Jaunted

  However, you may want to be careful who you call an "expat". I'm sure you had no ill intent but you may hear from his publicist.  I will give you a quote from a 16 page interview on www.deppimpact.com--the most reputable source for everything Depp.  If you read the disclaimer at the bottom of the home page, you will understand.  Johnny's uncle was paralyzed from the neck down in Nam.  Quoted  "I am an American.  I love my country and have great hopes for it.  It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it.  I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful."  After his words from the Stern article were twisted to sell publications in 2003, Mr. Depp personally conducted damage control in response to hate mail he received.  Everyone he phoned, "military people, one was a cop ... one had a nephew who'd been wounded in Iraq.  I told them, 'What was printed was ugly, but this is what I meant...' And each one of them said, 'I understand."  For the rest of the interview go to the Quotes section on lower left side of Depp Impact. Then you will understand.  Thank you very much.      

I agree with Contessa's comments and want to add a few more.  I get tired of journalists referring to Johnny as an "expat."  He lives in France a portion of the year and in L.A. a portion of the year.  When he's not in either of those two places, he lives wherever his film schedule takes him.  While filming the 2nd and 3rd sequels to "Pirates," he and his family lived in L.A. for almost two years straight while he worked both in L.A. and in the Bahamas.  His daughter went to first grade in L.A.

He has been a home owner and tax payer in L.A. for many years, and his production company, Infinitim Nihil, is based in L.A.

"Journalists" need to check their facts before tagging someone with an unjustified "label."  If you want to throw Johnny Depp's name into your article just to get more people to read it, then do your research on the man first!

"Expat" is much more succinct way to describe Depp in a blog post than "actor whose longtime girlfriend and two children are French and who lives most of the year in France." Has he rescinded U.S. citizenship? No. Is he critical of the U.S. government and hence prefers to live overseas. Yes. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that!

The problem is not the press' coverage of his remarks, but the bizarre indignation of readers who don't believe in honest debate. I stand by my description. However, I'd be pretty flattered if his publicist cared to contact me.

If I lived outside the US for most of the year, I'd be all about calling myself an expat!