And the Winner Is... Johnny Depp!

 

Johnny Depp has always been one of my favorite actors, hasn’t won an Oscar for acting but he’s a great actor, always making his characters memorable and entertaining (Mad Hatter, Sweeny Todd, Jack Sparrow, Willy Wonka to name a few), and he’s been nominated a few times so no one could say he’s a patsy when it comes to acting.

Today, he won his three defamation cases against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, who won just one of her counterclaims. Both accuse each other of being abusive (emotionally and physically) and his victory means that the jury believes that between the two, Miss Heard was the more abusive and more violent. If this was a movie, Mr. Depp would be the hero and Miss Heard, the villain. He claimed that she ruined his life and career. But today, with his victory, he was hoping to regain everything he lost.

So what are the lessons we can learn here from their court battles? One, you must choose well when it comes to the person you will love, choose one that will not attempt to destroy your career and your life. I am almost tempted to say that men must steer clear of extremely pretty women like Miss Heard, but that would be senseless as there are nice pretty people and wicked ugly ones.  So, how to avoid career-and-life-ruining relationships?  I really don’t know. Love (one that is genuine) makes you blind, so they say, so some red flags are usually ignored. Authentic love is fearless and hopeful; fake, shallow love is a scaredy cat and selfish.

Just make sure that when those red flags really start manifesting (like the partner starts hurting you not only emotionally but physically or some cheating is going on), you make sure that you get off the relationship real quick.

A partner that punches you and enjoys seeing you bleed is, well, not really an ideal partner.