Winehouse family clash with husband over drug abuse

THE parents of troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil were publicly at odds over the pair’s drug problems yesterday.

Amy’s father-in-law, Giles Fielder-Civil, urged the singer’s record company to do more to stop the couple taking drugs.

He also called on fans to stop buying Winehouse’s records — to send a message to the pair to sort out their problems.

But Winehouse’s father, Mitch, defended the record company and said telling fans to boycott her albums was “clutching at straws”.

Winehouse, who has cancelled a string of performances, was recently seen bloodstained and covered in scratches after quitting rehab with her husband.

Brit-award winner Winehouse was admitted to hospital earlier this month after a reported overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

Mr Fielder-Civil told the Victoria Derbyshire programme on Radio 5 Live: “We believe that the record company should be proactive in helping the couple get better. They’re hiding behind a label that the pair aren’t drug addicts, they’re exhausted or whatever.”

After the interview, Winehouse’s father rang the show to tell the “story of Amy’s family”.

“There’s no question of the record company or her family trying to work her to the bone.

“There’s only one person to blame and that’s Amy. That’s what Blake’s parents have got to understand.”