NEWS OF THE WEEK: Johnny Depp makes rare comments about parenting
The 62-year-old actor shares daughter Lily-Rose Depp, 26, and son John Jack' Christopher Depp III, 22, with former partner Vanessa Paradis, 52. The Pirates of the Caribbean star hinted he misses his children now they are all grown up and he is no longer raising them in France. Speaking to The Sunday Times, he reflected on his role as a father while discussing a portrait of his daughter that was hanging behind him at his home. "This is a portrait of my daughter, Lily-Rose. I never finished it..."
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