Johnny Depp has dated his fair share of beautiful women in his time, with his long and star-studded romantic history being laid bare during his ongoing libel clash with ex-wife Amber Heard.
Depp’s past love affairs include the likes of Kate Moss, Ellen Barkin, Winona Ryder, Vanessa Paradis and Lori Allison.
An A-lister for the best part of four decades, it comes as no surprise that Depp has crossed paths with so many famous names, although none have bought as much media attention as his marriage with Heard, with whom he is now locked into a brutal defamation case.
In the list are relationships long, short and everything in between. One name that particularly stands out from his fabled past, however, is Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey, who was engaged to Depp in the 1980s just two weeks after they met.
Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey's relationship
Jennifer Grey and Johnny Depp first met in 1989, when Grey’s agent set her up with the future Pirates Of The Caribbean star through a blind date.
It’s fair to say they really hit things off, and were engaged within two weeks of first clapping eyes on each other.
In May 2022, Grey told Drew Barrymore on her show: “You have to understand, Johnny Depp, 1989 Johnny Depp, so beautiful, you’ve never seen a more beautiful … it’s almost inhuman.”
Depp was Grey’s second engagement of that month, a whirlwind time in her life about which she said: “It was really a sign that there was trouble afoot on my part.
“I just thought it was God rescuing me from one bad situation and just lovingly plopping me into a Johnny Depp souffle.”
Grey gave insight into the couple’s relationship in her new memoir, Out Of The Corner, where she intimately described the details of their time together.
Describing that first date, she said: “We ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks mid-course. He was so ridiculously beautiful. And surprisingly open, funny, quirky and sweet…”
The two had a dog they named Lulu, a Pekinese-poodle, which Grey described in her diary as “our practice baby”, adding that the canine was “someone to keep me company when Johnny was out of town”.
“On August 12, I wrote in my journal, ‘I’m in love, pretty sure for the first time in my life … He’s kind, funny, smart, moral, thoughtful, respectful.'”
But, things soon went downhill. “He’d started missing his flights home to LA having overslept or, when he did come home, he’d be crazy jealous and paranoid about what I’d been up to while he was gone.”
Things ended up not working out for the handsome pair, with Grey eventually leaving a note in a hotel room for her lover breaking off the engagement.
The Mirror has contacted Depp's reps for comment.
