Mr. Best Pirate Ever spoke to the press
about his daughter's recent serious illness. Seven-year-old Lily Rose contracted E. coli, and was
admitted to a London hospital when her kidneys shut down. Mom Vanessa Paradis and Depp kept a vigil by her bed, stopping filming on Depp's latest film,
Sweeney Todd. Of course the whole thing must have been
extremely scary for the whole family.
Depp says about his daughter, "It was a very bumpy patch but she has come through it beautifully
and unscathed and she is now as healthy as she always was. She is
wonderful. It was a reminder to us of how to breathe, walk, talk, think and surround ourselves with people we love." Isn't it interesting how when Depp demonstrates he's a devoted and thoughtful dad, the impossible happens: he gets even hotter? Yowsa.
Depp and Paradis, who are already characterized by one source as having "one of the strongest relationships in Hollywood" (though they don't exactly have stiff competition) are now planning to get married this summer. The scare over their child's health is reported to have brought them even closer together. Awwww.
So the only sad ending for this story is that with Depp and Paradis blissfully domestic, my chances of smooching on him go from maybe zero to negative ten. C'est la vie.
