Amy Winehouse’s boyfriend Reg Traviss has broken his silence on what would have been her 28th birthday, over the death of the singer, saying that she was just a normal girl who "liked watching TV a lot".
Traviss also admitted that he was supposed to be over in Winehouse’s Camden apartment the night before she died on July 23.
Speaking to The Sun, Traviss said:"We were talking on Friday and I was going to go over, because I was finishing up late at work, but I couldn't get hold of her, so I thought she must have fallen asleep,"
"I sat in and read a book, still no call back. Met some friends and had a drink, still no call or anything. So I went home, sent her a text, saying I was staying up watching a DVD and told her to call as soon as she woke up. If I'd gone over there, I'd have woken her up. We'd have sat up all night watching films."
The next day as he was prepared for a wedding they were supposed to be attending together, he got the heart-breaking new.
He said, "I'd gone out to get all my stuff ready for the wedding. It was on a Saturday. I was calling her but couldn't get hold of her.
"I was going to go over with a takeaway on the Saturday night and sit in. We were going to the wedding on the Sunday.
Winehouse tragically passed away on July 23
"I had appointments on Saturday morning - normal things. A haircut, pick up shoes and my suit for the wedding. I was thinking it was a bit strange she hadn't called. I thought I'd get all my stuff done and then head over.
"As I left the hairdresser, I saw I had a missed call from Amy's security guy. She was always misplacing her phone, so I thought she had probably just borrowed his.
"I thought, 'I won't call now, I'll go to my office and pick up some shoes I'd left there and call when I get back'. When I got to the office I rang and spoke to the security guy.
"He just said, 'Reg. Something terrible has happened'. You could tell in his voice. He said, 'You better get here straight away'. And that was it. I dropped everything and went."
"Of all the people I have known, Amy was the most genuine. She lived a very normal life. She was really good to live with. She liked watching TV a lot. She liked to make me something to eat when I got in from work. She liked making food and cooking. That was important to her.
"If I got home late she would wait up. She was maybe a bit old-fashioned.
"She was very feminine. She was domestic, she enjoyed being like that."
The Amy Winehouse Foundation has officially launched today, while Amy's duet with Tony Bennett has also been released.
