Amber Heardhopes everything she went through will “mean something” to her daughter one day.
She has called the verdict a “setback” for women and toldToday’sSavannah Guthriethatshe’s “scared” it will mean more “silencing"for survivors looking to come forward.
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In more of the NBC News sit-down interview that aired Wednesday, Heard shared that she is glad to befocusing more on her 14-month-old daughterOonagh Paige after being preoccupied with legal matters.
“How do you see your future now?” asked Guthrie, to which Heard responded with a smile, “I get to be a mom, like, full time, you know? Where I’m not having to juggle calls with lawyers.”
Guthrie then said, “One day you may want to tell your daughter about this or have to tell your daughter about everything that you’ve gone through. What would you want to say?”
“I think no matter what,” said Heard, “it will mean something. I did the right thing. I did everything I could to stand up for myself and the truth.”
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Depp has two kids with his ex Vanessa Paradis: son Jack, 20, and daughter Lily-Rose, 23. He said part of his motivation in pursuing the trial against Heard was to do so for his children. “Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that,” he said in hisreaction to the verdict.
“I hope that my quest to have the truth be told will have helped others, men or women, who have found themselves in my situation, and that those supporting them never give up,” he added, sharing that the “jury gave me my life back.”
In a subsequent message thanking his fans for their support, Depp also expressed that hefelt he did the “right thing.“He said, “To all of my most treasured, loyal and unwavering supporters. We’ve been everywhere together, we have seen everything together. We have walked the same road together. We did the right thing together, all because you cared. And now, we will all move forward together.”
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For more from Heard’s interview with Guthrie, viewers can stream part of the special edition ofDatelineThursday on Peacock, ahead of it airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. The interview will then be available onToday’s website, and the fullDatelineepisode will be on Peacock.
source: people.com
