"I think no matter what, it will mean something," she said Wednesday. "I did the right thing. I did everything I could to stand up for myself and the truth."
Heard said that she wrote the op-ed to add her voice at the height of the #MeToo movement. And while she never mentioned Depp by name in it, she said she had a team of lawyers review the piece. She contended that she didn't want to defame Depp, have him canceled or lose his job — as other powerful men had once allegations were levied against them.
"Of course not, of course not," Heard told Guthrie. "It wasn't about him."
Both actors face uncertain career prospects following the verdict. Depp is already trying to mount a musical comeback, while a report circulated Tuesday alleging that Heard would be scrubbed from Warner Bros.' upcoming tentpole movie "Aquaman 2." She has despite Depp-fan petitions to pull her from the "Justice League" spinoff.
In the first part of Heard's interview, which aired Tuesday, the "Rum Diary" star insisted that she "always told the truth" during the trial.
"That's all I spoke. And I spoke it to power. And I paid the price," she said. "To my dying day, I'll stand by every word of my testimony. I made a lot of mistakes, but I've always told the truth."
Heard also said that she didn't blame the jury for siding with Depp, saying her ex is "a beloved character, and people feel they know him. He's a fantastic actor."
She also believes his legal team "did a better job at distracting the jury from the real issues" and described her short-lived marriage to Depp as "toxic."
