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Oct 13, 2023

Johnny Depp Spends His Days Antiquing in the English Countryside, Per Report

By Kenzie Bryant After roughly half a decade of suing his ex-wife, a tabloid,

By Kenzie Bryant

After roughly half a decade of suing his ex-wife, a tabloid, his business managers, and his longtime lawyer, Johnny Depp is now living the quiet life in the English countryside, according to the Daily Mail. He appears in the "Gardens Special" of Somerset Life. The article, "Johnny Depp: The Hollywood A-Lister at Home in Somerset," quotes the actor saying he's no extrovert. "I just love places with character…. British people are cool and will greet you as if you are a neighbor—without going over the top…. I like going to places, seeing things and meeting people—but I’m not the great extrovert that people think."

"In truth, I’m quite a shy person," he's quoted. "That is one of the great things about Britain, and especially Somerset. I can just be me—and that's nice."

Depp recently sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation and won—and also lost in part in the simultaneous countersuit. Heard was ordered to pay him $15 million (this was later reduced because of the state's cap on punitive damages), and he was ordered to pay her $2 million. Both appealed the jury's decisions, and settled. Ever since, Heard has been forced to lie low since the internet and much of the world has become an inhospitable place for her, while Depp took something of a victory lap touring and playing music with his friend Jeff Beck, the guitarist. Beck died of bacterial meningitis at 78 soon after.

According to the Daily Mail, in his free time, he exists as one does in the English countryside. Choppering into Hemswell Cliff for some antiquing. He bought some guitars—according to the Hemswell Antique Centre shop owner, who welcomed the shy guy to his shop—and some other "quirky items" like "a desk chair, three guitars, paint sets, easels, a few pictures, posters," and "a vase with a skull on it."

This article has been updated.

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