Johnny Depp, after a purported drinking relapse months back, blamed a missed media conference in Tokyo on Tuesday on a Chupacabra attack. 
 
 The 51-year-old, in Japan to promote his new film Mortdecai, told reporters Wednesday, “I was attacked yesterday morning by a very rarely seen or experienced animal called ‘chupacabra.’ 
 
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 “I fought with it for hours: they’re very persistent, very mean. And I’m pretty sure it came into my suitcase. I threw him off the 23rd floor, so we’ll never see him again. Thank you for understanding.” 
 
 While the tongue-in-cheek explanation was amusing — Depp purportedly was actually suffering from a cold — the no-show from the usually-reliable actor might have sparked some concerns: After a slurred, profanity-laced speech during the Hollywood Film Awards in November, sources last month told The National ENQUIRER that Depp relapsed in battling his alcohol demons. 
 
 And after Depp missed the Dec. 8 premiere of his movie Into The Woods, he was compelled by family, friends and associates to seek help. Sources said he tried a home rehab program to set things straight. 
 
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 The quirky Hollywood veteran, in 2013, told Rolling Stone that he never had “the physical need for the drug alcohol,” but more of a “self-medication. 
 
 “I just decided that I pretty much got everything I could out of it. I investigated wine and spirits thoroughly, and they certainly investigated me as well, and we found out that we got along beautifully, but maybe too well.”
– Rumors have been flying that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were going to marry this weekend, based in part on the typically reliable People saying it was so. Instead, Depp and Heard got married Tuesday, sources tell Us. They wed at Depp's home in West Hollywood, and People, which also confirmed the news with a source, notes that its previously reported Bahamas ceremony is still happening this weekend on Depp's private island. Depp, 51, and Heard, 28, have been dating since 2012 after meeting while filming The Rum Diary; Depp was previously with Vanessa Paradis for 14 years; they never married though they have two children together. (Depp recently said he was attacked by a chupacabra.)