One of the constants in the coverage of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s divorce drama is that Depp was very, very jealous. He was jealous of Amber’s friendships with women and men. He was jealous that she had close friends she could count on. He was jealous that she worked with other men. He constantly worried that she was cheating on him or would soon cheat on him. Long-time Depp-watchers probably know that there have always been stories about Depp’s jealousy issues, from Winona to Kate Moss, probably even Vanessa Paradis had to deal with it too. As we discussed yesterday, Amber submitted photos to the court of the injury Depp sustained to his hand in March 2015. Depp was apparently drunk and high on ecstasy when he sliced off the top of his finger. He then dipped the finger in blue paint and wrote “Billy Bob” and “Easy Amber” on a mirror. As in, Johnny Depp thought his then-fiancee Amber Heard was fooling around with Billy Bob Thornton.

Billy Bob Thornton did not have an affair with Amber Heard, a source tells PEOPLE. During a heated argument that allegedly resulted in the actor severing his finger, Johnny Depp reportedly accused Heard, 30, of cheating on him with Thornton, but a source tells PEOPLE that is simply not true.

“Billy Bob definitely, absolutely did not have an affair with Amber,” says the source.

Heard and Thornton, 61, starred together in the still-unreleased thriller London Falls. The actress also adamantly denies having an affair, according to TMZ.

[From People]

In a separate story, People identifies the unnamed source as a “Thornton source.” As in, Billy Bob Thornton really doesn’t want to be in the middle of Amber and Johnny’s divorce drama and he wants to make it clear that there was nothing between himself and Amber. Well, he is married right now – he’s been with the same woman, Connie, for years. They married in 2014. Connie is his sixth wife.

As for Amber and Johnny and WILL THIS EVER END, there’s another update from TMZ about the now-stalled settlement discussions:

TMZ has learned there’s a stalemate in the legal war between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp … and it all has to do with a joint statement about what happened — or didn’t happen — on May 21. Sources connected with Amber tell TMZ, the sticking point is that Amber wants a joint statement in which Johnny admits he committed domestic violence. Our Amber sources say Johnny’s people came back loud and clear — he will NEVER sign a document in which he admits to domestic violence because he never committed it.

We’ve been reporting Amber demanded a phenomenal amount of money for their 15-month marriage … the parties have settled on around $8 million, including lawyers’ fees, but she wanted a lot more. Mind you — all she’d be entitled to is half the earnings that were left after taxes and living expenses, and we’re told they spent a lot of money together. And we’ve learned Amber has hired a new lawyer to helm her case — famed attorney Pierce O’Donnell, who recently repped Shelly Sterling in the Donald Sterling saga.

[From TMZ]

Am I alone in thinking that $8 million seems pretty paltry for this nightmare existence of being married to Johnny Depp? Let’s say that Johnny only did half of what Amber claims, how much would you want? I would want a lot more than $8 million. Especially considering Depp is reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

As for the idea of a joint statement… I can understand why Depp would flat-out refuse to sign off on that, just because he would be kneecapping himself professionally. But I also understand why Amber wants it: she wants some kind of acknowledgement that after all of the emotional abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, after all of the gaslighting and manipulations, that it was not “all in her head.” She wants Depp to say or show in some way that he really is the monster that she saw time and time again.

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