Amber Heard has revealed she still “loves” ex-husband Johnny Depp even after her bitter libel trial as viewers were shown old footage of the former couple’s engagement in her first interview since the fall.

“Absolutely. I love him. I loved him with all my heart,” she told Savannah Guthrie in a clip of the interview, which aired on NBC today show on Wednesday morning.

Ms Guthrie asks if Ms Heard feels a promise made by Johnny Depp in a text that she would face “total global humiliation” has come true.

“I know he promised … and I testified to it … I’m not a good victim, I understand I’m not a sympathetic victim, I’m not a perfect victim, but when I testified, the jury asked me to simply be.” To see man and to see his own words, which is a promise to do so. It feels like he did it.”

A Heard Offer spokeswoman issued a statement in response to the news of her first TV interview The Independent:

“Johnny Depp’s legal team flooded the media with numerous statements and interviews on television for days after the verdict, and Depp himself did the same on social media.

“MS. Heard simply wanted to respond to what you aggressively did last week; she did so by expressing her thoughts and feelings, many of which were not allowed on the witness stand.”

Amber Heard fears Johnny Depp could take further legal action against her, she told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie.

“I’m afraid that no matter what I do, no matter what I say or how I say it, it will present another opportunity for silence,” she said.

NBC’s today Show airs more of Savannah Guthrie’s interview with Amber Heard this morning.

In a teaser at the start of the show, Ms Heard claims she “did the right thing” with the court case and will speak about her plans for the future.

Ms Guthrie also asks her about her feelings for Johnny Depp after the trial.

NBC’s today Show airs more of Savannah Guthrie’s interview with Amber Heard this morning.

In a teaser at the start of the show, Ms Heard claims she “did the right thing” with the court case and will speak about her plans for the future.

Ms Guthrie also asks her about her feelings for Johnny Depp after the trial.

Amber Heard insists she spoke “the truth to power” during the high-profile defamation trial of her ex-husband Johnny Depp in a recent exclusive to NBC Today’s show .

“The First Amendment protects speech … it doesn’t protect lies that amount to libel,” NBC host Savannah Guthrie told the actor in her first interview since Mr Depp won his $50 million libel case against her. The jury also awarded Ms Heard a partial victory in her counterclaim, which was decided earlier this month.

“Freedom of speech doesn’t protect you if you walk into a crowded theater and yell ‘fire,'” Ms. Heard explained in a clip of the interview, which is scheduled to air in full on Friday, June 17 at 8 p.m. ET.

“My understanding of what that means isn’t just freedom of speech, it’s freedom to speak the truth to those in power,” she added.

“Every day I would walk three, four, sometimes six blocks of city blocks where people were holding signs that read ‘Burn the Witch,’ ‘Death Amber.’ After three and a half weeks, I took the stand and all I saw was a courtroom full of Captain Jack Sparrow fans who were vociferous and energetic,” Ms. Heard said.

“Can you put into words how that felt?” asked Ms. Guthrie.

“It was the most humiliating and terrifying thing I’ve ever been through. I’ve never felt so removed from my own humanity,” Ms. Heard said. “I felt less than human.”

After Johnny Depp prevailed in his defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, her attorney, Elaine Bredehoft, announced that her client was “desperate” to appeal.

The jury of five men and two women announced Wednesday (June 1) that Ms Heard made three statements defaming Mr Depp. The jury also found that Ms. Heard was defamed by one of three statements in her counterclaim.

The Independent spoke to three attorneys about Ms Heard’s possible reasons for an appeal or even a new trial: Lisa Bloom of The Bloom Firm, whose clients included Janice Dickinson, Mischa Barton and several of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims; Jesse Weber, anchor and attorney for the Law & Crime Network, who covered the trial from the courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia; and Mitra Ahouraian, a Beverly Hills entertainment attorney representing actors, directors, producers and musicians.

As a socialite, Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he deleted it.

Depp said his ex-wife defamed him in a 2018 newspaper op-ed, in which she alluded to allegations of abuse against Depp. His name was never mentioned.

The Virginia civil jury ruled in favor of Depp on all three counts Wednesday, finding that not only did Heard make false and defamatory statements, but that she did so with “actual malice” — a higher threshold for cases involving personalities of public life were involved. The jury concluded that Depp should have received more than $10 million.

Depp’s win wasn’t absolute, however. The jury also found that part of Heard’s counterclaim was valid. They denied two of Heard’s three charges but noted that she was defamed by a dope lawyer who accused her of tidying up her apartment to look worse to the police. The jury awarded her $2 million.

A look at the judges considered:

Trials were televised live throughout the six-week legal battle, with the trial also attracting crowds of personal admirers, many of whom stood outside the courthouse to express their support for Depp.

Ms Guthrie, whose husband worked as a counsel for Mr Depp’s legal team, examined Ms Heard for footage played to the jury where she had to “mock” her then-husband for being a “victim of domestic violence”.