Johnny Depp has been a fan favorite for a long time. He has captured the hearts of both young and elderly fans with the diverse roles he has played. No one would guess that this flamboyant actor comes from a rocky background, especially when you consider his visits to children’s hospitals costumed as Captain Jack Sparrow. It comes out that Johnny Depp’s youth was filled with abuse. Despite his mother’s cruelty, he continues to respect her to this day.
Johnny Depp was the youngest of four children in a household of four children. Betty Sue Palmer, his mother, was a housewife and waiter, and John Depp, his father, was a civil engineer. Depp’s father struggled to find employment for a long period, and his family was forced to live in a hotel due of their financial difficulties at the time. This was not a good condition for Johnny, who began abusing drugs and alcohol when he was only 12 years old. This was his only way out of the sad reality he had to confront every day.
Depp spoke about his frugal beginnings in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. “Every Christmas, his parents slid into triple bankruptcy,” according to reports. This, however, paled in comparison to his mother’s childhood. She grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. They come from even more humble beginnings. She, too, suffered from seizures and was administered phenobarbital when she was 12 years old.
They came to Florida to start a fresh life when Johnny Depp’s father got work. They ended up relocating roughly 40 times from there. This was a traumatic experience for Depp, who still has trouble packing and unpacking for trips and vacations. He admitted to a Rolling Stone reporter that he still had unpacked luggage from films such as “Edward Scissor Hands” and “Cry Baby.” Both of these movies were made a long time ago.
Johnny Depp Faced Abuse
Depp’s early recollections are not the happiest because of his family’s unsettled lifestyle, but it was not the only reason. According to Depp’s confessions, his mother was a touch too liberal with corporal punishment. “It was a somewhat brusque upbringing.” You were smacked if you did anything wrong. You was smacked if you didn’t do anything wrong.” According to Johnny Depp.
He also admitted to the reporters that his mother had a habit of throwing items at her kids. That was her way of explaining why they could never do anything correctly. Despite her harsh demeanor, Johnny Depp learned to be sympathetic as a child. It’s always a wonder when youngsters realize what’s wrong and what’s right as they grow up, and they stay on the correct track despite harmful pressures.
Depp Still Praises his mom
At first, when Depp began making money from his acting profession, he did not spend much on himself. The majority of people would agree. In fact, he ended up purchasing his mother a house in Kentucky as well as a small horse farm. His expressions of devotion didn’t stop there; in 1988, he had a heart tattoo on his left shoulder with his mother’s name, “Betty Sue,” inscribed on it. Their mother had “softened” as she grew older, according to Johnny Depp’s older sister. Her sassy temperament softened, and this undoubtedly helped them all stay together.
Depp shared this statement with Rolling Stone, “I come from nothing but hillbillies and my mom said to me, ‘All right here’s the deal, next time anybody puts their hands on you, pick up a brick and lay them out.’”
Depp thought this was solid advice, and he attempted to follow it in a less aggressive manner throughout his life, with great success. Unfortunately, Depp’s mother died just before Amber Heard filed for divorce, so he didn’t have his dreaded mother’s support to help him go through the trauma.
Sources:
- “Johnny Depp ‘Worshipped’ His Mom Even Though She Was the ‘Meanest Human Being’ He Ever Met.” BBC Gossip. April 22, 2022
- “Beaten, abused, abandoned: how Johnny Depp was influenced by the ‘mean’ mom who he worshipped. ” News24.
