Last week, Amber Heard attended the premiere for London Fields, a film she shot several years ago, back when she was married to Johnny Depp. The film was shelved indefinitely because everyone knew it was a piece of sh-t, and because there were lawsuits involved. They ended up giving it a wide release in North America last week, and the reviews were savage. It ended up making… $116,470 in its opening weekend. It was the second worst opening weekend in a decade. All of which to say, Amber barely promoted the movie, but I think this interview is possibly part of her bare-bones promotion? Maybe.
Amber Heard has admitted that her taste in women is far better than her taste in men following her divorce from Johnny Depp and a string of romances with high-profiled men. The 32-year-old actress, who is bisexual, previously dated photographer Tasya Van Ree for five years before they split in 2013 after she fell for her The Rum Diaries co-star.
Speaking frankly to Marie Claire, Amber was asked whether her ‘taste in women was better than her taste in men’ to which she replied: ‘Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah.’ She later added: ‘There’s something to be said about who one is drawn to. I’m not necessarily drawn to… healthy. But I have hope. I hope to find an honest attraction to someone who is healthy. I very much want that.’
Following her hope for ‘honest’ love in the future, Amber also discussed the backlash she felt from the LGBTQ+ community in the wake of her marriage to Johnny, 55, and revealed the commentary was ‘vicious’ to deal with. And while she would ‘never’ fake a relationship for the sake of publicity, the Aquaman star claimed that she was approached over 10 years ago to date a fellow actor, who was keeping their sexuality under wraps. She shared: ‘By the way, I was asked if I wanted to have a date with another actor who also “valued their private life”. And that was 2007. Can you believe it?’
I’ve actually thought about that before, the idea that a bisexual woman like Amber could have a terrible “picker” for men, but a pretty good picker for women. As in, Amber is attracted to the worst guys, but her girlfriends are usually pretty great. This is a weird moment of self-awareness too: “There’s something to be said about who one is drawn to. I’m not necessarily drawn to… healthy.” I feel ya, Amber. My picker is not the best either, and I’m shocked (in retrospect) about how I didn’t realize that this dude or that guy had such serious issues. You say to yourself, “oh, he’s just a bad boy with a heart of gold!” And then months later, it’s like, “oh no, this guy is profoundly unhealthy.”
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This may unintentionally come across as a slam on her, but I feel it’s more of just an observation: the guys she’s been with are really rich. It just so happened that they were also unhealthy to be with. Had they been unhealthy plumbers, I don’t think she would have been drawn to them.
There are probably healthy men out there she could potentially find an attraction to, but they might be….middle-class.
I detect no lies here. She dates women she’s interested in and rich, powerful men who pursue her. No judgement. There aren’t many uber rich sexually assertive gay/bisexual women. I honestly think she prefers women but wants to be dominated/protected. Given the choice she’d choose an attractive billionare sugar mama. Hope she finds it.
I empathise. I have different taste for men and women too. Although neither is horrible, it is still interesting to me. Especially since it affects the whole dynamic between me and my SOs.
Realising you are attracted to wrong type of men is definitely a start. You can try to figure out why. Although I will say very few middle aged millionaires and billionaires who are interested in young blonde bombshell type of actresses are going to be super decent. She is searching for a unicorn.
She’s only dated one woman publically so it’s a little hard to tell if she has better taste in women.
Her type seems to be messy middle aged millionaires. I think she’s attracted to status and power.
So who is this actor she was suggested to go out with? The one who “valued their private life”…
Yeah, *blind item!* Who started what could be considered a “business” relationship around that time? Probably way too many people to guess from.
I rather doubt that the gender of your partner has any bearing on healthy or unhealthy. If you’re the partner of a guy or successive guys with major drug and/or alcohol issues even before you get involved and the $ to feed that, chances are that’s part of your lifestyle as well.
She got in a physical altercation with her female lover in an airport. That probably wasn’t a 100% healthy relationship either.
It is however, a valiant attempt at changing the subject from the poor showing of London Fields.
The biphobic backlash she received for her marriage to Depp really frustrated me at the time. The whole point of declaring oneself bisexual or pansexual is communicating that you’re interested in more than one gender.
I do wonder about the picker thing. Some of my friends have better taste in women and non binary people than men. I personally found it hard to meet decent men. However I worked on my desire for honest love and I’m really grateful for my partner. Mind you, I chased him so I think that helped keep the power dynamic more fluid. In the past I felt frustrated that a different man had too much power over me.
I wonder if it’s not so much the gender based picker but just the fact that there are more terrible white cishet men around. I mean, the more privilege one has the more oblivious one can afford to be 🤷♀️
Yeah I think that’s a major factor. A lot of white cishet men are way too entitled & won’t listen when other people need to be heard.
My boyfriend is the exception that proves the rule.
Most of my friends aren’t white cis het men. I’ve helped men unlearn misogyny in the past. I’m glad I did but I’m way too time poor to bother doing so now.
it’s not white cishet men. it’s just men. of all colors & orientations.
A week ago she kept tweeting at Elon Musk trying to get his attention while he was tweeting back and forth with his current girlfriend (he ignored her).
What she went through with Depp was awful, but she clearly has her own issues beyond who she chooses to date.
Maybe, just maybe, if she stopped doing so many drugs, it might get better. Just spitballing here.