I don't believe in marriage or soul mates, says Vanessa Paradis as rumours her relationship with Johnny Depp is floundering

By Mail On Sunday Reporter


French actress Vanessa Paradis has spoken about feeling ‘in the depths of myself’ as her 14-year relationship with Hollywood star Johnny Depp is said to be on the brink of collapse.

Miss Paradis hinted at the strains on her in real life in interviews to promote her latest film.

The star, 39, who has two children with the Pirates Of The Caribbean star, was in Paris promoting Cafe De Flore, in which she plays a single mother.

The actress, who did not refer to Depp by name, claimed she didn’t believe in marriage or soulmates because ‘if you lose your soulmate everything is done for’.

She went on: ‘Cafe De Flore speaks of love, its joys, its pains and its dramas – to love and to lose. This story upset me, I was upside-down, in the depths of myself.’

She added: ‘The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.’

On Thursday the star cut a despondent figure as she shopped for DVDs including The Seven Year Itch on the Champs Elysees.

She is staying with her family in Paris while Depp, 48, who made an appearance at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles last week, is believed to have moved into a 29-room castle in Hollywood.

According to a new report by the highly respected publication People magazine, their relationship has been rocky for quite some time.

It follows several reports that the pair's relationship is on the rocks.


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A source told Radar Online: 'Johnny isn't handling anything well right now.

'People around him are worried about how Johnny is doing because he and Vanessa seem so fractured right now. Their relationship is heading toward the end.'

The source claimed: 'Johnny has started reaching out to lawyers, probably to quietly discuss how to get out of the relationship.

'They're not married but they've been together for years and have kids together so it isn't as easy as just breaking up. Johhny is so talented at acting, but he doesn’t seem able to hide how badly things are going right now.'


source:dailymail