Amy Winehouse’s Mother-In-Law: Rehab For My Son? No No No
As upset as I get at the family of Amy Winehouse for standing by (and occasionally bursting out in song) while Amy burns, I get just as upset at the family of hubby Blake Whatever-Whatever. In the latest chapter of this sad, sordid saga, Blake’s own mother says that what her widdle boy needs is not rehab, but just to come back and live at home:
“I don’t think rehab is the answer,” Georgette Civil tells PEOPLE of her son, currently serving a jail sentence for assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
What is the answer? “Coming home to us,” Civil says.
Fielder-Civil, 26, has been in jail since November 2007, and media reports said his application for early release this Christmas has been denied.
“We don’t know when he will be released,” Civil says. “I can’t really say because I don’t want to jeopardize our efforts.”
So let me get this straight. Blake has already been offered two deals which would have allowed him to walk out of jail early…one was to go straight to rehab and one was to go live at his mother’s house, both of which he turned down. Let me repeat that for you, Mrs. Whatever-Whatever…he was offered a chance to come live with you as a condition of his early release and he turned it down. What part of “I don’t want t’live wif mah mum” is a foreign language to you? He has sent a message loud and clear…he would rather stay in jail than to go live with mummy.
And what is up with this “He doesn’t need rehab” crap? Her son is a drug addict. He has openly talked about doing drugs. He has been photographed doing drugs in jail. He has been busted with drugs in jail. Kicking drugs is incredibly difficult…most people can’t do it with just willpower or the love of family. Some homemade chicken soup and some nice footie jammies won’t do it. Both Blake and Amy need intensive, serious help to end their drug habits once and for all. It is hard, but it can be done.
On a side note, she also reveals that she doesn’t speak to Amy, and feels the singer is to blame for her pwecious baby not being released early:
She says, “I don’t speak to Amy. I focus all my efforts on my son and getting him out.
“I probably spoke with her one more time after court [Fielder-Civil's trial in June].
“I feel all the media attention on Amy has probably had an impact on my son’s release. That’s probably the hardest part of all. As a mother, what would any mother think when she sees Amy? It has had a huge impact.”
Once again, see my point above, where Blake himself turned down two chances to get out of jail early because they were not on his terms, and where Blake himself was busted in jail for violations of the rules. It isn’t Amy’s fault that Blake is a drugged up chucklehead…he was like that before Amy came along. Perhaps mumsy should look a bit closer to home when looking for people to blame in this whole screwed-up soap opera.
I used to wonder just what happened to make Amy and Blake the way they are…now, not so much.
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I have watched Amy since I first discovered her Back to Black album and seen her slowly get caught up in drugs, and I agree that her wonderfully dreadful husband Blake is the cause of it. It just makes me want to snatch her up and MAKE her go to a rehab and sober her up. She is a wonderful talent and she had the world by the tail and could have done anything. It just makes you sick that someone as strong as her is lost. Most people get well when they reach rock bottom and dont have any money left, but Amy wont last to see the end of hers.:~(
Comment by DONNA — October 14, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
“I don’t want t’live wif mah mum”
Love the accent… lol
Comment by glp — October 20, 2008 @ 1:02 pm