The 23-year-old daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis recently spoke with Elle about a host of wide-ranging topics, including growing up famous and her upcoming HBO series, The Idol. Depp, who told the outlet that the transformation process into her pop-princess character for the show was “more about understanding how alone you can feel, even when everybody’s watching you,” has been somewhat forced into the spotlight since childhood. Inevitably, her dad’s legal spat with ex-wife Amber Heard became a topic of interest during the interview, and when asked why she hasn’t weighed in on her father’s highly-publicized situation, she offered a poised response. “When it’s something that’s so private and so personal that all of a sudden becomes not so personal… I feel really entitled to my secret garden of thoughts,” she said. Lily continued, maturely shifting the focus onto herself. “I also think that I’m not here to answer for anybody, and I feel like for a lot of my career, people have really wanted to define me by the men in my life, whether that’s my family members or my boyfriends, whatever. And I’m really ready to be defined for the things that I put out there,” the actress noted. “My parents protected my brother [Jack] and me from it as much as possible,” she expressed, adding, “I know my childhood didn’t look like everybody’s childhood, and it’s a very particular thing to deal with, but it’s also the only thing that I know.” Even still, fame is something the starlet has had to spend a lifetime getting used to, and now, the second-generation celeb is making it a point to express that she’s focused on cultivating her own identity outside of her well-known parents. More News:
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