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Johnny Depp living apart from Paradis

By April MacIntyre Jan 25, 2012, 12:16 GMT

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are reportedly struggling with their relationship. Copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos

Ashton and Demi, Seal and Heidi, and now Johnny and Vanessa.

This is the season of notable breakups in celebrity unions. Actor Johnny Depp is reportedly estranged from his longtime partner and mother of his two children, Vanessa Paradis.

After nearly 14 years and a quiet home life in France, the Kentucky native and French actress Vanessa Paradis are reported to be separated and ending their longtime relationship.

This week's issue of People goes in-depth and reveals the actor has been drifting away from the relationship for over a year.

People reports that even at the recent Golden Globes on Jan. 15, Depp "skipped the red carpet" and did his perfunctory appearance as a presenter "before being whisked away by his publicist, Robin Baum."

"He had his head down and he did not smile. He looked messy," says the People source backstage. "He walked offstage and went right out the back door."

Not present was Paradis, who hasn't been seen publicly with Depp in over a year, according to the tabloid's report.

People claims the distance has been building over time, and despite holidays and birthdays, the couple spend much of their time apart.

According to People, Depp and Paradis attended events in Paris last November on consecutive days but stayed in different hotels and weren't seen together, with Depp attending the premiere of his film The Rum Diary solo.

"She went instead to a concert that night," says a People source. "It was weird and pretty clear: You're in town and don't go to the premiere of your husband's film? One which he starred in, produced?" The next day, Paradis turned up at an event with Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld, no Depp in sight.

Paradis also no-showed at Cannes Film Festival as Depp showed up solo last May to promote the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean.

"Johnny and Vanessa are as big a Hollywood glamour couple here as Brad and Angelina," says one industry insider. "Everyone expected they'd come together until the morning of the screening. We couldn't believe they wouldn't come together."

Sources reporting to People speculate that career inequities fueled the split.

"They bet that they could move to California and be on long stays on film locations, for his career. They bet that things would continue there as they had in the south of France. They lost that bet," says a source close to the couple. "Vanessa went seven years between albums, and several years between film projects, while he became Captain Jack Sparrow."