Amber Heard has said she stands by "every word" of her abuse allegations against Johnny Depp despite losing a six-week libel trial against him.

In her first interview since the verdict two weeks ago, the actress claimed she "paid the price" for speaking out against her famous ex-husband.

She told NBC News: "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."

In reference to Depp's claim in court that he never hit her, Heard was asked: "Is that a lie?". She told NBC News: "Yes, it is."

.@SavannahGuthrie: [Depp's lawyer] said you were acting in your testimony.

Amber Heard: “Says the lawyer for the man who convinced the world he had scissors for fingers? ...I listened to weeks of testimony [saying] I'm a terrible actress. I'm a bit confused how I could be both.”

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 14, 2022

Depp sued Heard for libel over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post in December 2018. In it she described herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse."

Depp denied all her allegations during the trial. A jury in Fairfax, Virginia, just outside Washington, awarded him damages of more than $10 million.

In her interview, Heard said: "This is the most humiliating and horrible thing I've ever been through.

"I have never felt more removed from my own humanity. I felt less than human."

She said her marriage to Depp had been "very, very toxic" and that "we were awful to each other".

The actress said: "I did do and say horrible, regrettable things throughout my relationship. I behaved in horrible, almost unrecognisable-to-myself ways. I have so much regret."

She said she would not blame the public for thinking "this is Hollywood brats at their worst".

But she claimed the way the trial played out was an example of social media "gone haywire, gone amok".

She said: "I think even the most well-intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this. I don't blame them.

"Every single day I passed three, four, sometimes six city blocks lined with people holding signs saying 'Burn the witch' and 'Death to Amber'."