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Amber Heard says still has love for ex-husband Johnny Dep

"I love him. I loved him with all my heart. And I tried the best I could to make a deeply broken relationship work. And I couldn't," the "Aquaman" actress Amber Heard said Wednesday on the Today show in the second installment of her post-verdict interviews, days ahead of its full airing Friday on NBC News' Dateline.

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Amber Heard says still has love for her ex-husband Johnny Dep

"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.

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Amber Heard says still has love for her ex-husband Johnny Dep

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."

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Amber Heard says still has love for her ex-husband Johnny Dep

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."