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And then he explained why his texts are absolutely fucking insane, is because he idolized Hunter S. Thompson, famed writer, with whom he became incredibly close with. (See: Fear & Loathing In Los Vegas & Rum Diary) He said when he was stressed he wanted to create, and his creating manifests into speaking in a expressive way and using dark humor. This makes complete sense looking at his angry texts, as well as his happy ones. They're all wild. "Pain has to be dealt with humor." He reiterated he was a fan of Monty Python. He explained that he regrets what he said in a lot of his texts, and seeing them written out and looking back at them that he was able to reflect on how awful they were. He felt so out of his mind in many situations and not sure how to explain them, which is why they sounded so off the wall.

Depp said his drug abuse started as a child because his mom told him to get her nerve pills, citing that they were meant to make her calm down. And he started taking pills at age 11 and said he did most drugs by age 15. He said he takes drugs a lot in the present to deal with a lot of his childhood trauma and keep calm. He said he never took uppers, he only took downers, to dispute the claim that he was a drugged up, high maniac. He said that he used to be teased after drinking or doing drugs because nobody could tell if he was high or anything. He expressed the only thing he was addicted to was Roxicodone, which is an opiate. He said he wasn't taking the pills when he was addicted to get high, he was taking them to get better because of the withdrawals. Said this lasted 4-5 years.

He discussed working on his first movie with Amber, The Rum Diary, which was his own personal project he tried to get made because of his adoration for Hunter S. Thompson. He detailed a little bit more about that.

And then he talked about building a little group of people living in his penthouses, mostly just giving Amber's sister and friends places to live for free. And that was it!