of name calling,” he said in his testimony.<\/p>\n Johnny gave more details about his mother’s death during his testimony at the defamation trial on April 20, 2022. He said that his kids<\/a>\u00a0Lily Rose\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jack\u00a0<\/strong>came with him to see her during her final days in the hospital. He also said that he received some closure for the difficult times he had with his mom. “I<\/span> had<\/span>\u00a0made<\/span> peace<\/span> with<\/span> Betty<\/span> Sue<\/span> because<\/span> I<\/span> understood<\/span> where<\/span> she<\/span> came<\/span> from<\/span> and<\/span> I<\/span> understood<\/span> how<\/span> difficult<\/span> her<\/span> childhood was,” he\u00a0 said. “I forgave her for all that.”<\/span><\/p>\nJohn Christopher Depp<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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