Overview

• Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis raised their children on a south of France estate near St. Tropez that Depp purchased in 2001 to shield them from the spotlight
• Depp says the south of France upbringing was the only time he truly felt at home
• He admits to experiencing empty-nest syndrome and fondly recalls being called “Papa” before his children began calling him “Dad”
• A half-finished portrait of 25-year-old Lily-Rose hangs behind him—the painting began when she was ten
• He now divides his time between the UK and the Bahamas and rarely spends time in the United States