Paul Bettany claims he and Johnny Depp weren’t close friends and “hadn’t spoken in years” despite text scandal

Paul Bettany has distanced himself from Johnny Depp after text messages between the two were shared during a 2020 libel case between Depp and Amber Heard. Johnny Depp sued The Sun for libel in 2020 over a column that referred to the actor as a “wife beater”. During the trial, which Depp eventually lost, a series of texts between Bettany and Depp were read aloud. The messages saw the pair, who have starred in three films together, joke about “drowning” Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard to prove she wasn’t a witch. In a new interview with The Times, Bettany said that during the trial he was “being painted as this close friend of a guy I hadn’t spoken to in years and, honestly, amid all the shit two celebrities threw at each other, that bit was the most odd.” “I hadn’t spoken to Johnny in years when that happened, and I haven’t spoken to him since,” he added. He went on to say that he didn’t say anything at the time because everyone around him thought it was “probably a nothing burger”. They weren’t close friends, according to Paul Bettany…Meanwhile, his children called Johnny Depp “Uncle Fun” & he & his family were invited to stay on Johnny’s island.Paul Bettany is a coward who turn...