I got my brain MRI yesterday!!! Thank you with all my heart for your support about my last video! Please show respect to Amber and Johnny in public discourse, as at the end of the day, even with evidence presented in trial swaying opinion... none of us were present. It's ok to identify with one or the other as they may remind you of your own experiences as survivors (same for me), and everyone is allowed to have an opinion and should be allowed to express it! Let's try to keep it to the trial, and not engage in any name calling Download the Fetch Rewards app now → fetch.thld.co/swoop_0622 and use the code SWOOP to get 3000 points on your first receipt!
I have them done it’s not easy because as a survivor I am claustrophobic & cannot stand to be on my back and unable to move I have panic attacks. So well done poppet you did good 👍💜💜💜
Honey your stress/trauma is trapped in your body and needs to come out, in ways your body doesn't make sense. A lot of issues and discomfort comes along with it. It's trapped trauma and maybe a burn-out with comes a long with it. Take your time to heal and take care of yourself. Trust me I know. ❤
I love how Amber is explaining laws to Savannah. Savannah, grad of Georgetown law school and also awarded an international award for her work with dv victims. But go on, Amber….
Honestly, major props to Savannah for how she handled this interview. She was friendly enough not to make Amber feel attacked but you can see how frustrated Amber gets when Savannah is calling her out and giving her nothing in terms of reactions lol
I didn’t actually know that Savannah was a grad of a law school and a pretty prestigious one at that. That brings another level of condescension when “legal expert” Amber tries to explain legal stuff
@@ixizn Wow, I had no idea that Savanah was into law at all. I thought she was just one great journalist with a bunch of experience, considering how well was she prepared for this important interview, and with the ability to make AH lie again and continue to contradicting herself. I think that AH honestly think that she is not done yet. No abusive narcissistic person will ever be able to improve themselves. It's against their nature.
Honestly, if anything that makes AH look even worse. Savannah Guthrie: a lawyer... specifically a lawyer who's worked with DV victims, DOES NOT BELIEVE HER. And she openly questions her on her various inconsistencies. The fact that there's STILL people trying to defend AH when you've got people like Savannah calling her on her bs, is insane.
Amber lecturing Savannah on the law, who happens to in fact be a lawyer, is condescending. I totally agree that Amber thinks she is above most people. I think it stems from her personality disorder and her empathy chips is broken. Amber also speaks in "word salad" style - a whole lot of nonsense and lies.
Her nurse reports on taking AH to lunch so she could practice talking to lesser people!! AH does ‘very well’ on that occasion. He learnt that it’s ‘bad’ to shout, scream &/or get violent when a ‘dumb waiter’ gets it wrong! 😳 AH managed to “self-sooth”, calmly (& probably incredibly condescending!!) explained to the little people what she (demanded) “requested” & everything was good… I surprised that people haven’t made a bigger deal of that statement. It’s not NORMAL to even think of most humans as ‘less than’, let alone need a full time nurse to train you NOT to ‘loose-it’ when restaurant staff don’t get everything EXACTLY to your liking!!
@@suzimonkey345 I had never heard this, and I am shocked and horrified! Although, it does make sense. I wonder why she had this behavior? There are so many celebrities who are so kind to others that are not celebrities.
"I shouldn't have had to donate the money in order to be believed" is such a wild take from the person who announced their pledge of the money, restated their pledge of the money, and held that they had donated the money until forced to admit otherwise under oath
Not to mention you can EASILY word it in a more true-sounding way. When that guy mentioned the money, she could have said, "I intend to match the money in donations," or "I intend to donate it." She chose to say she already had.
And she initially wouldn't even let Johnny Depp donate it instead of her because "it wouldn't be fair because he could write it off". We see right through you Amber Turd. I wonder how many comments she reads about herself every day. Imagine that 😳 💀 😅
By proving that she did not donated the divorce settlement money, Depp’s lawyers accomplished to prove that she is a liar and that she did want his money, if she could lie on that program on air, she can lie in any situation. She is not a person to be trusted.
My mother had the same conditions and temperament as Amber Heard. No one ever believed me as a kid because no one thinks someone could be that detached from reality, or that a woman is the primary abuser in the home. It’s my hope that public awareness of this case means that children and partners of abusive women will be heard.
Right? I have a sister with BPD, and I grew up for two decades with her wondering what the hell was going on that she would be THAT detached from reality. I couldn't believe she could be so shameless in her "lies," but now I realize she has BPD. Amber is a carbon copy of my sister in that regard. Sadly, I don't think many people realize what's going on here b/c Amber constantly accusing Depp in those audios is actually pretty indicative of BPD, yet people just take her words at face value.
This trial happened shortly after I separated from my wife who has a cluster b personality disorder. I didn't know that and didn't know what it meant before. I had no idea someone can lie so blatantly and thoroughly. She lies and manipulates like she breathes. If you're not close, they appear completely normal. They are so adamant to blame their victims for what they are doing constantly, so it's impossible to tell who "the problem" is. If they're under a microscope, they crumble, but otherwise you'd never believe someone could lie straight to your face daily with zero remorse, concern, or consideration. It's like dealing with a humanoid robot that is programmed only to manipulate others for their own benefit no matter the cost. Once you've seen it you recognize the tactics. They are all carbon copies of one another who do and say the same thing, use the same tactics. It's unmistakable.
Because narcissists can be very charming and intelligent. I known too many people like Amber who always got believed because they know how to manipulate and twist the truth into what they want! I’m glad the world finally got to see who she really is.
@@underthegardenwallsame. A mother and 2 sisters who were this why. Still are. Never take accountability for nasty things they've done. I've had to cut them off as beat I can. It's horrible being around such self centred cold people and they're meant to be people who have your back.
My mother was physically and psychologically abusive to the point that, when I was still a child, she literally called me a liar when I finally got up the courage to tell her I was being SA'd and threatened to have me taken by child services if I ever told anyone else. Women can be just as abusive and callous as men, because we're all just people. And some of us are shitty.
When she says that the trial was spent trying to make her look like a liar I just... yes, Amber. That is how defamation trials work. The defense to defamation is truth. If you weren't lying, there was no defamation. That's how this works. So, yeah, they have to prove you're a liar to prove you committed defamation that is literally the point.
As someone who's been through SA, the amount of anger I have towards AH...the way she's used a movement ment to empower people who've been made vulnerable by such an act...for her own personal gain. I have no words. She has no heart.
Absolutely I agree with you. For someone who has been there. I still don't sleep well waiting to wake up to have that person looking down on me. Like I said the last thing I'll say is I love that person. My daughter is 32 and I'm still working through some issues from that man.
Yes because it's ready to do that to those who love you or with someone one on one. But to try and do that with a lot of people it's a lot harder because some people are watching every little cue, or subtle hints of lying. Observing instead of just listening
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Yes! How can the “average” person don’t believe her now when all her life they believe her lies??
@Niphyra yes!!! Like the origin story of the villain lol. But seriously the insight would help and to show nurture vs nature y'know!! Have a good day 😎
Another big moment of her excluding herself from survivors is when she said she LOANED her voice to the movement by writing the op-ed. A loan is temporary, a loan is something being given to someone else. She is saying she isnt a survivor. I feel like i havent heard many talk about that phrase.
Yessss!!! That wording never ever sat right with me and you are so absolutely right. I literally cannot stand her. Smh. It makes me sick to my stomach.
The audio tapes are out online in full, I've listened to ALL of them, in full, the full context only makes her look WORSE, the shorter clips actually make her out to be LESS awful because they leave doubt as to whether or not there IS missing context, when you hear them in full it is clear there ISNT missing context so she loses that benefit of contextual doubt. So I find it funny that she's trying to make out like if you listen to them in full you'd see she's not the aggressor or she wasnt in the wrong, when that's not what you hear at all, you hear her berate and push and push and push Johnny for HOURS until ANY sane person would snap and at LEAST say something awful back, which is all Johnny ever does in them. The tapes were never edited in Johnnie's benefit, the only one who benefits from them being edited and clipped down is HER!
This is where I'm at. I listened to those tapes. Johnny didn't know he was being taped and the way she pushed every button she could and he never once became physical is very telling. The way she described him as an abuser, he would've. And idk any victims who would goad their very violent abuser the way she did either. I am always shocked when I come across Amber believers, bt ik for some ppl the support is just a default "believe all women" reaction, when the phrase is actually "believe all victims".
something about this, of everything in the case, has been extremely triggering. The way that she carries this air of arrogance in over-explaining, gaslighting, and treating everyone else who knows objective reality as if *they* are naive/wrong is too familiar. To finally accept that someone did something wrong and then be told by the abuser that you're "crazy" has me just feeling extremely sick.
And that's precisely why most members of the survivorship community do not stand with Amber. We look at her, and we see our abusers in her behavior. Even those who don't yet realize that they're survivors can see how abusive she is.
you know WHAT? there are victims out there triggered by how none of you can let it go. I think you're gr0ss. no idea how you sleep at night being so 3vil
Yeah and you still have simps on Twitter defending her. Some are bots but some are extremely misguided. They actually think she's being sincere. I'm like " DO YOU HAVE EYES AND EARS?!?!"
@@skyebugg7 yes! I know a few people personally who think Amber is *the* sole victim in this case & it has been very triggering for me to watch friends of mine defend the same behavior that my ab*ser of 14+ years exhibited toward me. I feel like I’m reliving the trauma all over again when I see people claim that Amber is “confused due to the trauma she’s faced.” If she were confused & wasn’t sure of the truth, she should state that. She’s not confused; she knows the truth and is confidently stating mistruths in an attempt to gaslight us all into believing she has suffered trauma when *she* has presented evidence of *herself* using ab*sive rhetoric toward her alleged ab*ser.
She acts like my abusive ex the manerisms the gasslight putting blame on others. So many similarities especialy when deffending their actions. Makes my skin crawl .
Amber Heard is so full of it. I was on a jury in a criminal trial that got a lot of local publicity. At the end of each day, I was so drained that the last thing I wanted to do was hop onto social media or any media for that matter. I went home, ate, played with the cats and went to bed. That trial lasted for only 5 days; I can't imagine sitting there for 6 weeks. Your analysis is bang on and I wish you the best. Your kitty palate cleansers are the best!
If you don’t mind me asking, isn’t it true that when you are selected as a juror that you have to sign an agreement that you do not research the case or discuss the case outside of the court room? I know that the judge will tell you before you leave the room but just want to make sure that it’s in writing as well because it pisses me off how Amber‘s team would say such a low blow about the jury.
Same here. Mine was a murder trial, I'm sure yours may have been something similar. It's very emotionally difficult to process everything, not to mention feeling like you hold someone's future in your hands and you have to get it right. It's exhausting. I never considered researching the case at all. I wanted to make sure that I was impartial, it's important and I believe that people who sit on jury's take it seriously. It's easy enough to get excused from a jury panel if you really want out. The people who do this take their duty seriously.
@@Nicole-qc5dh Exactly. Mine was attempted murder (luckily) DV case of someone fairly well-known in the community. He got 25 to life. Being a juror is an awesome responsibility and even though this was a civil case, it did have serious repercussions. What Heard and her lawyer said about the jury was such an insult. Now I'm getting MOTI again, lol.
@@allison257 I remember a bullet point about that now that you mention it. Also, when we were sworn in, that was emphasized. No juror would risk getting tossed for researching the case outside of the courtroom after investing time and energy in it. Being a juror was very draining. Having someone's life in your hands is a heavy responsibility.
YEP And she never got any sort of medical attention? Even cosmetic procedures to erase said injuries? One would think that being an actress... a job where looks are one of the most important things... she would care to get some sort of procedure to fix all of that. Especially because she claimed that he broke her nose at least two times.
I absolutely love that literally everything Amber accused him of doing is what she did and every way she tried to explain things "I'm not a perfect victim" & "victims apologize all the time for things they didn't do" are things he did in the relationship. things he did that she tried to use to prove he abused her. "he signed the paper saying I wasn't accusing him of things for monetary gain, that means I actually was abused!" & "more proof he abused me, look, he apologized for last night in this text" are examples. she is... so... awful.
I had a BPD woman do to me what she did to JD and she also accused me of doing the same shit that she was doing to me. I Also sued her. I also won. Which is why I never ever jumped on the AH or “believe all women” bandwagon. It’s insanely sexist to presume that all women are saints and all men are lying pigs (note that I am a woman). There are some VERY mentally ill people in the world and sadly they don’t come with signs on their foreheads. And they don’t necessarily seem mentally ill because the stereotype we have for it is absurd and most people think mental illness means you talk to yourself and look like a transient. So when I heard “believe all women” I was sickened by it. A persons morality isn’t dependent on whether they have a vagina or not. I’m SO grateful the entire world got this lesson now. 🙏
Having been the scapegoat for this with my ex its impossible NOT to see that in her statements. She’s cringe. I don’t exactly see JD as an innocent victim tho either. They are both toxic, only her moreso than him. It’s not this way in “real” life.
@@kateashby3066 This comment deserves more likes. Also to add to your point of a persons morality doesn't depend on their genitals, it also doesn't mean they get a pass for being terrible with the excuse of a mental disorder. I'm glad you got out of that and won your battle against an abuser!
What pisses me off the most about amber is she is holding onto the uk case and saying she “prevailed” meanwhile she wasn’t even being sued she was just brought on to testify. He was suing the sun not amber heard.
it was also a judge who dismissed any evidence while JD was under the influence (he was an addict hello) but not when amber was. so many people bring it up not knowing what it actually was
@@alexlemaire8513 It was also a biased judge (as most people interested in the case have probably heard by now) who should've recused himself from the trial in England on account of his conflict of interest/bias - due to his ties with The Sun & Dan Wootton (who worked closely with his son) and, allegedly and reportedly, even with Amber herself (through his wife, IIRC). And, on top of it all, a judge who was approaching retirement, and did retire soon after the Johnny Deep vs. Dan Wootton &The Sun case, therefore could render whatever verdict he pleased without fear of any professional consequences. Poor Johnny, he never stood a chance in England. Ah, well...
The way Amber softened her voice in this interview is sooooo off putting to me, it feels like another way she’s trying to control the situation to try and make us believe she’s this soft spoken and polite person. It’s so weird after we’ve heard how she truly speaks in those audio recordings…
That's how she controlled Johnny when you hear the audios. She goes from soft-spoken to bellowing in a matter of seconds, then rapidly switches back to soft-spoken if the bellowing didn't intimidate him. I've lived with a sister like Amber for 20 years, so it's genuinely triggering to listen to this particular manipulation tactic - hits too close to my traumas for me.
Absolutely. Everything. She. Does. Is. A. Manipulation. It’s kinda sad because her and those like her are not actual people with an actual sense of self. No pity though, you can lack a sense of self and not actively abuse people and ruin their lives, that’s on her.
It's wild how she talks down to the "average person" like they're incapable of having a valid well thought out perspective on a serious matter that differs from hers then asks those same "average people" to empathize.. sorry thought we were too low to understand.. so confused by the contradictions
You’ve been on my mind sweet Swoop. Thanks for taking time to get this video done despite not feeling your best. We love you and support you, and also love your takes and deep dives. Watching NOW!
So glad you called out her use of "when You" instead of "when I" statements when describing her allegedly being abused. She is not a victim, nothing in how she acts or speaks or manipulates says victims. All of it screams abuser.
Alright I'm going to be Petty for one moment. I was a juror before for a civil case in my district. Phones were not permitted during the trial and we were told not to disclose anything from that case to anyone. Not even family. For Amber to say that the jurors went online looking for information after she tried to lead the jury to do that during the trial. Urgh!!! The arrogance of this woman!
Yes! my hubby didn’t see or hear anything unless it was from me re trial coz not his corner of the internet & we don’t watch msm tv. He was all.. who are these “randos”? 😂
Your editing skills never fail to amaze me. That beginning was EPIC! If they ever do a movie inspired on this trial, they should 100% hire you to do their trailer
I am not the kind of person that remembers and repeats dialog but when Amber said, 'says the lawyer, for the man, who convinced the world, he had scissors for fingers', it was burned in my brain. That will never not be hilarious.
particularly egregious when you take into account that she's also an actor. So either her argument can be used against herself, or she admits that her acting would not convince people (or both, in my opinion, haha)
THANK YOU for pointing out how creepy and manipulative it feels when somebody keeps saying your name when talking to you!! I get that sales and customer related jobs train their employees to do so, which is bad enough, but when it happens in a private context, bitch I'm out! Unrelated to that, I'm also going through a pretty dark phase right now and really felt your previous video a lot. Thanks for being so open and vulnerable (admire that a lot as I have noticed that I kind of lost my ability to talk about my stuff a bit) and wishing you all the strength and fluffiness you need to get through this and then some
Hugs. I hope that you're able to access whatever is needed to help you in a healthy way, and that you reach a point you can share your story with minimal or no struggle (if, of course, you want to). 💜
The thing about victims not having enough photos....that wasn't Amber's issue here. She actually had TOO many photos imo that utterly contradicted her testimony, because I was watching the trial thinking, "You really can't be THIS stupid to show a photo of a bruise on your arm w/ no injury to your face to support your claim that he punched you repeatedly in the face to the point that you blacked out." Sadly, Amber WAS that stupid lol, hence why so many people found it easy to see she lied about everything.
AGHH YES THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!!! honestly it would have been better if she had no photos instead of photos of LITERALLY EVERYTHING except her alleged injuries! the photo of the mirror in australia kills me bc taking a photo of a mirror without your reflection is super difficult!!! AND AND the photos from december 15th incident, HER INJURIES SUPPORT JOHNNY'S TESTIMONY NOT HERS!!! he said she was hitting him and he grabbed her arms and pulled her into a bear hug to restrain her and their heads knocked. yup, that's what the photos look like! ughhh and then the freaking red carpet photos camille showed, the day after she claims she broke her nose and was beaten by a man wearing chunky rings. amber looks at the jury and tells them that all she had to do was ice her nose, "i've found there isn't as much swelling as you would think there is for an injury like that.." ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i can't
The one moment that I was like “Yup Camille got her right there” was the Australia story. So she took photos of the mirror that had JD messages to her but she didn’t took any photos in front of that same mirror? Come on…
And all of the photos she took of him sleeping. It also made me so uncomfortable that she recorded him throwing up, and moaning in pain. Then decided to play them in court. Like who records their husband doing those things??
@@kittykat871 emily d. baker said that she felt that the goal of admitting that stuff as "evidence" was purely to humiliate him. especially with the gratuitous audio of him vomiting. i think she is right, it was so unnecessary. i don't think she realized how badly that played to everyone watching. bc like you said, who would do that to someone they supposedly love??
Amber saying that she still loves Johnny is something that I hear from many abusers that want to stay in the head of victims. By her continuing to say that, I'm sure gives Johnny chills because he probably heard those words after being beat up or verbally abused. It doesn't make sense for her to love him if he is using his power to continue and abuse her even after years of being divorce. Hope you doing good Swoop. Hope all victims triggered by Ambers words are doing good. Not all abusers are man. Not all abusers are physically bigger than you. No abuser deserves your time. Screw them.
It trigged me but now its been replaced by hate from this woman! The audacity of this woman to take OUR REAL pain to use it for revenge on JD. Yet she seems to be trying to die on that hill! Smfh🤦
It can definitely happen in the first few days or weeks where we feel that we want to make the situation "normal" and fix it, and the painful memories get bumped back by the nice ones in some reflex to find that balance. The idea that I had a reason to love him in the first place and missing how that used to be, I have to fight myself to stop the fear and pain from getting buried under the laughs and hugs. I have to remember that there's no fixing it and that I have to stop believing in him and just move on. If I was still feeling that years later after 2 trials, I would be very worried about what's wrong with my emotions. I can't even ask myself why I feel it now without starting to ugly cry. I don't know why she thought that could be slipped in like something off a checklist without considering how it sounds in context.
Its so weird, she says in that video of her at the courthouse you can hear the press yelling "Is it true you're making it up?" but you can never hear any of them ask that on the actual video lol. They ask if she's okay, how she's doing, if Johnny is paying her to be quiet, if she's worried Johnny's going to do it again, if she and Johnny are going to work it out, but nothing about her making it up.
The buying a house example is iconic in that you can tell she thinks of no one but herself. She didn't think about the fact that the other party in that example has received and benefited from being paid in full. The CHLA has not.
Just want to say I’m so freaking proud of you showing up each and every day. Always here to support you and beyond thank you for blessing us with another doc. Never any pressure though, here to love you ❤️❤️
This comment is just so nice! I feel the exact same, so there's no need to repeat what you perfectly said! Thank you ❤️ We are here only for you @SWOOP, doesn't matter what we want, *it only matters that YOU are HAPPY and SATISFIED with yourself and with your own life!* ❤️
@@PettyUniversity if your interested a handing writing analyst did one on the mirror and other things. Forensology with Dr Mozelle Martin. It was an interesting video
1:08:04 Baby when you said "I really struggle to let go of people who abused me because I internalize a lot of abuse as though I have to make it right," it hit me so heavy I had to pause and collect myself because it hit so deep. I'm just a random person on the internet, but I need to tell you how much that sentence rang true. I am so grateful to see it spoken so clearly and concisely, because whenever I've tried to explain it before I just sounded crazy. I wish I could express how thankful I am to have found your channel and grateful that you just speak on it, but I really don't think I can. Just, thank you, from a fellow SA survivor, thank you thank you thank you. Much love ♥
When I saw her very first interview about the supposed abuse I was like, “There is no way that woman is full of crap. Survivors of DV just don’t talk like that.” A lot of people were pissed at me because they really wanted to believe that no one would lie about something so important. I love that people want to support women who come forward but it can’t be without at least some discrimination to filter out the abusers who claim victim to cause more harm when their partners finally escape.
Saaaammme!!! 🤦🏻♀️ I stood by JD the whole time because I did not believe her due to her demeanor and words about the alleged abuse. And I honestly had this feeling that she was abusing him beforehand too. Look at his body language whenever they did anything together. He's not JD in those pictures.
We have to always use discernment and remember that whilst progress has been made in that women are more believed, that’s a hollow victory if we always believe every woman and then refuse to acknowledge male victimhood
"Do I think that Johnny will come after her for this? - Probably not" because he ACTUALLY wants to be left alone and move on. She's hell bent on not letting him do that but I think he will endure her ridiculous attempts for as long as he can
The idea that the rest of us, the plebs, don’t know what the first amendment is is so condescending. This woman’s shocked that a defamation trial is to question her character, her credibility, her truthfulness. She thinks this trial was a personal assault against her and that no one else being sued for defamation is being called a liar. You don’t sue someone for defamation because you think they are truthful with good character. You sue them to prove they are not credible, have bad character and are a liar.
What I find especially funny is that point where she says "it was 3 weeks of non-stop relentless testimony"... like those two descriptors are obviously negative but saying testimony... like, you're clearly upset that people were telling the truth that was inconvenient to your story. It always makes me think of how another RUclipsr watching the trial said: what Amber was basically saying was "stop harassing me with the truth and let me torment my victim in peace!". Abusers never like getting called out on their behavior. Especially ones like AH. They're pretty good at image control and can keep the nastier sides behind closed doors. So when it does finally come out, they deflect and if that doesn't work, they play victim.
It's intresting how she speaks of the trial like she didn't demonize Johnny for having addiction problems and him defending him self from her aggression.
This just proves exactly what Dr. Curry was saying on the stand about how people with histrionic disorder say a bunch of words to try to sound smart but they mean absolutely nothing. And oh how I love how you inserted the clip of her on the stand after saying the OP-ED wasn't about Johnny. She contradicts herself constantly!! 🙄🤥💩
Watch interviews & red carpet appearances of her when she was with her wife… She was a very different person. Dr Curry also talked about mirroring. JD’s mannerisms, pattern of speech, aesthetic etc is very attractive, ON HIM but AH was mirroring him for years & it’s all so fake on her… I imagine that she believes that she’s fighting for her life & career. Given her crippling anxiety & severe disorders, I think that she’s (OF COURSE) highly rehearsed in these interviews & her appearance in court… What she did to JD was awful & intentional. She deserved to be punished for that. As JD stated, it all started with “one little lie”. Everything that followed was because she refused to back-down. He said to her in one of the recordings, “If you do this I will be forced to defend myself & it will destroy you!”. In context that’s NOT a sinister threat…It’s a very kind warning! It’s exactly what’s happened… She did it…He defended himself…& she’s destroyed. I nearly feel sorry for her. Just as my empathy hits, she opens her mouth again & I think, “SHE DESERVES IT!!” 😊
Without knowing her personality, I don't think she has HPD. She for sure has a personality disorder, but there are some very specific traits of HPD that she doesn't seem to have them. There is a lot of overlap when it comes to personality disorder. But there are distinctive features to each one and she doesn't display many ofbthe HPD traits.
@@raincoathaveli Can you please explain that? What exactly makes you think Amber doesn't have Histrionic, along with Borderline Personality Disorder? I mean, the specialist talked long enough with Amber to be able to come forward in court as a witness and testify and explain why she was sworn in her professional opinion of Amber's mental disorders. We've all seen Dr. Curry. Can you explain in which segment Dr. Curry mispronounced Amber's diagnoses?
The whole "repeating the person's name" thing sets me off to. I was raised under the pretext that Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss [Last Name] is the only acceptable thing to call them by until you are invited to use the first name by the person themselves. So I view the "first name" issue as a matter of trying to get close to me when i haven't invited the closeness myself. It feels invasive and immediately makes me distance myself even more.
At the 23:35 mark, what was said and the deep pain & anger felt by Swoop was a mirror for me through this trial. Those of us who’ve been through DV/IPV/SA are not hurt by the trial. We were hurt by the false allegations and the constant lies that AH put out there. Using OUR pain and trauma as a weapon to use against your ex is disgusting. I’ve also noticed that AH is very resentful about the IDEA of “having to donate the entire amount to be believed”, but no one that I know of told her that she had to claim that she was going to donate it to be believed. That was her decision to make that claim and to not follow through with it. Personally, I don’t think you deserve “credit” for making a donation that you are making for a terrible reason. On the Dutch show when she said she had donated it already, she paused and sighed like she was disgusted that she had to donate it and in this interview she speaks with complete resentment that she “had to” donate it, even when she hadn’t donated it. Even her attitude about donating to charity is awful!
I'm a survivor of abuse and I just want you to know that every video you have made that talks about abuse in any form has made me feel validated. You handle these sensitive subjects amazingly, including this trial. Thank you for that, and thank you for always giving us your authentic self ❤️❤️❤️
Amber Heard reminds us all that people like her exist. When people haven't experienced a gaslighter or a narcissist, I feel it can be hard to believe a person can be that calculated and manipulative. She has opened my eyes.
Your lucky, I've met plenty of them to last a life time. And most of them were women. My ex is a manipulator and a liar to the extreme. And he would tell my daughter man this women(amber) is horrible. He would laugh and say she's an amateur how the hell did Johnny not see through her she must have something else good. But I guess even people who themselves are like that see through her.
So true. I’ve experienced vile, nasty behavior from a narcissist who acts so sugary sweet in front of others. People can’t believe someone could be so nasty. Until a narc turns on them. Once they get their own AH they understand. She was def a good reminder that evil does exist and it’s out there, waiting to attack.
Exactly. And they hide so well. You'll only know who they really are if you're very close, and by that point it's already too late, you're going to get hurt. My father is like her too. Pretty much everyone believes that he's a great person - charismatic, a good parent, honest, hard-worker, well-meaning, selfless, the list goes on. He does have some good qualities, and while he isn't a mean or horrible person, he isn't a good person either. And he's definitely not what he appears to be. But people like them put more effort into looking like the perfect people than they put effort into making their life and personal relationships actually good. That's why you won't see it coming until you're already involved with them on a deeper level.
@@user89389 Your father sounds exactly like my brother in law. He's not a good person, but people on the outside would never ever think that. It's a bit scary because there are worse ones hiding in plain sight all around us. All these people saying they've never met a person like Amber absolutely have, they just didn't know it.
@@Elegant_Sausage Absolutely. My father is pretty awful as well, but he's very very far from the worst that are hiding in plain sight just like he does. We all have met someone like Amber... And what's even creepier to imagine, many of us already met someone who was masquerading as a good person, but deep down they were a real monster, we just had no idea because we were blissfully unaware... It's quite scary to think about it.
Glad RUclips got their sh*t together. I hope this was monetized. I think I'm just going to join your patreon. Your content is so professional. It's clear a ton of effort goes into your videos even when you are down and dealing with issues in your everyday life. You need to get your coin for that work.
*edit* I did join the patreon family. It's also the least I could do for you making the video about your teeth. I had no idea snap on Veneers even existed and they've done wonders for my confidence.
When AH tok the stand I started to cry. I saw my own abuser up there. I was NOT a Saint when I was abused. Normally I am very calm, grounded patient, empathtic but not when she tried to make me feel like life was not Worth living anymore
the way she blinks so much and is laugh-talking when she says "this would be a really lousy way to get vengeance" tells me that is EXACTLY what she is doing 😒 and the fact she couldn't even finish the sentence she starts "there's no part of me that-" is like yeah your whole body is THAT and so rejecting the B.S. coming out of your mouth 🤮🤮🤮
She can’t say she doesn’t have freedom of speech, when she’s DOING AN INTERVIEW ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Free speech is from the GOVERNMENT. She isn’t being jailed by the state or federal government for her words. Therefore- she still has free speech. But oh a person to person level- everything has consequence.
Condescending, very odd when you watch her lips - lip reading where they cut out some of her real words and gave her hymns and noises where prior in the original interviews she said something else!! That Speaking Truth to Power is about 50 - 60 years out of time! She clearly says several times that it's about Johnny Depp!! Then she keeps on lying!!! She's so full of 💩💩💩💩💩💩 there's no room for anything else inside of her!!!
@@sole__doubt hey I'm not defending her but that's a bit rude there are many people who believe that not just her! I used to until I too a highschool law class goes to show how naïve I can be.
Dear Swoop, I haven’t personally lived through what you’ve lived through but my daughter has and I’m saying to you exactly what I said to my daughter. I couldn’t support you when you their going through it but I’m here for you now and I will support you in whatever you decide is right for you because at the end of the day that is all that matters. You like my daughter are a strong woman and I am just as proud of you as I am of her ❤️ lots of love always xx
The "average person" doesn't go out and lie about something so horrible to get back at an ex. 🙄 Also, watching her answer Savanna's questions, I feel like I'm watching a soap opera with her over dramatic pauses and facial expressions. So hard to watch
sometimes i really struggle to listen to amber without cringing. even when you actively TRY to believe what shes saying she makes it difficult by coming up with the strangest scenarios and explanations of things. ugh.
If you watch the video where she leaves court after the TRO, she is surrounded by security and the press are saying "Hey Amber...how are you doing?...did Johnny do that [bruise]...did Johnny brutalise you?" All as she is turning her 'bruised' face to each camera for a shot. Definitely not how she described
Also,she didn't even need to walk out the front entrance. The LA courthouse has side entrances and an underground garage that celebs frequently utilize to remain discreet.
Glad to see your usual cheerfully petty self back in full swing. Word of advice: please take care of yourself! If you need more time to get it together, then take a break as long as you want, and NEVER ever be ashamed to be emotional once you feel like you're overwhelmed! *hugs and kisses*
From the beginning of the trial I’ve wondered why amber & her team took the stance of the op Ed not being about Johnny. Like if he abused you you have the right to call him out, so wouldn’t it have been so much more validating a stance to say yes I wrote it about him because he’s the monster who hurt me? I feel like the fact that she had to keep dodging that and being all vague about her intentions (not wanting to hurt him or his career? Please of course you would have) made her claims seem disingenuous from the getgo.
Exactly, I'd be throwing my abuser under the bus, like I wrote it about him/her because the put me through hell. If this has ever happened to you,,you're more than happy to actually tell your story , the truth, even if it hurts your abuser, because they deserve it if they abused you
Absolutely agree with you! My guess is since she was being sued for defamation she tried distancing herself from the op-ed being about JD. If it's not about him it's not defamation. That's where she went wrong bc admitting it from the jump would've actually established some form of responsibility but she took none.
If she could've gotten away with calling him out directly, she definitely would have because she would have loved trashing his name and reputation. The reason she didn't was most likely because she was advised to avoid it due to being sued for defamation. That's why JD sued the Sun in the UK trial first since they didn't bother to obfuscate who they were talking about, and many people believe defamation cases in the UK are easier to win. Once she testified in that trial, it was pretty much guaranteed that the US trial could go forward because her testimony basically "legally" affirmed the op-ed was about JD.
Yup, same with the 'I wanted nothing ' rather then going with I wanted him to pay for what he did to me. Or at least being honest and saying that he pledged it. But she wanted to be seen as a victim.
Because Amber herself bombed several of the legal strategies that her team could have used. Because she is unable to accept responsibility for anything, including admitting the article was about him which would open her up for defamation charges (if she was lying), she is left with maintaning several contradicting narratives at the same time. She is used to gaslightning and people believing her without looking further into matters (since this has worked for more than 6 years) so she expects others to agree with whatever narrative she is presenting at the current time even if it contradicts her previous statements about the same issue.
When Amber says "when you..", "your..", etc. it her symptom - depersonalization. It can occur when a person has a disorder; BPD and HPD included. She's an open book for a psychiatrist and she needs psychotherapy if she wants to change. It doesn't mean her actions can be forgiven but I don't like when having psychological issues is considered just "acting". It makes me very upset as a neurodivergent person.
I am a woman who has been through several instances of abuse from many different people and i am extremely offended by her acting like she can speak for abused women. It ticks me clean off too
What annoys me is when you get celebrities going off about the trial, not understanding that if it hadn't been filmed we would be ignorant to all the lies and inconsistency
Thank you for having the strength to post this video, I know it must've been difficult for you to do so. I hope you are looking after yourself and spending time with the Billing department. Love your work and docs SWOOP
12:05 YES!!! Thank you for pointing this out. She definitely says "average person" with a lot of disdain like saying "I'm such a big celebrity and you're not so we're different kinds of human beings" the tone is so vile. And when she says "we take that from the greeks" like saying "you uneducated peasants surely don't know that, I'm educating you, be thankful" lol
@Swoop Hun, I am so glad I found you when I did. You have helped and continue to help me, by just being you, for putting these videos together so well, by doing your research and telling the story and trying to hear all sides before you will express your thoughts unless they need to be said earlier than the very end, for making me smile, laugh and to know I'm not alone, because the people who you would think will support you, in my case are either very low key or not there at all with simple support!! So... THANK YOU!!!
I have been dying to point something out but I wanted to wait until the trial was over….. she just triggered me off my jump point. There was a meeting that she asked for even though she had a restraining order against him. Her team and his jumped through hoops to allow this to happen even though it was highly unusual and his team was completely against it. But he did it for her even after everything she’s done to him. Maybe it was hope, that she would come to her senses. I remember the first thing she’s said to him was SIT! You SIT! The conversation ended up being her letting him know that they’re going to basically lie about a lot of shit that didn’t happen. This is the same woman who was deathly afraid of him, yes she after telling him she was going to ruin him, WANTED A HUG!!!! WTF?!
Thanks for explaining where “truth to power” comes from. When I heard AH say it during the interview I realized that those words were meaningless to me…maybe because it was meaningless as she spoke it. “What does that mean” is a great slogan for all of her testimony.
I think the reason she keeps saying “truth to power” is that it’s a slogan that some use to talk about men who seem to hold a lot of power. She thought it was an appropriate trigger word to get people on her side and in a few cases it has worked. But the problem is that many don’t feel Johnny Depp has that power.
She's a narcissistic pathological liar with, what seems, a superiority complex. Her vendetta won't end gently, and I shudder to think of how she behaves behind closed doors.
What's funny is that her stating that free speech doesn't protect you from running into a theater and shout "Fire!" Isn't necessarily true. That quote came from a case about espionage that was overturned years ago.
This has helped me so much. I am also struggling with a lot of similar stuff, and I feel so heard. Everything you said I understand. Everything makes sense to me, and nothing comforts me more than knowing Im not the only one falling apart. I have a bad habit of comparing myself to those around me, and this was a reality check that I needed. We all need help and love, and that's okay. We are also strong and beautiful and capable. You inspire me so much, thank you! Please take care of yourself and give yourself the love you give us. You deserve every bit and more of it! 💜💜💜
36:59 where she lost me for," people like me" too is that picture of the hair. When my ex-husband used to drag me around by my hair, (every single facial expression would cause extreme pain right across the back of m scalp )you'd be amazed at how many muscles on our heads we use even for micro expressions! I would also always find clumps of my hair right throughout our apartment. They would also be attached to pieces of my scalp! - Amber's photo look like she cleaned out her hairbrush!
I am seriously getting frustrated at this to the point that I cannot listen to Amber or her lawyers speak about anything related to the allegations or the trial, because almost all of it is obviously rehearsed, scripted or otherwise disingenuous, evasive and meant to distract from the actual issue or the questions asked, straight up lies, etc. I want to shake them and tell them to please, PLEASE just stop digging their hole deeper. Swoop, I almost want it to be you in the interviewer seat, because you would call them out on their bullshit, no mercy :P
Especially how Elaine keeps claiming that Heard "won" the trial in the UK. That case was Depp vs. The Sun and she was only a witness in that trial who didn't go through the discovery process.
I'm not a survivor of DV, but Amber's words & mannerisms while telling her "story" comes off as being an abuser. It feels exactly how I've always heard the behaviors of abusers being described.
When I’ve been speaking about my survivor experience, I sometimes talk from a general you perspective. It makes it easier, in my experience, when I felt like speaking directly from my own point of view was too close for comfort. It’s also a useful rhetoric tool if I want to make an experience relatable - it helps to have others put themselves in my shoes without directly telling them to do that, if that makes any sense?
I do the exact same thing, sometimes when retelling my experiences it just helps to distance myself by using general you instead of “I” so I don’t break down while speaking. Maybe someday I’ll be able to speak about it without distancing myself but I think it’s going to be a while
yeah any therapist knows abt this and in group therapy they actually will halt you and make you switch to using "I" statements to make it clear it was YOUR experience you lived thru Given swoops emotional recovery - she knows this and has no issue lying and misrepresenting it to make amber look bad bc Swoops coverage of this case was just a moment for her to grift 😌
@@lauryntonio I respect your view, but I disagree that Swoop is trying to grift. Amber’s story kept changing and there were so many inconsistencies. Even someone ardently on her side would have struggled to explain the glaring inconsistencies. In my view, nobody wins in this sort of case. It’s clear that both parties share fault and trauma.
What boggles me is that anyone who has been SA'd with a broken bottle, if they survive at all, suffer horrific damage to their insides that absolutely require surgical procedures, ongoing medications, psychological care, and they very often endure permanent nerve damage that prevents normal sexual activity, even normal gastrointestinal activity, and ease of everyday activities such as walking and sitting. For her to claim she was assaulted with a broken bottle and required no treatment and went on immediately with regular life including socializing demonstrates she absolutely was not assaulted, and that she is utterly ignorant to the inescapable realities that victims endure.
The difference between Amber and real survivors is that we are usually trying to get out of the relationship ALIVE and she went for 100 million dollars, fame, and attention. And we wear our evidence on our skin and in our bones. Not counting the way she talks on those tapes. Which one of us would talk to our abuser like that!
The word salad. The condescension. I’m so glad other ppl see this... I feel so un-alone. Everyone is over all of this, me included. There are more important things in the world. I thank you for still talking about it. I think there is a deeper importance and conversation here. There is a reason this case has been so captivating and I think it goes beyond “ Hollywood scandal”. Dare I say, I think it even goes beyond dv towards men. I think ppl are so riveted by this because it’s shining a light on this particular personality defect that so many malicious women get away with. I think it’s a conversation that hasn’t really been able to be had. Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by a narcissist 🙋🏻♀️ unfortunately, it’s been taboo to call out women, in particular, up unto this point. May I add, I AM A WOMAN. A woman who has had the opportunity to experience many interpersonal, narcissistic relationships. So, maybe this affects me in a different way. Maybe I am jaded. However, it seems logical that a nation, a world, has been moved by this due to an abundance of manipulative human beings.
🙋🏻♀️both an overt narcissist female friend and a covert narcissist male ex. I would get sucked into their world and version of reality and it took forever to pull away and even longer to parse what was actually true and what was gaslighting. I feel awful for Johnny having to go through this trial but he is so damn strong for enduring her attempts to lie about him and re-smear him to the public.
@@christmastiger holy shit… did I write this comment?! I had an overt narcissist female family member and covert narcissist male ex! My family member literally *bragged* about being able to manipulate anyone for anything (“but it’s always for their own good” according to her).
My mother ist like this. I moved out a long time ago, but speaking to her still totally traumatizes me because I know what she is doing, but if I call her out she ist either going to explode or gaslight. I see through ist but it is so devastating every time to feel like I am a worthless and do not matter and do not know how to think logically.
Yes. The most captivating part of the whole thing is the malignant personality on full display, and how that has effected so many people. We can see it so clearly. The way she speaks, tone of voice, even the way she holds her mouth scream manipulation. I know that sounds weird but my alarms go off. And the creepy thing is the striking similarities with other malignant predatory POS people out there. Man or woman IDGAF. Anyone claiming otherwise is the most naive person on earth, or has the same personality defects as this bed shitter.
Congratulations on your follow-through with your appointment! Moving through bouts of depression takes time, but feels like it will never end. It can be an incredibly intimidating place to find yourself. I hope you remember to Celebrate the victories in following through on an appointment or a goal, and not just focus on the disappointments or times we feel we have failed in our efforts. So good to see you doing better! Sending prayers to keep it moving forward and to finding more and more better days ahead!!
You sincerely helped me put my anxiety into prospective. You're an influencer that helps their viewers grow. Thanks much for your artwork and creativity causing a domino affect of positivity. It is gravely required in these difficult times.
So much love Swoop. You hit so many points with this one. Especially with the no love for the abuser, I be damned if I say I still have love for him. The way she has this rose tinted love story way of speaking about him just felt so off for me that was one of my turning points where I was like something feels wrong here.
This was the best break down of the dateline interview I've seen! It's not that she didn't have the pictures she had 57 thousand pictures yet none show the horrific abuse she claims! He had rings on every finger and at one point a hard cast she would have permanent disfigurement if that were the case! She is a fucking liar! Also no one pointed out she was slipping on glass and it was cutting her feet why were there no bloody foot prints? So many questions? Thank you swoop! You are amazing!
Her voice & facial expressions are soooooo effected. Such an act. It’s uncomfortable to watch. Thank you for breaking this down because people often hear what they want to & she twisted things so badly…
There’s so much content about this trial but yours is hands down my favorite because you have clearly researched every aspect thoroughly and your perspective as a survivor is incredibly valuable. I also like how you comment on things others have missed and aren’t too biased to point out the things Jonny has said that do not reflect well on him. Love the researched, clear, fair, and emotionally vulnerable take you’ve brought to this.
I hope you’re feeling better. I couldn’t make it through your video. I give you props for putting yourself out there like that. Between my personal life, this trial, and finding you I have been able to stand up for myself in ways I hadn’t been able to in so many years. Thank you for helping me find my voice. I will watch it. I just wasn’t prepared. I know mine is a voice in a sea of followers, but if you ever need anything (especially a safe place to vent and trade war stories) hit me up. I’m literally in the middle of leaving and honest to goodness narcissist and although it’s not my first rodeo with this person, this time I have a new but shaky strength. Thank you for being vulnerable and strong. You rock.
All I can think about when amber explains free speech and finalizes it with "speaking truth to power" is how proud she looks of herself that she came up with that. Like she's telling her assistant to write that down I'll use that in my book! (Like the quintessential out of touch celebrity parody) it's so over the top and goofy.
Amber Heard said as an American she has a right to free speech. Surely everyone (us average people) not just her have the same rights on social media? Or is it that she truly believes that average people don’t have the same rights as her?
LMFAO 🤣🤣 I forgot that AH said that JD convinced the world that he had scissors for fingers. Swoop mentioning that only a toddler would believe that he had scissors for fingers was spot on. I laughed out loud. 😂
Hey Swoop, congratulations on your MRI 🥳, Mine is later this week. You were saying that it’s unusual for a survivor to say “you” instead of “I” but that’s not quite right because JD did it multiple times on the stand. I was watching the case on a livestream panel that included a psychologist who was saying that sometimes victims have to present their story from a distance so they don’t break down. Sometimes that’s achieved by telling their story as if their audience was going through it “you would have to do this” rather than “I had to”. I believe AH is doing this BECAUSE she heard JD doing it, she listened to a real victim to improve her performance of being a victim. Ironically she was paying such close attention to everting he said but I don’t believe she ever actually *heard* him (oh double irony Heard)
I am so proud of you for doing the MRI! I know when anxiety and depression sets in it is like feeling being as heavy as an elephant walking through the mud, so I really can feel you with not being able to do docterstuff. Also I think that the no-make-up-look looks really good on you! Lots of love and strength ❤
Also, funny thing. One of the video's recommended to me was your clown-video. When I saw Amber the first thing I noticed where her sad eyebrows and they really reminded me of your clown-brows 😆
“I just don’t agree with belittling the entire planet” literally made me laugh so hard I choked and had to cough haha. Love this. I just stumbled upon your account in twitter and saw your post for this video. So sad I didn’t find you earlier!
SWOOP! We love you and appreciate YOU and your content. You're an amazing conduit for people to understand their trauma. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a new wave riot grrrl! Much love lady!!!
"I never had to instigate [physical violence], I responded to it" is giving me 'look at what you made me do', 'you only did xy to provoke me', 'I just can't help myself'
I sat with a lump in my throat and a grimace of pain on my face as you struggled through your message the other day. It struck me, THIS is what a true survivor looks like when they're reliving the trauma of abuse. My heart broke for you, and I so appreciated you sharing what so many of us have gone through but worried in silence we were alone. Thank you for sharing your story, for giving so many people hope that they too can survive and thrive, and for holding people accountable for the pain they cause. I thought maybe there was something wrong with me that I couldn't muster any empathy for Amber Heard's tales. I wished I could see an example of a real survivor so I could see if I'd lost the ability to care. You showed us that with your heartfelt message. Thank you. Stay strong and keep doing the next right thing. You're making a difference, and entertaining people at the same time.
I totally understand what you’re saying. The first time I listened to one of Amber’s stories of abuse, I expected to break down, to get misty eyed, a lump in my throat… something. Instead I was sitting at my laptop not feeling… anything. I am one to burst into tears over a touching commercial, whenever someone tells me a sad story, I cry for them because I don’t want anyone to suffer pain. But I didn’t experience that with Amber and it was very jarring. However, when Johnny took the stand, despite his halted speech, and careful word selection (heard he was diagnosed with ADHD) I had a lump in my throat and almost broke into sobs. Even though I knew Johnny was abused, I still expected to cry when Amber spoke as it had been that way with other stories.
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I got my brain MRI yesterday!!! Thank you with all my heart for your support about my last video! Please show respect to Amber and Johnny in public discourse, as at the end of the day, even with evidence presented in trial swaying opinion... none of us were present. It's ok to identify with one or the other as they may remind you of your own experiences as survivors (same for me), and everyone is allowed to have an opinion and should be allowed to express it! Let's try to keep it to the trial, and not engage in any name calling Download the Fetch Rewards app now → fetch.thld.co/swoop_0622 and use the code SWOOP to get 3000 points on your first receipt!
Sending much love ❤️ and healing prayers 🙏
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I have them done it’s not easy because as a survivor I am claustrophobic & cannot stand to be on my back and unable to move I have panic attacks. So well done poppet you did good 👍💜💜💜
I'm so glad you got the MRI! I hope you so much peace and well being, honey. very much love to you!❤️❤️❤️
Honey your stress/trauma is trapped in your body and needs to come out, in ways your body doesn't make sense. A lot of issues and discomfort comes along with it. It's trapped trauma and maybe a burn-out with comes a long with it. Take your time to heal and take care of yourself. Trust me I know. ❤
I love how Amber is explaining laws to Savannah. Savannah, grad of Georgetown law school and also awarded an international award for her work with dv victims. But go on, Amber….
Honestly, major props to Savannah for how she handled this interview. She was friendly enough not to make Amber feel attacked but you can see how frustrated Amber gets when Savannah is calling her out and giving her nothing in terms of reactions lol
I didn’t actually know that Savannah was a grad of a law school and a pretty prestigious one at that. That brings another level of condescension when “legal expert” Amber tries to explain legal stuff
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Wow, I had no idea that Savanah was into law at all. I thought she was just one great journalist with a bunch of experience, considering how well was she prepared for this important interview, and with the ability to make AH lie again and continue to contradicting herself. I think that AH honestly think that she is not done yet. No abusive narcissistic person will ever be able to improve themselves. It's against their nature.
Not to mention choosing to be interviewed by the wife of someone on Johnny depps legal team 😂
Honestly, if anything that makes AH look even worse. Savannah Guthrie: a lawyer... specifically a lawyer who's worked with DV victims, DOES NOT BELIEVE HER. And she openly questions her on her various inconsistencies. The fact that there's STILL people trying to defend AH when you've got people like Savannah calling her on her bs, is insane.
Amber lecturing Savannah on the law, who happens to in fact be a lawyer, is condescending. I totally agree that Amber thinks she is above most people. I think it stems from her personality disorder and her empathy chips is broken. Amber also speaks in "word salad" style - a whole lot of nonsense and lies.
Thank you! I thought the same thing
Her nurse reports on taking AH to lunch so she could practice talking to lesser people!! AH does ‘very well’ on that occasion. He learnt that it’s ‘bad’ to shout, scream &/or get violent when a ‘dumb waiter’ gets it wrong! 😳 AH managed to “self-sooth”, calmly (& probably incredibly condescending!!) explained to the little people what she (demanded) “requested” & everything was good…
I surprised that people haven’t made a bigger deal of that statement. It’s not NORMAL to even think of most humans as ‘less than’, let alone need a full time nurse to train you NOT to ‘loose-it’ when restaurant staff don’t get everything EXACTLY to your liking!!
@@suzimonkey345 I had never heard this, and I am shocked and horrified! Although, it does make sense. I wonder why she had this behavior? There are so many celebrities who are so kind to others that are not celebrities.
Exactly word salad is a favorite of borderline and narcissistic personality disorders
That's what I'm saying. Savanah is a lawyer lol 😆 I can't stand Amber and I hope she goes away.
"I shouldn't have had to donate the money in order to be believed" is such a wild take from the person who announced their pledge of the money, restated their pledge of the money, and held that they had donated the money until forced to admit otherwise under oath
Not to mention you can EASILY word it in a more true-sounding way. When that guy mentioned the money, she could have said, "I intend to match the money in donations," or "I intend to donate it."
She chose to say she already had.
Facts🙌❤
And she initially wouldn't even let Johnny Depp donate it instead of her because "it wouldn't be fair because he could write it off". We see right through you Amber Turd. I wonder how many comments she reads about herself every day. Imagine that 😳 💀 😅
By proving that she did not donated the divorce settlement money, Depp’s lawyers accomplished to prove that she is a liar and that she did want his money, if she could lie on that program on air, she can lie in any situation. She is not a person to be trusted.
Right? The whole thing was her virtue signaling…except that it was all b.s., which makes the virtue signaling quadruply nauseating.
My mother had the same conditions and temperament as Amber Heard. No one ever believed me as a kid because no one thinks someone could be that detached from reality, or that a woman is the primary abuser in the home. It’s my hope that public awareness of this case means that children and partners of abusive women will be heard.
Right? I have a sister with BPD, and I grew up for two decades with her wondering what the hell was going on that she would be THAT detached from reality. I couldn't believe she could be so shameless in her "lies," but now I realize she has BPD. Amber is a carbon copy of my sister in that regard.
Sadly, I don't think many people realize what's going on here b/c Amber constantly accusing Depp in those audios is actually pretty indicative of BPD, yet people just take her words at face value.
This trial happened shortly after I separated from my wife who has a cluster b personality disorder. I didn't know that and didn't know what it meant before. I had no idea someone can lie so blatantly and thoroughly. She lies and manipulates like she breathes. If you're not close, they appear completely normal. They are so adamant to blame their victims for what they are doing constantly, so it's impossible to tell who "the problem" is. If they're under a microscope, they crumble, but otherwise you'd never believe someone could lie straight to your face daily with zero remorse, concern, or consideration. It's like dealing with a humanoid robot that is programmed only to manipulate others for their own benefit no matter the cost. Once you've seen it you recognize the tactics. They are all carbon copies of one another who do and say the same thing, use the same tactics. It's unmistakable.
Because narcissists can be very charming and intelligent. I known too many people like Amber who always got believed because they know how to manipulate and twist the truth into what they want! I’m glad the world finally got to see who she really is.
@@underthegardenwallsame. A mother and 2 sisters who were this why. Still are. Never take accountability for nasty things they've done. I've had to cut them off as beat I can. It's horrible being around such self centred cold people and they're meant to be people who have your back.
My mother was physically and psychologically abusive to the point that, when I was still a child, she literally called me a liar when I finally got up the courage to tell her I was being SA'd and threatened to have me taken by child services if I ever told anyone else.
Women can be just as abusive and callous as men, because we're all just people. And some of us are shitty.
"You are not just lying to the jury, you are lying to the jury in a way that belittles their intelligence." PREACH IT!!!!
When she says that the trial was spent trying to make her look like a liar I just... yes, Amber. That is how defamation trials work. The defense to defamation is truth. If you weren't lying, there was no defamation. That's how this works. So, yeah, they have to prove you're a liar to prove you committed defamation that is literally the point.
As someone who's been through SA, the amount of anger I have towards AH...the way she's used a movement ment to empower people who've been made vulnerable by such an act...for her own personal gain. I have no words. She has no heart.
Sp sorry you have to relived with amber turd lies
Agreed 💯💯!!!
She triggered me too with her testimony & it wasn’t in a sympathetic way. It was being confronted by an abuser type of way.
Absolutely I agree with you. For someone who has been there. I still don't sleep well waiting to wake up to have that person looking down on me. Like I said the last thing I'll say is I love that person. My daughter is 32 and I'm still working through some issues from that man.
My mother had a similar response like you. However, the words she used for AH would get her banned on here.
I also feel she's gotten through life lying and gaslighting everyone around her very easily, so she cannot fathom why it isn't working on the public.
Yes, this! I'm interested in her origins, like a deep dive.
Yes because it's ready to do that to those who love you or with someone one on one. But to try and do that with a lot of people it's a lot harder because some people are watching every little cue, or subtle hints of lying. Observing instead of just listening
Yes! How can the “average” person don’t believe her now when all her life they believe her lies??
Yeeeeees
@Niphyra yes!!! Like the origin story of the villain lol. But seriously the insight would help and to show nurture vs nature y'know!! Have a good day 😎
Another big moment of her excluding herself from survivors is when she said she LOANED her voice to the movement by writing the op-ed. A loan is temporary, a loan is something being given to someone else. She is saying she isnt a survivor.
I feel like i havent heard many talk about that phrase.
Makes sense, considering that she STOLE/LOANED her abuse story from an actual survivor.
good catch
Very good point!!
Yessss!!! That wording never ever sat right with me and you are so absolutely right. I literally cannot stand her. Smh. It makes me sick to my stomach.
Exactly. She’s not a victim, she victimises others. A clear perpetrator. The last person to represent.
The audio tapes are out online in full, I've listened to ALL of them, in full, the full context only makes her look WORSE, the shorter clips actually make her out to be LESS awful because they leave doubt as to whether or not there IS missing context, when you hear them in full it is clear there ISNT missing context so she loses that benefit of contextual doubt. So I find it funny that she's trying to make out like if you listen to them in full you'd see she's not the aggressor or she wasnt in the wrong, when that's not what you hear at all, you hear her berate and push and push and push Johnny for HOURS until ANY sane person would snap and at LEAST say something awful back, which is all Johnny ever does in them. The tapes were never edited in Johnnie's benefit, the only one who benefits from them being edited and clipped down is HER!
This is where I'm at. I listened to those tapes. Johnny didn't know he was being taped and the way she pushed every button she could and he never once became physical is very telling. The way she described him as an abuser, he would've. And idk any victims who would goad their very violent abuser the way she did either. I am always shocked when I come across Amber believers, bt ik for some ppl the support is just a default "believe all women" reaction, when the phrase is actually "believe all victims".
and the jury has access to those, again belittling their intelligence
I love how Camille immediately looked up & gave that little smirk as soon as "That's why I wrote the op ed" came out of her mouth
something about this, of everything in the case, has been extremely triggering. The way that she carries this air of arrogance in over-explaining, gaslighting, and treating everyone else who knows objective reality as if *they* are naive/wrong is too familiar. To finally accept that someone did something wrong and then be told by the abuser that you're "crazy" has me just feeling extremely sick.
And that's precisely why most members of the survivorship community do not stand with Amber. We look at her, and we see our abusers in her behavior. Even those who don't yet realize that they're survivors can see how abusive she is.
you know WHAT? there are victims out there triggered by how none of you can let it go. I think you're gr0ss. no idea how you sleep at night being so 3vil
Yeah and you still have simps on Twitter defending her. Some are bots but some are extremely misguided. They actually think she's being sincere. I'm like " DO YOU HAVE EYES AND EARS?!?!"
@@skyebugg7 yes! I know a few people personally who think Amber is *the* sole victim in this case & it has been very triggering for me to watch friends of mine defend the same behavior that my ab*ser of 14+ years exhibited toward me. I feel like I’m reliving the trauma all over again when I see people claim that Amber is “confused due to the trauma she’s faced.” If she were confused & wasn’t sure of the truth, she should state that. She’s not confused; she knows the truth and is confidently stating mistruths in an attempt to gaslight us all into believing she has suffered trauma when *she* has presented evidence of *herself* using ab*sive rhetoric toward her alleged ab*ser.
She acts like my abusive ex the manerisms the gasslight putting blame on others. So many similarities especialy when deffending their actions. Makes my skin crawl .
Amber Heard is so full of it. I was on a jury in a criminal trial that got a lot of local publicity. At the end of each day, I was so drained that the last thing I wanted to do was hop onto social media or any media for that matter. I went home, ate, played with the cats and went to bed. That trial lasted for only 5 days; I can't imagine sitting there for 6 weeks. Your analysis is bang on and I wish you the best. Your kitty palate cleansers are the best!
If you don’t mind me asking, isn’t it true that when you are selected as a juror that you have to sign an agreement that you do not research the case or discuss the case outside of the court room? I know that the judge will tell you before you leave the room but just want to make sure that it’s in writing as well because it pisses me off how Amber‘s team would say such a low blow about the jury.
Same here. Mine was a murder trial, I'm sure yours may have been something similar. It's very emotionally difficult to process everything, not to mention feeling like you hold someone's future in your hands and you have to get it right. It's exhausting. I never considered researching the case at all. I wanted to make sure that I was impartial, it's important and I believe that people who sit on jury's take it seriously. It's easy enough to get excused from a jury panel if you really want out. The people who do this take their duty seriously.
@@Nicole-qc5dh Exactly. Mine was attempted murder (luckily) DV case of someone fairly well-known in the community. He got 25 to life. Being a juror is an awesome responsibility and even though this was a civil case, it did have serious repercussions. What Heard and her lawyer said about the jury was such an insult. Now I'm getting MOTI again, lol.
@@allison257 I remember a bullet point about that now that you mention it. Also, when we were sworn in, that was emphasized. No juror would risk getting tossed for researching the case outside of the courtroom after investing time and energy in it. Being a juror was very draining. Having someone's life in your hands is a heavy responsibility.
YEP
And she never got any sort of medical attention? Even cosmetic procedures to erase said injuries? One would think that being an actress... a job where looks are one of the most important things... she would care to get some sort of procedure to fix all of that. Especially because she claimed that he broke her nose at least two times.
I absolutely love that literally everything Amber accused him of doing is what she did and every way she tried to explain things "I'm not a perfect victim" & "victims apologize all the time for things they didn't do" are things he did in the relationship. things he did that she tried to use to prove he abused her. "he signed the paper saying I wasn't accusing him of things for monetary gain, that means I actually was abused!" & "more proof he abused me, look, he apologized for last night in this text" are examples. she is... so... awful.
I had a BPD woman do to me what she did to JD and she also accused me of doing the same shit that she was doing to me. I Also sued her. I also won. Which is why I never ever jumped on the AH or “believe all women” bandwagon. It’s insanely sexist to presume that all women are saints and all men are lying pigs (note that I am a woman). There are some VERY mentally ill people in the world and sadly they don’t come with signs on their foreheads. And they don’t necessarily seem mentally ill because the stereotype we have for it is absurd and most people think mental illness means you talk to yourself and look like a transient. So when I heard “believe all women” I was sickened by it. A persons morality isn’t dependent on whether they have a vagina or not. I’m SO grateful the entire world got this lesson now. 🙏
Having been the scapegoat for this with my ex its impossible NOT to see that in her statements. She’s cringe. I don’t exactly see JD as an innocent victim tho either. They are both toxic, only her moreso than him. It’s not this way in “real” life.
@@kateashby3066 This comment deserves more likes. Also to add to your point of a persons morality doesn't depend on their genitals, it also doesn't mean they get a pass for being terrible with the excuse of a mental disorder. I'm glad you got out of that and won your battle against an abuser!
And a big difference between them is that he actually ADMITS to things he did do wrong.
Remember she was diagnosed with A histrionic disorder
What pisses me off the most about amber is she is holding onto the uk case and saying she “prevailed” meanwhile she wasn’t even being sued she was just brought on to testify. He was suing the sun not amber heard.
it was also a judge who dismissed any evidence while JD was under the influence (he was an addict hello) but not when amber was. so many people bring it up not knowing what it actually was
She was more addicted more then him . That's what's sad she won't amitt it though
@@alexlemaire8513 It was also a biased judge (as most people interested in the case have probably heard by now) who should've recused himself from the trial in England on account of his conflict of interest/bias - due to his ties with The Sun & Dan Wootton (who worked closely with his son) and, allegedly and reportedly, even with Amber herself (through his wife, IIRC). And, on top of it all, a judge who was approaching retirement, and did retire soon after the Johnny Deep vs. Dan Wootton &The Sun case, therefore could render whatever verdict he pleased without fear of any professional consequences. Poor Johnny, he never stood a chance in England. Ah, well...
The way Amber softened her voice in this interview is sooooo off putting to me, it feels like another way she’s trying to control the situation to try and make us believe she’s this soft spoken and polite person. It’s so weird after we’ve heard how she truly speaks in those audio recordings…
Agreed!!!
@@Sangeetha6785 I posted the same an hour ago. About her voice yuk once someone shows you who they are Believe them 🏴
Right?! She sounds like a whole other person it’s wild
That's how she controlled Johnny when you hear the audios. She goes from soft-spoken to bellowing in a matter of seconds, then rapidly switches back to soft-spoken if the bellowing didn't intimidate him. I've lived with a sister like Amber for 20 years, so it's genuinely triggering to listen to this particular manipulation tactic - hits too close to my traumas for me.
Absolutely. Everything. She. Does. Is. A. Manipulation. It’s kinda sad because her and those like her are not actual people with an actual sense of self. No pity though, you can lack a sense of self and not actively abuse people and ruin their lives, that’s on her.
It's wild how she talks down to the "average person" like they're incapable of having a valid well thought out perspective on a serious matter that differs from hers then asks those same "average people" to empathize.. sorry thought we were too low to understand.. so confused by the contradictions
You’ve been on my mind sweet Swoop.
Thanks for taking time to get this video done despite not feeling your best. We love you and support you, and also love your takes and deep dives. Watching NOW!
You all are so kind, thank you
@@PettyUniversity Sending you love and support 💛🌼🌞
So glad you called out her use of "when You" instead of "when I" statements when describing her allegedly being abused. She is not a victim, nothing in how she acts or speaks or manipulates says victims. All of it screams abuser.
Alright I'm going to be Petty for one moment. I was a juror before for a civil case in my district. Phones were not permitted during the trial and we were told not to disclose anything from that case to anyone. Not even family. For Amber to say that the jurors went online looking for information after she tried to lead the jury to do that during the trial. Urgh!!! The arrogance of this woman!
The jury wasn't sequestered, so in all fairness, they could have looked stuff up.
Yes! my hubby didn’t see or hear anything unless it was from me re trial coz not his corner of the internet & we don’t watch msm tv. He was all.. who are these “randos”? 😂
It actually came out that at least one of them was 100% looking at anti heard propaganda…on the internet. So like. 👍
Her fake “ innocent little girl” voice irks me sooo much. We heard how she really sounds on those tapes
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Your editing skills never fail to amaze me. That beginning was EPIC! If they ever do a movie inspired on this trial, they should 100% hire you to do their trailer
💯💯💯💯
I agree 💯 awesome job
I agree! I appreciate wonderful editing and production. Great job! I am praying for you and stand with you.
Oh there’s going to be docs put out soon, every platform will push one out. Hulu has already.
For real! Absolutely incredible ❤️
Her reply to the so called donation saying "I shouldn't have to", says it all. She was hungry to have all that money for herself.
I am not the kind of person that remembers and repeats dialog but when Amber said, 'says the lawyer, for the man, who convinced the world, he had scissors for fingers', it was burned in my brain. That will never not be hilarious.
particularly egregious when you take into account that she's also an actor. So either her argument can be used against herself, or she admits that her acting would not convince people (or both, in my opinion, haha)
THANK YOU for pointing out how creepy and manipulative it feels when somebody keeps saying your name when talking to you!! I get that sales and customer related jobs train their employees to do so, which is bad enough, but when it happens in a private context, bitch I'm out!
Unrelated to that, I'm also going through a pretty dark phase right now and really felt your previous video a lot. Thanks for being so open and vulnerable (admire that a lot as I have noticed that I kind of lost my ability to talk about my stuff a bit) and wishing you all the strength and fluffiness you need to get through this and then some
I hate when people repeatedly say my name. Drives me completely crazy!
Hugs. I hope that you're able to access whatever is needed to help you in a healthy way, and that you reach a point you can share your story with minimal or no struggle (if, of course, you want to). 💜
The thing about victims not having enough photos....that wasn't Amber's issue here. She actually had TOO many photos imo that utterly contradicted her testimony, because I was watching the trial thinking, "You really can't be THIS stupid to show a photo of a bruise on your arm w/ no injury to your face to support your claim that he punched you repeatedly in the face to the point that you blacked out." Sadly, Amber WAS that stupid lol, hence why so many people found it easy to see she lied about everything.
AGHH YES THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!!! honestly it would have been better if she had no photos instead of photos of LITERALLY EVERYTHING except her alleged injuries! the photo of the mirror in australia kills me bc taking a photo of a mirror without your reflection is super difficult!!! AND AND the photos from december 15th incident, HER INJURIES SUPPORT JOHNNY'S TESTIMONY NOT HERS!!! he said she was hitting him and he grabbed her arms and pulled her into a bear hug to restrain her and their heads knocked. yup, that's what the photos look like! ughhh and then the freaking red carpet photos camille showed, the day after she claims she broke her nose and was beaten by a man wearing chunky rings. amber looks at the jury and tells them that all she had to do was ice her nose, "i've found there isn't as much swelling as you would think there is for an injury like that.." ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i can't
The one moment that I was like “Yup Camille got her right there” was the Australia story. So she took photos of the mirror that had JD messages to her but she didn’t took any photos in front of that same mirror? Come on…
@@alexkasper5029 OMG !!! Same she's just unbelievable I can't anymore it's exhausting 😴 😪
And all of the photos she took of him sleeping. It also made me so uncomfortable that she recorded him throwing up, and moaning in pain. Then decided to play them in court. Like who records their husband doing those things??
@@kittykat871 emily d. baker said that she felt that the goal of admitting that stuff as "evidence" was purely to humiliate him. especially with the gratuitous audio of him vomiting. i think she is right, it was so unnecessary. i don't think she realized how badly that played to everyone watching. bc like you said, who would do that to someone they supposedly love??
Amber saying that she still loves Johnny is something that I hear from many abusers that want to stay in the head of victims. By her continuing to say that, I'm sure gives Johnny chills because he probably heard those words after being beat up or verbally abused. It doesn't make sense for her to love him if he is using his power to continue and abuse her even after years of being divorce.
Hope you doing good Swoop. Hope all victims triggered by Ambers words are doing good. Not all abusers are man. Not all abusers are physically bigger than you. No abuser deserves your time. Screw them.
It trigged me but now its been replaced by hate from this woman! The audacity of this woman to take OUR REAL pain to use it for revenge on JD. Yet she seems to be trying to die on that hill! Smfh🤦
It can definitely happen in the first few days or weeks where we feel that we want to make the situation "normal" and fix it, and the painful memories get bumped back by the nice ones in some reflex to find that balance. The idea that I had a reason to love him in the first place and missing how that used to be, I have to fight myself to stop the fear and pain from getting buried under the laughs and hugs. I have to remember that there's no fixing it and that I have to stop believing in him and just move on.
If I was still feeling that years later after 2 trials, I would be very worried about what's wrong with my emotions. I can't even ask myself why I feel it now without starting to ugly cry. I don't know why she thought that could be slipped in like something off a checklist without considering how it sounds in context.
Its so weird, she says in that video of her at the courthouse you can hear the press yelling "Is it true you're making it up?" but you can never hear any of them ask that on the actual video lol. They ask if she's okay, how she's doing, if Johnny is paying her to be quiet, if she's worried Johnny's going to do it again, if she and Johnny are going to work it out, but nothing about her making it up.
Right???
The buying a house example is iconic in that you can tell she thinks of no one but herself. She didn't think about the fact that the other party in that example has received and benefited from being paid in full. The CHLA has not.
Just want to say I’m so freaking proud of you showing up each and every day. Always here to support you and beyond thank you for blessing us with another doc. Never any pressure though, here to love you ❤️❤️
Thank you so much
This comment is just so nice! I feel the exact same, so there's no need to repeat what you perfectly said!
Thank you ❤️
We are here only for you @SWOOP, doesn't matter what we want, *it only matters that YOU are HAPPY and SATISFIED with yourself and with your own life!* ❤️
@@PettyUniversity if your interested a handing writing analyst did one on the mirror and other things. Forensology with Dr Mozelle Martin. It was an interesting video
1:08:04 Baby when you said "I really struggle to let go of people who abused me because I internalize a lot of abuse as though I have to make it right," it hit me so heavy I had to pause and collect myself because it hit so deep. I'm just a random person on the internet, but I need to tell you how much that sentence rang true. I am so grateful to see it spoken so clearly and concisely, because whenever I've tried to explain it before I just sounded crazy. I wish I could express how thankful I am to have found your channel and grateful that you just speak on it, but I really don't think I can. Just, thank you, from a fellow SA survivor, thank you thank you thank you. Much love ♥
When I saw her very first interview about the supposed abuse I was like, “There is no way that woman is full of crap. Survivors of DV just don’t talk like that.” A lot of people were pissed at me because they really wanted to believe that no one would lie about something so important. I love that people want to support women who come forward but it can’t be without at least some discrimination to filter out the abusers who claim victim to cause more harm when their partners finally escape.
Saaaammme!!! 🤦🏻♀️ I stood by JD the whole time because I did not believe her due to her demeanor and words about the alleged abuse. And I honestly had this feeling that she was abusing him beforehand too. Look at his body language whenever they did anything together. He's not JD in those pictures.
We have to always use discernment and remember that whilst progress has been made in that women are more believed, that’s a hollow victory if we always believe every woman and then refuse to acknowledge male victimhood
"Do I think that Johnny will come after her for this? - Probably not"
because he ACTUALLY wants to be left alone and move on. She's hell bent on not letting him do that but I think he will endure her ridiculous attempts for as long as he can
This is why I could never and would never be chosen for jury duty. I would snicker and laugh at the BS and stand up screaming "OBJECTION".
The idea that the rest of us, the plebs, don’t know what the first amendment is is so condescending. This woman’s shocked that a defamation trial is to question her character, her credibility, her truthfulness. She thinks this trial was a personal assault against her and that no one else being sued for defamation is being called a liar. You don’t sue someone for defamation because you think they are truthful with good character. You sue them to prove they are not credible, have bad character and are a liar.
We are Rondos as she stated, please, lessor than. No one absolutely no one is lower than ver Heard.
@@gossamerbutterffly
It's randos, as a random people. Yeah, that's what we are. 🥴
What I find especially funny is that point where she says "it was 3 weeks of non-stop relentless testimony"... like those two descriptors are obviously negative but saying testimony... like, you're clearly upset that people were telling the truth that was inconvenient to your story.
It always makes me think of how another RUclipsr watching the trial said: what Amber was basically saying was "stop harassing me with the truth and let me torment my victim in peace!". Abusers never like getting called out on their behavior. Especially ones like AH. They're pretty good at image control and can keep the nastier sides behind closed doors. So when it does finally come out, they deflect and if that doesn't work, they play victim.
It's intresting how she speaks of the trial like she didn't demonize Johnny for having addiction problems and him defending him self from her aggression.
This just proves exactly what Dr. Curry was saying on the stand about how people with histrionic disorder say a bunch of words to try to sound smart but they mean absolutely nothing. And oh how I love how you inserted the clip of her on the stand after saying the OP-ED wasn't about Johnny. She contradicts herself constantly!! 🙄🤥💩
I really believe that she believes that the general population are idiots.
Watch interviews & red carpet appearances of her when she was with her wife… She was a very different person. Dr Curry also talked about mirroring. JD’s mannerisms, pattern of speech, aesthetic etc is very attractive, ON HIM but AH was mirroring him for years & it’s all so fake on her…
I imagine that she believes that she’s fighting for her life & career. Given her crippling anxiety & severe disorders, I think that she’s (OF COURSE) highly rehearsed in these interviews & her appearance in court…
What she did to JD was awful & intentional. She deserved to be punished for that.
As JD stated, it all started with “one little lie”. Everything that followed was because she refused to back-down. He said to her in one of the recordings, “If you do this I will be forced to defend myself & it will destroy you!”. In context that’s NOT a sinister threat…It’s a very kind warning!
It’s exactly what’s happened… She did it…He defended himself…& she’s destroyed.
I nearly feel sorry for her. Just as my empathy hits, she opens her mouth again & I think, “SHE DESERVES IT!!” 😊
Without knowing her personality, I don't think she has HPD. She for sure has a personality disorder, but there are some very specific traits of HPD that she doesn't seem to have them. There is a lot of overlap when it comes to personality disorder. But there are distinctive features to each one and she doesn't display many ofbthe HPD traits.
@@raincoathaveli you don't explain why she doesn't....
@@raincoathaveli
Can you please explain that? What exactly makes you think Amber doesn't have Histrionic, along with Borderline Personality Disorder? I mean, the specialist talked long enough with Amber to be able to come forward in court as a witness and testify and explain why she was sworn in her professional opinion of Amber's mental disorders. We've all seen Dr. Curry. Can you explain in which segment Dr. Curry mispronounced Amber's diagnoses?
The whole "repeating the person's name" thing sets me off to. I was raised under the pretext that Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss [Last Name] is the only acceptable thing to call them by until you are invited to use the first name by the person themselves.
So I view the "first name" issue as a matter of trying to get close to me when i haven't invited the closeness myself. It feels invasive and immediately makes me distance myself even more.
At the 23:35 mark, what was said and the deep pain & anger felt by Swoop was a mirror for me through this trial. Those of us who’ve been through DV/IPV/SA are not hurt by the trial. We were hurt by the false allegations and the constant lies that AH put out there. Using OUR pain and trauma as a weapon to use against your ex is disgusting.
I’ve also noticed that AH is very resentful about the IDEA of “having to donate the entire amount to be believed”, but no one that I know of told her that she had to claim that she was going to donate it to be believed. That was her decision to make that claim and to not follow through with it. Personally, I don’t think you deserve “credit” for making a donation that you are making for a terrible reason. On the Dutch show when she said she had donated it already, she paused and sighed like she was disgusted that she had to donate it and in this interview she speaks with complete resentment that she “had to” donate it, even when she hadn’t donated it. Even her attitude about donating to charity is awful!
Same. I've grown up with an abusive sister with BPD, that's why I'm so enraged by this whole case.
That’s more real pain than Amber showed in 3 weeks on the stand.
I'm a survivor of abuse and I just want you to know that every video you have made that talks about abuse in any form has made me feel validated. You handle these sensitive subjects amazingly, including this trial. Thank you for that, and thank you for always giving us your authentic self ❤️❤️❤️
Amber Heard reminds us all that people like her exist. When people haven't experienced a gaslighter or a narcissist, I feel it can be hard to believe a person can be that calculated and manipulative. She has opened my eyes.
Your lucky, I've met plenty of them to last a life time. And most of them were women. My ex is a manipulator and a liar to the extreme. And he would tell my daughter man this women(amber) is horrible. He would laugh and say she's an amateur how the hell did Johnny not see through her she must have something else good. But I guess even people who themselves are like that see through her.
So true. I’ve experienced vile, nasty behavior from a narcissist who acts so sugary sweet in front of others. People can’t believe someone could be so nasty. Until a narc turns on them. Once they get their own AH they understand.
She was def a good reminder that evil does exist and it’s out there, waiting to attack.
Exactly. And they hide so well. You'll only know who they really are if you're very close, and by that point it's already too late, you're going to get hurt. My father is like her too. Pretty much everyone believes that he's a great person - charismatic, a good parent, honest, hard-worker, well-meaning, selfless, the list goes on. He does have some good qualities, and while he isn't a mean or horrible person, he isn't a good person either. And he's definitely not what he appears to be. But people like them put more effort into looking like the perfect people than they put effort into making their life and personal relationships actually good. That's why you won't see it coming until you're already involved with them on a deeper level.
@@user89389 Your father sounds exactly like my brother in law. He's not a good person, but people on the outside would never ever think that. It's a bit scary because there are worse ones hiding in plain sight all around us. All these people saying they've never met a person like Amber absolutely have, they just didn't know it.
@@Elegant_Sausage Absolutely. My father is pretty awful as well, but he's very very far from the worst that are hiding in plain sight just like he does. We all have met someone like Amber... And what's even creepier to imagine, many of us already met someone who was masquerading as a good person, but deep down they were a real monster, we just had no idea because we were blissfully unaware... It's quite scary to think about it.
Glad RUclips got their sh*t together. I hope this was monetized. I think I'm just going to join your patreon. Your content is so professional. It's clear a ton of effort goes into your videos even when you are down and dealing with issues in your everyday life. You need to get your coin for that work.
*edit* I did join the patreon family. It's also the least I could do for you making the video about your teeth. I had no idea snap on Veneers even existed and they've done wonders for my confidence.
RUclips has their sh*t together? 🤣🤣
When AH tok the stand I started to cry. I saw my own abuser up there. I was NOT a Saint when I was abused. Normally I am very calm, grounded patient, empathtic but not when she tried to make me feel like life was not Worth living anymore
the way she blinks so much and is laugh-talking when she says "this would be a really lousy way to get vengeance" tells me that is EXACTLY what she is doing 😒
and the fact she couldn't even finish the sentence she starts "there's no part of me that-" is like yeah your whole body is THAT and so rejecting the B.S. coming out of your mouth 🤮🤮🤮
ugh the more i watch the more im disgusted 🤢
SHE COULDN'T TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG??? shows over folks case closed 🤝
She can’t say she doesn’t have freedom of speech, when she’s DOING AN INTERVIEW ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Free speech is from the GOVERNMENT. She isn’t being jailed by the state or federal government for her words.
Therefore- she still has free speech.
But oh a person to person level- everything has consequence.
Condescending, very odd when you watch her lips - lip reading where they cut out some of her real words and gave her hymns and noises where prior in the original interviews she said something else!!
That Speaking Truth to Power is about 50 - 60 years out of time! She clearly says several times that it's about Johnny Depp!! Then she keeps on lying!!! She's so full of 💩💩💩💩💩💩 there's no room for anything else inside of her!!!
I think AH actually thinks that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for that speech. Yeah shes on a different planet evidently :)
@@sole__doubt hey I'm not defending her but that's a bit rude there are many people who believe that not just her! I used to until I too a highschool law class goes to show how naïve I can be.
@@Sinclairemil so what if it is "a bit rude" its the truth.
@@sole__doubt Fair sorry was a bit tipsy writing that lol.
Dear Swoop, I haven’t personally lived through what you’ve lived through but my daughter has and I’m saying to you exactly what I said to my daughter. I couldn’t support you when you their going through it but I’m here for you now and I will support you in whatever you decide is right for you because at the end of the day that is all that matters. You like my daughter are a strong woman and I am just as proud of you as I am of her ❤️ lots of love always xx
The "average person" doesn't go out and lie about something so horrible to get back at an ex. 🙄
Also, watching her answer Savanna's questions, I feel like I'm watching a soap opera with her over dramatic pauses and facial expressions. So hard to watch
sometimes i really struggle to listen to amber without cringing. even when you actively TRY to believe what shes saying she makes it difficult by coming up with the strangest scenarios and explanations of things. ugh.
If you watch the video where she leaves court after the TRO, she is surrounded by security and the press are saying "Hey Amber...how are you doing?...did Johnny do that [bruise]...did Johnny brutalise you?" All as she is turning her 'bruised' face to each camera for a shot. Definitely not how she described
Also,she didn't even need to walk out the front entrance. The LA courthouse has side entrances and an underground garage that celebs frequently utilize to remain discreet.
Glad to see your usual cheerfully petty self back in full swing. Word of advice: please take care of yourself! If you need more time to get it together, then take a break as long as you want, and NEVER ever be ashamed to be emotional once you feel like you're overwhelmed!
*hugs and kisses*
Thank you so much!
From the beginning of the trial I’ve wondered why amber & her team took the stance of the op Ed not being about Johnny. Like if he abused you you have the right to call him out, so wouldn’t it have been so much more validating a stance to say yes I wrote it about him because he’s the monster who hurt me? I feel like the fact that she had to keep dodging that and being all vague about her intentions (not wanting to hurt him or his career? Please of course you would have) made her claims seem disingenuous from the getgo.
Exactly, I'd be throwing my abuser under the bus, like I wrote it about him/her because the put me through hell. If this has ever happened to you,,you're more than happy to actually tell your story , the truth, even if it hurts your abuser, because they deserve it if they abused you
Absolutely agree with you! My guess is since she was being sued for defamation she tried distancing herself from the op-ed being about JD. If it's not about him it's not defamation. That's where she went wrong bc admitting it from the jump would've actually established some form of responsibility but she took none.
If she could've gotten away with calling him out directly, she definitely would have because she would have loved trashing his name and reputation. The reason she didn't was most likely because she was advised to avoid it due to being sued for defamation. That's why JD sued the Sun in the UK trial first since they didn't bother to obfuscate who they were talking about, and many people believe defamation cases in the UK are easier to win.
Once she testified in that trial, it was pretty much guaranteed that the US trial could go forward because her testimony basically "legally" affirmed the op-ed was about JD.
Yup, same with the 'I wanted nothing ' rather then going with I wanted him to pay for what he did to me. Or at least being honest and saying that he pledged it. But she wanted to be seen as a victim.
Because Amber herself bombed several of the legal strategies that her team could have used. Because she is unable to accept responsibility for anything, including admitting the article was about him which would open her up for defamation charges (if she was lying), she is left with maintaning several contradicting narratives at the same time.
She is used to gaslightning and people believing her without looking further into matters (since this has worked for more than 6 years) so she expects others to agree with whatever narrative she is presenting at the current time even if it contradicts her previous statements about the same issue.
When Amber says "when you..", "your..", etc. it her symptom - depersonalization. It can occur when a person has a disorder; BPD and HPD included. She's an open book for a psychiatrist and she needs psychotherapy if she wants to change. It doesn't mean her actions can be forgiven but I don't like when having psychological issues is considered just "acting". It makes me very upset as a neurodivergent person.
I guess if she’s willing to , then she should
LMAO, that scissors for fingers comment was the most ridiculous & hilarious thing I've ever heard in an interview 😂😂😂
I am a woman who has been through several instances of abuse from many different people and i am extremely offended by her acting like she can speak for abused women. It ticks me clean off too
What annoys me is when you get celebrities going off about the trial, not understanding that if it hadn't been filmed we would be ignorant to all the lies and inconsistency
Thank you for having the strength to post this video, I know it must've been difficult for you to do so. I hope you are looking after yourself and spending time with the Billing department. Love your work and docs SWOOP
12:05 YES!!! Thank you for pointing this out. She definitely says "average person" with a lot of disdain like saying "I'm such a big celebrity and you're not so we're different kinds of human beings" the tone is so vile. And when she says "we take that from the greeks" like saying "you uneducated peasants surely don't know that, I'm educating you, be thankful" lol
@Swoop
Hun, I am so glad I found you when I did. You have helped and continue to help me, by just being you, for putting these videos together so well, by doing your research and telling the story and trying to hear all sides before you will express your thoughts unless they need to be said earlier than the very end, for making me smile, laugh and to know I'm not alone, because the people who you would think will support you, in my case are either very low key or not there at all with simple support!!
So...
THANK YOU!!!
I have been dying to point something out but I wanted to wait until the trial was over….. she just triggered me off my jump point. There was a meeting that she asked for even though she had a restraining order against him. Her team and his jumped through hoops to allow this to happen even though it was highly unusual and his team was completely against it. But he did it for her even after everything she’s done to him. Maybe it was hope, that she would come to her senses. I remember the first thing she’s said to him was SIT! You SIT! The conversation ended up being her letting him know that they’re going to basically lie about a lot of shit that didn’t happen. This is the same woman who was deathly afraid of him, yes she after telling him she was going to ruin him, WANTED A HUG!!!! WTF?!
Thanks for explaining where “truth to power” comes from. When I heard AH say it during the interview I realized that those words were meaningless to me…maybe because it was meaningless as she spoke it. “What does that mean” is a great slogan for all of her testimony.
I think the reason she keeps saying “truth to power” is that it’s a slogan that some use to talk about men who seem to hold a lot of power. She thought it was an appropriate trigger word to get people on her side and in a few cases it has worked. But the problem is that many don’t feel Johnny Depp has that power.
She had the power for years after she manufactured the allegations. She throwing a tantrum now cause she lost it.
She's a narcissistic pathological liar with, what seems, a superiority complex. Her vendetta won't end gently, and I shudder to think of how she behaves behind closed doors.
It's so bizarre watching Savannah explain free speech, and then watching Amber then explain it BACK to her 🤔
Everything about Amber is bizarre!
Instead of mansplaining, there is Ambersplaining 🙃
What's funny is that her stating that free speech doesn't protect you from running into a theater and shout "Fire!" Isn't necessarily true.
That quote came from a case about espionage that was overturned years ago.
This has helped me so much. I am also struggling with a lot of similar stuff, and I feel so heard. Everything you said I understand. Everything makes sense to me, and nothing comforts me more than knowing Im not the only one falling apart. I have a bad habit of comparing myself to those around me, and this was a reality check that I needed. We all need help and love, and that's okay. We are also strong and beautiful and capable. You inspire me so much, thank you! Please take care of yourself and give yourself the love you give us. You deserve every bit and more of it! 💜💜💜
36:59 where she lost me for," people like me" too is that picture of the hair.
When my ex-husband used to drag me around by my hair, (every single facial expression would cause extreme pain right across the back of m scalp )you'd be amazed at how many muscles on our heads we use even for micro expressions!
I would also always find clumps of my hair right throughout our apartment.
They would also be attached to pieces of my scalp!
- Amber's photo look like she cleaned out her hairbrush!
I am seriously getting frustrated at this to the point that I cannot listen to Amber or her lawyers speak about anything related to the allegations or the trial, because almost all of it is obviously rehearsed, scripted or otherwise disingenuous, evasive and meant to distract from the actual issue or the questions asked, straight up lies, etc. I want to shake them and tell them to please, PLEASE just stop digging their hole deeper.
Swoop, I almost want it to be you in the interviewer seat, because you would call them out on their bullshit, no mercy :P
You said this a lot better than I could have.
Especially how Elaine keeps claiming that Heard "won" the trial in the UK. That case was Depp vs. The Sun and she was only a witness in that trial who didn't go through the discovery process.
People keep forgetting when she also said the op-Ed “wasn’t JUST about Johnny”. She admitted it was about him several times
I'm not a survivor of DV, but Amber's words & mannerisms while telling her "story" comes off as being an abuser. It feels exactly how I've always heard the behaviors of abusers being described.
When I’ve been speaking about my survivor experience, I sometimes talk from a general you perspective. It makes it easier, in my experience, when I felt like speaking directly from my own point of view was too close for comfort. It’s also a useful rhetoric tool if I want to make an experience relatable - it helps to have others put themselves in my shoes without directly telling them to do that, if that makes any sense?
I do the exact same thing, sometimes when retelling my experiences it just helps to distance myself by using general you instead of “I” so I don’t break down while speaking. Maybe someday I’ll be able to speak about it without distancing myself but I think it’s going to be a while
yeah any therapist knows abt this and in group therapy they actually will halt you and make you switch to using "I" statements to make it clear it was YOUR experience you lived thru
Given swoops emotional recovery - she knows this and has no issue lying and misrepresenting it to make amber look bad bc Swoops coverage of this case was just a moment for her to grift 😌
@@lauryntonio I respect your view, but I disagree that Swoop is trying to grift. Amber’s story kept changing and there were so many inconsistencies. Even someone ardently on her side would have struggled to explain the glaring inconsistencies. In my view, nobody wins in this sort of case. It’s clear that both parties share fault and trauma.
What boggles me is that anyone who has been SA'd with a broken bottle, if they survive at all, suffer horrific damage to their insides that absolutely require surgical procedures, ongoing medications, psychological care, and they very often endure permanent nerve damage that prevents normal sexual activity, even normal gastrointestinal activity, and ease of everyday activities such as walking and sitting. For her to claim she was assaulted with a broken bottle and required no treatment and went on immediately with regular life including socializing demonstrates she absolutely was not assaulted, and that she is utterly ignorant to the inescapable realities that victims endure.
The difference between Amber and real survivors is that we are usually trying to get out of the relationship ALIVE and she went for 100 million dollars, fame, and attention. And we wear our evidence on our skin and in our bones. Not counting the way she talks on those tapes. Which one of us would talk to our abuser like that!
The word salad. The condescension. I’m so glad other ppl see this... I feel so un-alone. Everyone is over all of this, me included. There are more important things in the world. I thank you for still talking about it. I think there is a deeper importance and conversation here. There is a reason this case has been so captivating and I think it goes beyond “ Hollywood scandal”. Dare I say, I think it even goes beyond dv towards men. I think ppl are so riveted by this because it’s shining a light on this particular personality defect that so many malicious women get away with. I think it’s a conversation that hasn’t really been able to be had. Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by a narcissist 🙋🏻♀️ unfortunately, it’s been taboo to call out women, in particular, up unto this point. May I add, I AM A WOMAN. A woman who has had the opportunity to experience many interpersonal, narcissistic relationships. So, maybe this affects me in a different way. Maybe I am jaded. However, it seems logical that a nation, a world, has been moved by this due to an abundance of manipulative human beings.
🙋🏻♀️both an overt narcissist female friend and a covert narcissist male ex. I would get sucked into their world and version of reality and it took forever to pull away and even longer to parse what was actually true and what was gaslighting. I feel awful for Johnny having to go through this trial but he is so damn strong for enduring her attempts to lie about him and re-smear him to the public.
@@christmastiger holy shit… did I write this comment?! I had an overt narcissist female family member and covert narcissist male ex! My family member literally *bragged* about being able to manipulate anyone for anything (“but it’s always for their own good” according to her).
My mother ist like this. I moved out a long time ago, but speaking to her still totally traumatizes me because I know what she is doing, but if I call her out she ist either going to explode or gaslight. I see through ist but it is so devastating every time to feel like I am a worthless and do not matter and do not know how to think logically.
Yes. The most captivating part of the whole thing is the malignant personality on full display, and how that has effected so many people. We can see it so clearly. The way she speaks, tone of voice, even the way she holds her mouth scream manipulation. I know that sounds weird but my alarms go off. And the creepy thing is the striking similarities with other malignant predatory POS people out there. Man or woman IDGAF. Anyone claiming otherwise is the most naive person on earth, or has the same personality defects as this bed shitter.
@mae beam you are 💯💯💯🎯
Congratulations on your follow-through with your appointment! Moving through bouts of depression takes time, but feels like it will never end. It can be an incredibly intimidating place to find yourself. I hope you remember to Celebrate the victories in following through on an appointment or a goal, and not just focus on the disappointments or times we feel we have failed in our efforts. So good to see you doing better! Sending prayers to keep it moving forward and to finding more and more better days ahead!!
I’d love you to do video on the unsealed court documents.
You sincerely helped me put my anxiety into prospective. You're an influencer that helps their viewers grow. Thanks much for your artwork and creativity causing a domino affect of positivity. It is gravely required in these difficult times.
I have SO much secondhand embarrassment from the "scissors for fingers" thing I dont know if ill ever get over it
I second that
So much love Swoop. You hit so many points with this one. Especially with the no love for the abuser, I be damned if I say I still have love for him. The way she has this rose tinted love story way of speaking about him just felt so off for me that was one of my turning points where I was like something feels wrong here.
This was the best break down of the dateline interview I've seen! It's not that she didn't have the pictures she had 57 thousand pictures yet none show the horrific abuse she claims! He had rings on every finger and at one point a hard cast she would have permanent disfigurement if that were the case! She is a fucking liar! Also no one pointed out she was slipping on glass and it was cutting her feet why were there no bloody foot prints? So many questions? Thank you swoop! You are amazing!
Her voice & facial expressions are soooooo effected. Such an act. It’s uncomfortable to watch. Thank you for breaking this down because people often hear what they want to & she twisted things so badly…
The contempt on her face when she says they took her voice 🙄
There’s so much content about this trial but yours is hands down my favorite because you have clearly researched every aspect thoroughly and your perspective as a survivor is incredibly valuable. I also like how you comment on things others have missed and aren’t too biased to point out the things Jonny has said that do not reflect well on him. Love the researched, clear, fair, and emotionally vulnerable take you’ve brought to this.
I hope you’re feeling better. I couldn’t make it through your video. I give you props for putting yourself out there like that. Between my personal life, this trial, and finding you I have been able to stand up for myself in ways I hadn’t been able to in so many years. Thank you for helping me find my voice. I will watch it. I just wasn’t prepared. I know mine is a voice in a sea of followers, but if you ever need anything (especially a safe place to vent and trade war stories) hit me up. I’m literally in the middle of leaving and honest to goodness narcissist and although it’s not my first rodeo with this person, this time I have a new but shaky strength. Thank you for being vulnerable and strong. You rock.
All I can think about when amber explains free speech and finalizes it with "speaking truth to power" is how proud she looks of herself that she came up with that. Like she's telling her assistant to write that down I'll use that in my book! (Like the quintessential out of touch celebrity parody) it's so over the top and goofy.
Amber Heard said as an American she has a right to free speech. Surely everyone (us average people) not just her have the same rights on social media? Or is it that she truly believes that average people don’t have the same rights as her?
LMFAO 🤣🤣 I forgot that AH said that JD convinced the world that he had scissors for fingers. Swoop mentioning that only a toddler would believe that he had scissors for fingers was spot on. I laughed out loud. 😂
Hey Swoop, congratulations on your MRI 🥳, Mine is later this week. You were saying that it’s unusual for a survivor to say “you” instead of “I” but that’s not quite right because JD did it multiple times on the stand. I was watching the case on a livestream panel that included a psychologist who was saying that sometimes victims have to present their story from a distance so they don’t break down. Sometimes that’s achieved by telling their story as if their audience was going through it “you would have to do this” rather than “I had to”. I believe AH is doing this BECAUSE she heard JD doing it, she listened to a real victim to improve her performance of being a victim. Ironically she was paying such close attention to everting he said but I don’t believe she ever actually *heard* him (oh double irony Heard)
Or as a way not to be sued again. Doesn’t mean she is a survivor but I agree with you.
I am so proud of you for doing the MRI! I know when anxiety and depression sets in it is like feeling being as heavy as an elephant walking through the mud, so I really can feel you with not being able to do docterstuff. Also I think that the no-make-up-look looks really good on you! Lots of love and strength ❤
Also, funny thing. One of the video's recommended to me was your clown-video. When I saw Amber the first thing I noticed where her sad eyebrows and they really reminded me of your clown-brows 😆
Been thinking of you often. Take care of yourself Mamma! Much love and thaaaaaanx for the doc! 💞✌🏼
The cinematic score bit is on point! This has been the best description for how I perceive the way she answers as well.
weren't the recordings submitted in entirety to the court? She was the one who refused to submit her phone and the like to be examined.
“I just don’t agree with belittling the entire planet” literally made me laugh so hard I choked and had to cough haha. Love this. I just stumbled upon your account in twitter and saw your post for this video. So sad I didn’t find you earlier!
Exactly!!! I've been saying she disassociates and sees herself in a movie. Perfectly said!
Isn’t it funny that still to this day Oct 11, 2023 Amber still hasn’t donated one more dollar to either the ACLU or the Children’s hospital.
This aged well.
Half the jurors didn't even have social media. I was open minded til the bitter end and I didn't believe her at all.
SWOOP! We love you and appreciate YOU and your content. You're an amazing conduit for people to understand their trauma. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a new wave riot grrrl! Much love lady!!!
Thank you so much, that's so sweet!
"I never had to instigate [physical violence], I responded to it" is giving me 'look at what you made me do', 'you only did xy to provoke me', 'I just can't help myself'
Amber: I shouldn't have to have donated it in an effort to be believed.
Me: So the solution is to lie?
Thank you for bringing to light the fact that on the stand she declared that she wrote the op ed with JD in mind. I knew I had heard that.
I sat with a lump in my throat and a grimace of pain on my face as you struggled through your message the other day. It struck me, THIS is what a true survivor looks like when they're reliving the trauma of abuse. My heart broke for you, and I so appreciated you sharing what so many of us have gone through but worried in silence we were alone.
Thank you for sharing your story, for giving so many people hope that they too can survive and thrive, and for holding people accountable for the pain they cause.
I thought maybe there was something wrong with me that I couldn't muster any empathy for Amber Heard's tales. I wished I could see an example of a real survivor so I could see if I'd lost the ability to care. You showed us that with your heartfelt message.
Thank you. Stay strong and keep doing the next right thing. You're making a difference, and entertaining people at the same time.
I totally understand what you’re saying. The first time I listened to one of Amber’s stories of abuse, I expected to break down, to get misty eyed, a lump in my throat… something. Instead I was sitting at my laptop not feeling… anything. I am one to burst into tears over a touching commercial, whenever someone tells me a sad story, I cry for them because I don’t want anyone to suffer pain. But I didn’t experience that with Amber and it was very jarring.
However, when Johnny took the stand, despite his halted speech, and careful word selection (heard he was diagnosed with ADHD) I had a lump in my throat and almost broke into sobs. Even though I knew Johnny was abused, I still expected to cry when Amber spoke as it had been that way with other stories.