Late singer Amy Winehouse’s partner Blake Fielder-Civil recently had an interview on Amy’s 40th birthday and opened up about her passing. When Blake was asked what he would do differently had he had another chance, he answered:
“Almost everything.”
He then revealed that he wasn’t unfamiliar with the drug, and emphasized how young and unexperienced he was:
“Before me and Amy did that together [taking heroin], I had tried it a few times, so I recognize in myself now – and this is part of being kinder to myself – I didn’t know what I was doing. I wasn’t going into that with the intention of this happening.”
Blake also suggested that anyone who knows him from Amy’s close circle knows him well enough to know about his intentions:
“I don’t think anyone that loved Amy, her family, or her friends would ever think that this is what I would have wanted. Equally, I think that they would’ve said Amy wouldn’t have wanted me to have taken the burden for the last 10-plus years.”
In a separate interview, Fielder-Civil mentioned that he got used to the constant criticism he received from fans and pointed out that the accusing towards him has been around for almost ten years:
“I do [get blamed], and that’s ok. I can’t change what other people feel about that, but for me personally, I needed to stop carrying that burden. I’ve carried it for over ten years. I’m the only person within that story that’s ever held any accountability.”
He also emphasized the fact that he was young himself. He also mentioned the key elements of Winehouse’s songs:
“I tried to say I made some huge mistakes. I was a 20-something-old drug addict, and I had no idea how to make myself clean, let alone someone else. There were vested interests in Amy carrying on performing, too. The fragility is what people connected with in the (her) albums.”
Amy Winehouse’s band will have a one-off tribute concert in honor of her 40th birthday. The concert is set to take place on December 22 in her hometown, Camden.
