In a latest interview with The Instances of London, the 62-year-old made uncommon feedback about elevating his youngsters, Lily-Rose and Jack, noting how “years get away from us.”

His daughter — who has made a reputation for herself as an actress — is now 26 years previous, whereas his son Jack is 23 and has maintained his privateness.

“Oh man, my youngsters rising up within the south of France of their youth? I used to be Papa. I can not let you know how a lot I liked being Papa,” Depp stated.

He shares his youngsters with ex Vanessa Paradis, who has an property in France. The household then moved to Los Angeles the place Depp turned simply “Dad.”

“Then, abruptly, Papa was out the window. I used to be Dad,” he defined of what occurred after the transfer. “However Papa was superior and I am getting sufficiently old for Papa to presumably come again. Some motherf–ker’s going to should name me Papa!”

It is uncommon to listen to Depp open up about his youngsters. He even revealed {that a} portray hanging behind him for the interview was a portrait he’d created of his daughter, whom he and Paradis welcomed collectively in 1999.

“I by no means completed it,” Depp stated. “She was 10 then.”

The Pirates of the Caribbean star admitted he’s affected by “empty-nest syndrome” and informed the reporter that he’s in “envy” as a result of they nonetheless had small youngsters at residence.

The actor recalled his household’s time within the “south of France” the place he and Paradis raised their youngsters, describing it as “the one place that ever felt like residence.”

Depp and Paradis, who break up in 2012 after 14 years collectively, selected to lift their youngsters out of the highlight in an property close to St. Tropez that he purchased in 2001. House for Depp now’s between London and the Bahamas.

Paradis beforehand revealed that she was the one who picked France because the household’s residence base.

The couple’s two youngsters had been raised bilingual and communicate each French and English.