My regular readers know that Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are by far my favorite celebrity couple. Mostly keeping to themselves in one of their several homes around the planet including a private island, they raise their kids and love each other in private. Which is such an amazing feat that to hear most celebrities tell it..it just can’t be done. Right.

The way Johnny and Vanessa stay out of the spotlight proves that 99.9% of celebrities are full of shit and love having their pictures made and being in the spotlight.

Since we get so little from them by way of paparazzi shots or even red carpet events..I always get excited when I read a good interview from one of them. This month Van is the cover girl for Harpers Bazaar UK as well as posing with Karl Lagerfield on the cover of  Madame Figaro. Most fashion insiders seem surprised that she got the cover of such a big mag..but I’m not sure why. In addition to being Johnny D’s baby momma she’s a well established French actress/model/singer and muse.

You can read excerpts from the sweet interview after then jump…don’t blame me if you get all gooey when you read the line about ‘taming each other’….sweetness.

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Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp are one of the most private couples in showbiz. So much so that it’s rare to spot them out in public together, never mind on the red carpet.

But in an exclusive interview with Harper’s Bazaar magazine, Vanessa unveils some intimate details of their life together. The actress, singer and Chanel model describes her relationship with the 47-year-old Pirates Of The Caribbean actor as the “mutual taming of two kindred rebel spirits. We tamed each other”.

She goes on: “Johnny is a very special guy, he has so many talents. He is a wonderful father and does so many different things so well.”

Unlike Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie who are hounded by the paparazzi and extremely high profile, Vanessa and Johnny keep themselves to themselves, shunning the Hollywood limelight for a quieter, more normal life in France.

Vanessa explains their reasoning behind this decision: “Our jobs make us do extraordinary things, and we travel and see lots, but the rest of the time we’re quite quiet. We are apart a lot, but talk every day. We don’t go to many parties or do a lot of red carpet. I prefer to be at home or working, and we can work anywhere. Nowadays with technology, you can record pretty much any place.”

The couple have two children together – Lily-Rose,11, and Jack, 8, not to mention four homes, a Caribbean island, and a yacht. There have been incessant rumours in the press that the pair are planning on buying a property in the UK but Vanessa says otherwise: “Apparently, we are buying a house every year… I surely dream of a house in England, but it has not happened yet.”

She also said: “I don’t think French women have more style. Maybe it’s because Paris is a city where you walk in. In America, everyone drives, and you cannot see what anyone is wearing when they are locked in a car. Here, everyone checks out each other. We communicate with clothes here more and, as a result, inspire one another.”

The 37-year-old beauty – who is one of the faces of French fashion house Chanel – also revealed how she has given up smoking to help stop the ageing process.

She told Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I quit smoking roll-ups, which helps enormously; that’s it. I do drink lots of water, though I like wine – Bordeaux.”

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