Johnny Depp And 'Dirty Dancing' Star Jennifer Greys Relationship Wasn't The Smoothest, Here's Why
Johnny Depp’s romantic relationships have been subject to considerable scrutiny in light of his legal battle with Amber Heard. The Pirates of the Caribbean star has dated his fair share of celebrities since getting his big break on A Nightmare on Elm Street. While most of the prolific actor’s relationships received considerable media attention, his brief engagement to Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey started and ended in an atypically discreet fashion.
Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey fell in love and were set to walk down the aisle in the '90s. However, their relationship gradually became problematic, leading to an abrupt split. As Johnny Depp struggles to reclaim his tarnished reputation in his defamation trial with Amber Heard, we take a look at his turbulent, short-lived relationship with Out of the Corner author, Jennifer Grey.
8 Johnny Depp And Jennifer Grey’s Relationship Started With A Blind Date
Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey met in 1989 on a blind date set up by Jennifer Grey’s agent. Grey discloses details of their intense first date in her memoir, Out of the Corner, claiming that she and Depp "ate, talked, drank Jack Daniel’s, laughed our asses off, took cigarette breaks midcourse. He was so ridiculously beautiful. And surprisingly open, funny, quirky and sweet.”
7 Johnny Depp Was A New Beginning For Jennifer Grey
Johnny Depp became completely besotted with Jennifer Grey after seeing her on Dirty Dancing. After their date, Grey quickly became captivated by Depp's incredible charm and electric personality.
In a recent interview with People, Grey confessed that Depp signaled a new beginning in her love life. “I've never seen a guy like this. And energetically, what it was like being with him, it was like, 'Oh, I'm being totally, totally compensated for the shit I just went through.'"
6 Johnny Depp And Jennifer Grey Got Engaged Within Two Weeks
Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey’s relationship was remarkably fast-paced. After two weeks of dating, Grey and Depp were certain that they wanted to spend the rest of their days together. Depp hastily proposed to Grey, who responded with a resounding yes.
The newly engaged couple rented Carrie Fisher’s cabin, moved in together, and adopted a Pekingese-poodle to be their “practice baby and someone to keep me [Jennifer Grey] company when Johnny was out of town.”
5 Jennifer Grey Was Optimistic About Her Relationship With Johnny Depp
Jennifer Grey was completely enamored with Johnny Depp and optimistic about the future of their relationship.
In her recently published memoir, Out of the Corner, Grey recounts the passionate love she had for Depp saying, "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.'"
4 Johnny Depp Was Constantly Getting Into Trouble During His Engagement To Jennifer Grey
Johnny Depp and Jennifer Grey’s fairy tale engagement turned quickly turned sour. According to Jennifer Grey, Depp became incredibly volatile and ill-tempered in the months following their engagement. "Johnny was commuting every week back and forth from Vancouver, but had begun more and more regularly to be getting into trouble: fights in bars, skirmishes with cops."
3 Johnny Depp Became Jealous And Paranoid While Engaged To Jennifer Grey
Jealousy also reared its head in Jennifer Grey and Johnny Depp’s relationship. According to excerpts from Jennifer Grey’s recently published memoir, Depp "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.”
Grey attributed Depp’s erratic temper and controlling behavior to “him feeling miserable and powerless to get off [the TV series] 21 Jump Street.”
2 How Did Johnny Depp and Jennifer Break Up?
Jennifer Grey finally had enough when Johnny Depp left for a meeting with a casting director and failed to return in what the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actress describes as a “self-imposed streak of impulsive, destructive decision-making.”
After waiting for several hours in Johnny Depp’s hotel room, Grey crafted a break-up note and left, bringing to an end a painstaking nine-month relationship.
1 Johnny Depp Started Dating Winona Ryder Shortly After His Split From Jennifer Grey
After their abrupt split, Johnny quickly moved on with fellow Edward Scissorhands star, Winona Ryder, who happened to be Jennifer Grey’s neighbor at the time. In her memoir, Grey described this astounding turn of events as “the classic nightmare of feeling replaced, like you’d never happened, but on steroids.”
Depp’s new relationship received overwhelming media attention, leaving Grey with the misfortune of witnessing the “blow-by-blow press coverage of what would become one of the most beloved celebrity couplings of the nineties.”
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