Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp’s long-term relationship with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis is reportedly in trouble.
The actor and Paradis are said to be headed for a split because of their constant bickering, according to Radar Online.
“People around him are worried about how Johnny is doing because he and Vanessa seem so fractured right now,” a source told the website. Depp, 48 and Paradis, 39, have been together for 14-year and are the parents of Lily-Rose, 12, and nine-year-old Jack.
“Johnny isn’t handling anything well right now,” a source told the website said, adding Depp is seeking legal advice.
“Johnny has started reaching out to lawyers, probably to quietly discuss how to get out of the relationship. They’re not married but they’ve been together for years and have kids together so it isn’t as easy as just breaking up,” the unnamed source said.
Depp was spotted on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles with Paradis, their two children and a woman believed to be his mother, Betty Sue. He started dating Paradis in 1998, when they met on the set of the Roman Polanski thriller The Ninth Gate.
Depp had earlier denied the need for marriage.
“I never found myself needing that piece of paper. Marriage is really from soul to soul, heart to heart. You don’t need somebody to say: ‘OK, you’re married’. She and I have been together for nearly 14 years, and I can hardly bel-ieve it. It only seems like yesterday that we met,” the actor had said.