Helena Bonham Carter not jealous

Helena Bonham Carter loves the close friendship her partner Tim Burton shares with Johnny Depp, and says the actor is a firm favourite in their household.

The 'Harry Potter' actress doesn't get jealous of her long-term partner's close relationship with the actor and says the big screen hunk is a firm favourite with their children Billy, nine, and Nell, five.

Asked if she gets jealous, Helena said: 'No, because Tim is not having sex with Johnny! No, I rejoice in the friendship! Johnny is a marvellous man and a wonderful friend.

'He is also godfather to our son Billy, and they have a wonderful relationship because Johnny is a dad himself. In Billy's eyes, Uncle Johnny can do no wrong.'

While she doesn't feel jealous, the eccentric British star - who has been in a relationship with Tim since 2001 - struggles to understand American humour and often feels left out of the filmmaker's conversations with Johnny.

She laughed: 'I don't actually understand what Johnny and Tim joke about. Culturally, they have had the same childhood - and I haven't. So I don't get a lot of the same telly references. They try and explain what the joke is and I just go, 'huh?' '

Helena and Johnny bonded over their mutual hatred of seeing themselves on screen and she can't even bring herself to watch her own films.

She admitted: 'I can never ever watch anything I'm in. I can't stand it. Neither can Johnny. And if it's all right for Johnny Depp to boycott his own films, I'm damned sure that it is totally OK for me.'