Johnny Depp’s fallen off the radar lately after breaking his wrist in Australia while on location for Pirates 5. He wasn’t even filming when the early March accident happened. He was go-carting during a weekend break. Then Johnny flew home for surgery. The last thing I heard was on 3/28 when The Independent said producers were worried. They tried to tiptoe around Jack Sparrow for weeks, but now filming has halted completely: “Everyone want to get back to work as soon as possible. The producers are hoping Johnny will get himself together, come back and get going again.”

Johnny’s life may be a mess on the personal front too. He and Amber Heard finally married in early February after a huge buildup and a chupacabra attack. The newlyweds briefly honeymooned at Johnny’s private island. A week later, Amber flew to London to start work on The Danish Girl, and Johnny escaped to franchiseland. They haven’t seen each other in over a month. It’s like they got married during a rare spot of free time and went their separate ways. I never expected the marriage to last forever, but I didn’t expect rumors of trouble to begin right away. This week’s issue of InTouch says things are really bad:

Just 62 days after they made it official at a small civil ceremony in LA — In Touch has exclusively learned Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are on the verge of a split.

“They’re barely talking,” a source close to the couple exclusively shares with In Touch, adding that Johnny’s love of drinking, and broken promises that he’s going to stop, has put their marriage in jeopardy.

“Amber is constantly worried about him,” says the source. “He’ll go days without calling or texting her.”

According to the source, Amber, who is currently in London gearing up to film The Danish Girl, has made several frantic calls to the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales looking for Johnny. “He parties and it’s caused huge fights with Amber. It’s been hard for them.”

[From InTouch Weekly]

This story sounds suspiciously like one of Lainey’s blind items. As a rule, taking blind items as absolute truth is dangerous. There’s a reason why they’re blind items in the first place. But this one sounded so dead-on about Johnny and Amber, and the puzzle pieces fit so perfectly with this IT story. You’ve got the actor devastated over his latest failure, the sketchy best friend who may have warned against marriage, and a history of turmoil. The ignored phone calls and texts are similar in both accounts as well.

I’m not surprised at this tabloid story, which sounds plausible. Johnny’s a complete mess, and Amber’s probably still on edge as a result. Johnny was so
happy and eager to get married, but the glow could already be over before it really began.

Here’s Amber putting on a huge smile at a London Temperly event on 2/20.

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