Amber Heard welcomes baby girl Oonagh via surrogate… five years after nasty split from Johnny Depp
Surprise! Amber Heard secretly welcomes baby girl Oonagh via surrogate… five years after her nasty split from Johnny Depp
- The 35-year-old annouced her daughter’s birth on Instagram on Thursday
- The name Oonagh (also spelled Una and Oona) is pronounced oo-nuh. It is a girl’s name of Irish origin meaning ‘lamb’
- The middle name Paige is a tribute to her mother Paige Heard, who died last year
- Sources close to Heard claim that she welcomed the child via surrogate after being told that she would never being able to carry her own baby
- Amber’s divorce from Johnny Depp was finalized in January 2017 with Amber pledging to donated the $7 million settlement she received to charity
- The demise of the pair’s relationship played out in a nasty court battle in the UK
Amber Heard has revealed that she has welcomed her first child via surrogate.
The 35-year-old actress took to Instagram to share a snap of herself cradling her daughter with a lengthy caption about wanting to have a child under her own conditions.
She captioned the snap to her 3.9million followers: ‘I’m so excited to share this news with you. Four years ago, I decided I wanted to have a child. I wanted to do it on my own terms.’
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Surprise! Amber Heard has revealed that she has welcomed her first child via surrogate as she made the announcement on her Instagram on Thursday
She also revealed that she has named the child Oonagh Paige Heard as the child was born on April 8, 2021.
The name Oonagh (also spelled Una and Oona) is pronounced oo-nuh. It is a girl’s name of Irish origin meaning ‘lamb’.
The middle name of Paige appears to be a tribute to her late mother Paige Heard, who died in May 2020.
A sources close to Heard claim that she welcomed the child via surrogate after being told that she would never being able to carry her own baby, according to Page Six on Thursday.
The revelation comes five years after filing from divorce from actor Johnny Depp, 58, as the two have recently been embroiled in bitter court battles.
She continued in the caption by bringing up her personal life as she wrote: ‘A part of me wants to uphold that my private life is none of anyone’s business. I also get that the nature of my job compels me to take control of this.’
Amber stressed the importance of women being able to become parents regardless of marital status.
She wrote: ‘I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way
‘I hope we arrive at a point in which it’s normalized to not want a ring in order to have a crib.’
She concluded the post by saying: ‘She’s the beginning of the rest of my life.’
Sentimental: Oonagh’s middle name Paige appears to be a tribute to Amber’s late mother Paige Heard, who died in May 2020. Amber shared her heartache over her mother’s death in an Instagram post at the time
Ex: Amber filed for divorce from actor Johnny Depp and the pair became locked in a nasty court battle. They are seen here in January 2016 in Culver City
The insider for Page Six explained that it was important for Amber to be transparent when it comes to the birth of her child.
The source said: ‘The most important thing for Amber is that she’s open about Oonagh’s birth.
‘There are so many women who feel they can’t talk about their fertility and are worried and embarrassed; Amber wants them to feel supported and realize that there are a multitude of ways to have a baby even if you have fertility issues.’
The insider who knows Amber said that the star is thankful for the woman who was her surrogate and helped her fulfill her goal of being a mother.
The source explained: ‘Oonagh is absolutely gorgeous, and Amber is besotted. She always knew that she wanted to be a mom, and this is her greatest wish come true. She’s so grateful to the wonderful woman who helped bring Oonagh into her life.’
Though Amber only made the revelation now, a day after the child was born she took to Instagram to share a video of herself on the beach while expressing her gratitude to all of her well-wishers on April 9, 2021.
‘I just wanna say thank you so much to all of my online supporters and my fans,’ said the Aquaman star while on a beach before apologizing ‘for the death threats.’
Keeping mum! On the day the child was born – April 9, 2021 – Amber was beaming with delight as she took to Instagram to share a video of herself on the beach, but held out sharing her baby news until today
Secretive smile: Amber looked in great spirits on April 9 – and now we know why
She has been locked in a years-long feud with her ex-husband Depp in which they have denied each other’s explosive allegations of domestic violence.
In 2018 she she claimed to have received death threats and lost work after accusing Depp of abuse and in November 2020 his fans viciously trolled her on Twitter.
In November, a UK judge ruled against Depp’s suit against an English publication for calling him a ‘wife-beater,’ citing that the accusations Heard made – that have negatively impacted the actor’s career – were ‘substantially true’.
Months later in March, Depp was refused permission to bring an appeal against a damning High Court ruling that he assaulted his ex-wife Amber with his lawyers claiming that he ‘looked forward to presenting the irrefutable truth’ to a US libel court.
Moving on: Heard was most recently romantically linked to set decorator Bianca Butti whom she began dating in January 2020. They are seen together in July 2020
Depp’s $50m(£35m) US libel case against Ms Heard – which will also be extremely costly – was recently delayed until April 2022.
The pair met on the set of the 2011 film The Rum Diary in which they both starred and began dating in 2012 before marrying in February 2015.
Their divorce was finalized in January 2017 with Amber pledging to donated the $7 million settlement she received to charity.
Amber has had quite the dating history as she dated artist Tasya Van Ree from 2008 to 2012 before Depp then after the marriage dated model Cara Delevingne in 2016, multibillionaire Elon Musk in 2017, art dealer Vito Schnabel, and most recently set decorator Bianca Butti whom she began dating in January 2020 and were seen together as recently as February 2021.
