The Johnny Depp Vanessa Paradis breakup from last summer, finally shows some details, as Depp spoke with Rolling Stone about the end in their July 4th issue.  

Even though it's been year since the former-model and mother to Depp's two children, 14-year-old Lily-Rose and 11 year-old Jack, split with the Captain Jack Sparrow actor, they've kept silent about the details of the split.

This stands in stark contrast to the tabloid and rumor-filled splits Depp had with former fiancé, Winona Ryder, and paramour, Kate Moss.

But it hasn't been all smooth sailing for the soon-to-be Tonto in The Long Ranger set to hit theaters just in time for July 4th weekend. 

"The last couple years have been a bit bumpy," Depp said in a one-on-one with Rolling Stone's Brian Hiatt. "At times, certainly unpleasant, but that's the nature of breakups, I guess, especially when there are kiddies involved."

Depp's two kids, on the preceipice of adolescence, were his primary motivation for staying sober during the split too. 

The 50-year-old actor is known for his love of the fine wines in the South of France where he co-habited with Paradis during their nearly decade and a half partnership.

Said Depp, "In terms of the breakup, I definitely wasn't going to rely on the drink to ease things or cushion the blow or cushion the situation," he admitted.

"Cause that could have been fatal. I felt it was my duty to be real clear throughout that. I had something pretty serious to focus on, really, which was making sure that my kids were gonna be cool."

His kids were cool, he told Rolling Stone, but Depp's new role as Tonto in the blockbuster that some movie rags are saying cost over $250 million to film, isn't so simple. 

There are action sequences and a lot of special effects as Depp's Tonto joins Armie Hammer as John Reid, and the eponymous Lone Ranger.

But Depp was mindful of the tricky divide in playing a Comanche Native American who fights against the duplicitous United States Cavalry during the film's obviously pyrrhic victory, as history has taught us.

Said Depp about his role in providing a model for the kids who are dealing with drinking and drug problems in the scarce--and getting scarcer--Native American reservations around the country:

"I wanted to maybe give some hope to kids on the reservations... They're living without running water and seeing problems with drugs and booze. But I wanted to be able to show these kids, 'Fuck that! You're still warriors, man.'"  

While Depp may inspire some Native American children to be more proud of their heritage as "warriors," it's his own kids he worries about the most, especially after he broke up with their mom and started casually dating his Rum Diary co-star, Amanda Heard.

Said Depp of his two kids:

"They've been incredibly understanding, incredibly strong throughout the whole ordeal. And it's hard on every side. You know, Vanessa's side, certainly not easy. My side, not easy. The kids are the most complicated,' he explained. 

"The thing is, kiddies come first. You can't shield them, because then you'd be lying. So you can at least be honest with your kids, and you say the absolute truth to your child - that was very important to not pussyfoot around."

No word on whether he mentioned the Heard dalliance, whom Depp escorted in his private jet (his net worth is hovering around $300 million after the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise success) soon before announcing his breaking things off with Paradis.