Mother 'glad' Amy's husband is jailed
The mother of Amy Winehouse says she is glad the singer's husband is behind bars. Janis Winehouse declared: "Thank God he's gone inside."
Blake Fielder-Civil was arrested and remanded in jail earlier this month accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. A distraught Amy has vowed to stick by him.
But her mother told First magazine that their separation could be what Amy needs to kick her heroin addiction. "Everyone else can see it, but Amy chooses not to," Janis said.
The 52-year-old believes Fielder-Civil introduced her daughter to hard drugs. "I think he introduced her to them and now she thinks, 'Oh, this is good, this is OK.' I think she's still a child. Personally, I think it's overtaken her a bit," she claimed.
Since Fielder-Civil's arrest, Amy has seemingly gone into meltdown.
She was booed on the first night of her UK tour and threatened members of the crowd, saying: "Wait 'til my husband gets out of incarceration."
But Janis said she is less worried about her daughter now that Fielder-Civil is in prison. "I step back, look at life and think, well, they've put him away. I can see life taking care of the situation. I was more worried when they were together. I think, while they are apart, she will wake up and think, 'What have I done?'
"Again, it's a sense of fate. Thank God he's gone inside. Because it's also a case of now he's going to learn."
Janis stopped short of saying she wanted the couple to split. "If the relationship is meant to be, it will survive this. But Amy's got to love him for him, not because she feels sorry for him or because he's got her doped up - not for anything other than that she has respect for him," she said.
Janis said she had never confronted her 24-year-old daughter about drugs.
And she blamed Amy's wayward behaviour on a "late adolescence", adding: "The music came too much, too soon, but her talent has turned on her."
She told the magazine: "I hope Amy has not been taking drugs long enough for it to be a real addiction. I don't think she's stupid enough to actually keep going. Most people who are hooked on heroin don't have anything else in their life, but Amy has her music, her career, and a loving family."
Fielder-Civil, 25, was one of five men arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
He is due to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday.
