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WILD rock queen Amy Winehouse has told all about her troubled life for the first time and sensationally vowed: “I’m OFF the drugs for good!”
Speaking openly and honestly at the luxury Caribbean hideaway where she has been infuriating well-heeled hotel guests with her drunken cavorting, the junkie Rehab star declared:
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“I’ve finally escaped from hell. I’m in love again and I don’t need drugs. Look at me, I’m glowing!”
Click here to see photos of Amy Winehouse in St. Lucia
Amy revealed her secrets as the News of the World spent the last week with her on sun-kissed St Lucia.
I was there to witness the singer’s full-on craziness as she stumbled round the island with the new man in her life, 21-year-old Josh Bowman— the posh ex-public schoolboy she met after arriving at the plush all-inclusive Le Sport resort.
As shambolic hyper Amy sat still for once, she downed the latest in a never-ending flow of lethal flame-red strawberry daiquiris and:
- INSISTED she has kicked drugs for ever.
- DENOUNCED jailbird junkie husband Blake Fielder-Civil as a flop in bed.
- BRAGGED of hitting new sexual heights with hunky lover Josh.
- ADMITTED living like a “zombie” before the holiday.
- CONFESSED she could have DIED if she hadn’t got clean.
The 25-year-old tattooed singer told all during an astonishingly frank chat in the early hours of Thursday.
Dressed in her familiar holey black vest, hotpants and no shoes, she swings her dirty bare feet onto a chair on the hotel’s terrace and says: “I love it here and have never felt so happy.
BACK ON TRACK: Amy in the arms of her new man Josh
“In fact I don’t think I’m ever going home. I was supposed to go last week but I thought f*** that, I’m staying!
“Especially as I met Josh here. He couldn’t be more different from my husband, which is not a bad thing.
“Blake looks like me, a right mess. But Josh is all handsome and clean and that’s what I love about him.
“People might think we haven’t got anything in common but I get on like a house on fire with all his family despite them being so posh.
“When I’m with Josh I don’t need drugs to feel good because he makes me feel so amazing.”
She then leans forward and whispers cheekily: “We just had sex. . . can’t you tell?”
And, in one of the rare moments she ever mentions her husband, Amy reveals: “Blake was rubbish in bed. Do you know what? Almost every time I slept with him it was like I was dead.
“I don’t know what’s going on with us now and for the time being I’ve just forgotten I’m even married.
“I’m just here on my own, happy and having a good time with Josh. I’ll deal with Blake when I get back. But our whole marriage was based on doing drugs.
"So being with someone like Josh is much better for me.”
Blake's a mess.. he was rubbish in bed
Leaning back and drawing deep on one of the endless Marlboro Light cigarettes she scrounges off hotel guests, Amy adds: “Before I came out here I looked at a photo of myself in the newspaper and was horrified.
“My skin was a spotty mess and I was so pale and skinny. I thought to myself, ‘Girl, you got to sort yourself out or you’ll be dead soon.’
“I was depressed, doing drugs and had no life in me at all. Coming here has changed everything. We’re having a great time together along with all Josh’s family and friends and I just don’t want the holiday to end.
“Home is hell for me. I’ve escaped from it. There are drugs everywhere. I can’t do anything without everyone thinking I’m off my head on drugs, although half the time they were right, I WAS.
"But here I feel so calm and peaceful and for the first time I can definitely say I AM off the drugs. I haven’t touched anything since I arrived and I feel the best I have in years.”
Amy has been at the hotel since the New Year. She is believed to have shelled out a staggering £32,000 to fly out a group of friends which seems to grow by the day.
The motley crew stick out like a sore thumb amid the immaculately-dressed, champagne-sipping ladies who don their finest gowns and jewels for dinner.
By day the singer staggers around the hotel’s beach topless, and at night she doesn’t wear much more.
My first sight of Amy is an unkempt rat-like creature with a tea towel on her head scurrying through the door of the genteel piano bar, screeching in a grating Cockney accent, wearing little more than scraggy denim hotpants, a dirty bra and knotted vest.
Josh makes me feel so amazing - I'm glowing
"Many guests visibly shake their heads and groan. Their luxury break in paradise has just turned into hell.
One woman immediately gets up and leaves, declaring: “Oh no! I can’t sit through this again!”
But Amy couldn’t care less. “It’s like I’ve stepped onto a new planet and nothing can harm me here,” she tells me. “At home I seem to get in with the wrong people and just get myself in trouble.
“Yes I’ve been getting p***ed here but, compared to the states I get into back in London, this is the best behaved I’ve been in years.
“That’s why I came here and it’s worked a treat. That’s why I keep extending my stay. Look at me, I’m a different person. For the first time in my life I’ve got a suntan, although to be honest most of it is fake.
"I can’t stop slapping it on. I’ve been eating non-stop because the food’s so great here and now I’ve got some meat on my bones.
“And I’ve even done some exercise, although that was only learning how to do the trapeze at the circus school they have here.
“You should see me, I’m f***ing great at it. You wouldn’t believe I could ever walk in a straight line on a rope, but I can!
“I’ve even been in the ocean. A few months ago I wouldn’t have dreamed of it because I wouldn’t have wanted to get my beehive wet.
“But now I’ve got my new short haircut and I feel like a new woman.
Zombie
“Before I got here I was just like a zombie most days. But here I’ve got new zest for life as I’m off the drugs.
“All I’ve done is read books, sunbathe and drink cocktails. But it’s made me feel like concentrating on my career again.
"Most nights I’ve done a few songs on the piano for a laugh but I’m starting to think about recording again. I want to capture how happy I am right now in some new songs.”
Spending time with Amy is like coping with a hyperactive child. She never sits still and rabbits on, hardly stopping to draw breath.
During one evening she changed her outfit twice and the following day changed her bikini FOUR times.
She’s 25, but like some restless teenager she thinks nothing of getting up from the table and cartwheeling round the grounds. Or jumping on a random guest’s back and demanding a piggyback.
When she’s not talking or performing acrobatics she’s either dragging on a ciggie or slurping her bright red rum cocktails.
She constantly drapes herself over floppy-haired lover Josh, covering him with kisses. And she’s totally unabashed as everyone watches her drag him into the bushes.
On Wednesday night Joshua’s gran gets the attention when Amy sits on her knee and takes to the piano for the THIRD time.
“I love this woman like she’s my own nan!” declares Amy as she covers her in kisses, something she has a tendency to inflict on most of her fellow guests.
Then in her instantly recognisable husky voice Amy attempts to sing Puppy Love, Cry Me A River and The Long And Winding Road as she plonks out notes with one hand.
To say she murdered the songs might be harsh. But three hours of drinking cocktails have certainly taken their toll.
Several times Amy just stops mid-song and shouts: “Oh f***! I don’t even know this one!” Understandably she is not a hit with scores of other guests who came for a quiet break.
Earlier this week Amy narrowly escaped being arrested when she threw a drink over one 27-year-old woman—a bride who was on her honeymoon!
Confused
“I admit I did throw a glass of water over her,” she says. “I got confused and thought she’d been glaring at me that afternoon.
“But it turns out it wasn’t her at all—she was just trying to enjoy her honeymoon. She went mad and I don’t blame her. But I went over and apologised later.
“And if that’s the worst that’s happened I’m not complaining. For me, that’s being as good as gold!”
Many who have paid £200 a night to stay there don’t agree. They complain to staff endlessly.
One guest called Linda from Sheffield told us: “I’ve been here two weeks and every day I pray she’s gone home.
"But then you see her crawling out of her room looking a total mess and think, ‘Here we go again.’ She’s just allowed to run riot.
“She dresses like a cross between a tramp and a prostitute and I’ve never once seen her wear any shoes for dinner.
“She’s just out of control. Our peaceful break has been ruined by her.
“Every night we go to the piano bar and the professional player can’t entertain us because Amy’s taken over.
“And she can’t even play. She just jabs at odd notes and is usually so drunk she can barely hold a note. If I have to listen to her do Puppy Love again I think I’ll kill her.
“The first day I thought it was quite exciting having a celebrity there—but believe me, the novelty soon wears off. I can’t for a minute understand what that handsome well-spoken boy is doing with her.”
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This article has 56 comments
Josh is so fit amy is so lucky
By leanne. Posted January 16 2009 at 1:41 AM.
She is more famous for being a trainwreck of a person than for being a singer.
By Niles. Posted January 15 2009 at 5:05 PM.
Miss Anna Mac - so naive.. lol!
By Chris Jarram. Posted January 15 2009 at 11:52 AM.
yepp i dont mind amy wine house her music is greeaaat but she is messed in the head due to drugs alcohol etc just hope she can get clean and make another album
lil cully x x x x x x
By lil cully. Posted January 15 2009 at 10:26 AM.
PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE!!
For once in you're lad and miserable little lives stop putting the poor bird down! She's off the crack and I, for one, think that she looks a damn sight healthier than in these recent pics than in any seen during 08. Will the press ever stop taking bites out of the girl. Surely when most 20 something girls from North London go on holiday they drink, have sex and enjoy themselves?!?! Get over it - you're jealous!
By Miss Anna Mac. Posted January 14 2009 at 12:15 AM.
I cant stand amy winehouse, she is nothing but a glorified junkie, and she isnt that good a singer, ive heard her live and she could hardly manage to slur her words out, and when she tries to move to the music she looks like she is having some sort of jerking spasm. She is a totally over rated waste of space and a disgusting excuse for a woman, that lad in the photos looks far too good for the scrawny runt, she should crawl under a rock and stay there.
By Amy's discarded beehive. Posted January 13 2009 at 6:15 PM.
I love you Amy, I want to be your friend!
From Brazil
By renata. Posted January 13 2009 at 11:47 AM.
I love Amy, she's amazing. Unfortunately, her life in St. Lucia will end as soon as she touches down in London. I really worry that she will be straight back on the hard drugs. She needs a lot of support. Whether it's healthy or not, it would be really good if her new lover would go with her and keep an eye on her. I think she should stay there for as long as is possible to get as much of the old stuff out of her system as she can.
By Lois. Posted January 12 2009 at 11:17 PM.
This woman needs Jesus. Once this man breaks her heart she will be back stronger than ever on drugs. If a human being makes you feel that good to not want to do drugs than whats the motivation for starting drugs in the first place. This girl is wack and she is not telling the whole truth. She is a wolf in sheeps clothing. Bless her.
By Bren. Posted January 12 2009 at 6:58 PM.
Amy is the most amazing singer of her time. BUT needs to clean up. Really clean up. Just quitting drugs is not enough if she is in the bottle instead! I love her and wish her the strength to actually heal herself COMPLETELY.
By Courtney. Posted January 12 2009 at 4:45 PM.
Way to go Amy, My prayers are always with you. I think that you are truely talented and that you can beat your addictions. I do pray that you will learn to love yourself more than anyone else. No one can love you better. Best of luck to you,and I look forward to your next release!
By Juanita Jeffers. Posted January 12 2009 at 5:08 PM.
wonderful for her. she is amazing!!
By cheri. Posted January 12 2009 at 5:19 PM.
Keep going girl!!
Don't give up, you can do this. This is a new year and you have the chance to be great!!
We love you
Your friends from Miami
By Any from Miami. Posted January 12 2009 at 2:58 PM.
Amy is a bad role model for everybody. Wake up world. She can't sing, looks a mess and has ruined what could be good looks under all that window dressing. Having said that she will go far as the punks did in the 80s. Grow up Amy.
By Geoffrey Grand. Posted January 12 2009 at 8:31 AM.
well done amy hope you win your fight against the drugs,and get back to what you do best SING great
songs best of luck.
By ian holmes. Posted January 12 2009 at 1:03 AM.
It sounds like she would have ADHD...all that restlesness etc. People affected can be very artistic and creative, and suffer easily from addictions, depression... Would fit Amy.
By Tara C.. Posted January 11 2009 at 10:35 PM.
You go girl. :)
By ButlerReport. Posted January 11 2009 at 11:17 PM.
What a waste of space it is.Fantastic roll model for drunkeness,drugs & smoking.Who would want to be in the same hotel as this waste of space while on holiday.Ugly
By Deco. Posted January 11 2009 at 9:59 PM.
Well done Amy - good to hear she is enjoying herself away from that loser Blake, Hope to hear some more of her great music.
By briege. Posted January 11 2009 at 9:39 PM.
Amy may feel like she can conquer the world and all of her drug troubles whilst on holiday but I wonder how she will feel when she returns home to the real world and ordinary day to day life? Hopefully she has kicked all her old associates out of touch and then maybe she will be able to cope. Anyway I wish her good luck!!!
By Linda. Posted January 11 2009 at 9:17 PM.
i will give it a month before this hideously tattoo'd waste of space is smashed on drugs again! she is talentless anyway!
By greig. Posted January 11 2009 at 6:29 PM.
She looks like Tim Curry in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! *lol*
By Sara. Posted January 11 2009 at 6:56 PM.
I hope that she gets better and returns to what she is brilliant at - MUSIC. Her behaviour may be bad at the resort but that is for management at the hotel to deal with. As for you John I have never read such a cruel and nasty thing, wishing her dead in 6 months? John that is just a sick thing to say, I hope you feel bad for saying that.
By JW. Posted January 11 2009 at 5:48 PM.
I was in the same resort in St-Lucia for the last two weeks. I am French Canadian and I didn't really know her. She seems outgoing and outspoken but she was really friendly and sociable.
For the glass of water, I was not in the restaurant that night.
I think it's exaggerated to say that she ruined other person's holiday. People didn't seem to be upset at all. I can say that she didn't ruin my vacation.
However, she seems to need acceptance and a lot of affection.
By Magali. Posted January 11 2009 at 4:55 PM.
Addictive personality regardless of what she's currently addicted to.
By HTuttle. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:49 PM.
Yay!
Go Amy, I root for you! xoxoxo
Simona from Milano (Italy)
By Simona. Posted January 11 2009 at 4:14 PM.
Those people at the hotel should boot her. Everyone is there on vacation and to relax. They shouldn't have their vacations ruined because this "celebrity" has no respect for others and no inhibitions. If she wants to act like a wild animal in her own vacation home, then leave it to her, but others shouldn't have to suffer because she feels she can get together while stepping all over people.
By Faith Evans. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:56 PM.
Looking good amy.Cant help but to wonder what hes after!
By jen. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:29 PM.
She is just makking publicity,and Ifind her photos disgusting.
By indurani. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:38 PM.
This is the funniest article I have ever read, hats off to the journalist/s. I feel sorry for the other guests but the whole thing is just hysterical. Nice to see Amy looking healthier too.
xox
By Katy in Spain. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:18 PM.
Amy's a lil crack addict. Who needs to step out of the lime light for a year and get back in touch with her Jewish roots.
By Simon Templer. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:08 PM.
Hey richard, you're right. Amy needs to grow up, period. She hasn't suffered.
By Scott. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:51 PM.
I really hope that amy gets better
But it's either kick everything and make a real effort at rehab
Or I think as soon as she hits the uk she will be back on the other rubbish again
By Christophar nolan. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:46 PM.
amy i love you so much i'm so happy for you that you get better!!
have a good time with josh!!! love you martina from israel!!!!!
By martina. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:03 PM.
Amy has teamed up with Uk producer 'Vinni Mc' (pronounced Vinnie mack) and recorded her 1st come back song from her album and its a contraversial song which will probably be the biggest song worldwide in 2009! Out in within the next 2 months. An all UK affair that Universial have kept under their hats! Her fans will go bananas! Enjoy
By jack. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:10 PM.
"She says shes off drugs" yeah and all her problems were down to other people.
Only time will tell.
Right on Rachel.
By ste53. Posted January 11 2009 at 12:58 PM.
I'm not buying this at all. To believe that all Amy had to do was go to St. Lucia and her problems would be gone is a bit much.
I truly hope she does get her life sorted out because she is my favorite singer and I would love to see her making good music again.
But, it still remains to be seen. Good luck, Amy.
By Coldhoist. Posted January 11 2009 at 12:23 PM.
amy babe if you have got rid of the drugs great babe get rid of tatoos then i am all your babe I LOVE YOU BABE
By richard. Posted January 11 2009 at 11:54 AM.
So this young woman thinks that life is painful! She needs a dose of reality. 3 hours of bone cancer pain would get her full attention no matter how stoned or drunk she is, and perhaps would even show her what a pathetic, selfish, cowardly disgrace to her race she has become.
By Chubbarow. Posted January 11 2009 at 11:15 AM.
skanky cow!! if she had thrown a drink over me on my honeymoon i would have smacked the dirty cow one!!
By Gaynor. Posted January 11 2009 at 11:09 AM.
Hello to all you wounderful news of the world readers , best paper ever worldwide and a stalwart.Studini here.
Amy looks great and she won over bad times and looks now like a glamour lady of fantastic talent , and wacks a good tune out , what more do you want jam on it.
I hope british people realize she is the most talented female lady singer since Judy Garland , we should all be proud of Amy , thumbs up and toes .
Thank you to you all for reading my post have a loverly day from Studini avid reader of the news of the world.
By studini. Posted January 11 2009 at 10:42 AM.
I hope she heads for the hairdressers soon what a mullet !!!!
By Mr James Grant. Posted January 11 2009 at 10:16 AM.
At her best? A drunk, dirty, paranoid and desperately needing house training. Amy takes attention seeking and oblivion of others to a whole new level. I love the way she doesn't think it matters if she assaulted someone because she said sorry later. How gracious of you, you skanky animal.
By Rachel. Posted January 11 2009 at 10:00 AM.
good to the girl .amy will sort her self out you can see that allready and as for that blake bloke what a waster .let him rot for what hes done to amy
By malc. Posted January 11 2009 at 9:11 AM.
when people are on holiday they do feel great an say a lot of things, hope you'll still be saying your off the drugs when your back here after afew weeks/months? anyway, good luck to you amy :)
By elaine. Posted January 11 2009 at 9:00 AM.
well amy is on holiday , you are supposed to enjoy and let your hair down or whats the point , its so good to see amy well and looking good , i hope she can find somewhere to live away from the evil drug dealers , and friends she doesnt need that uses them now she is clean , i just hope this guy isnt it to further his career and send amy on a downward spiral , she is a magnificent singer we want amy back to her best , i wish her good luck and happiness
By marg. Posted January 11 2009 at 7:59 AM.
Well done Amy.
Addiction is a difficult ILLNESS to overcome, I dont think you ever do, but heroin habits can be broken.
A proper english rose xxx
By Terry. Posted January 11 2009 at 6:41 AM.
AMY HAS HE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET
SHE IS LOOKING GREAT, FEELING GOOD AND HAS BEATEN HER HABBIT AND FEELS SAFE IN HER CARRIBEA HAVEN
BUT AND I SAY....BUT HER HOME ENVIRONMENT BACK IN ENGLAND IS A CRACK-COCAINE PARADISE WITH THE FREINDS THAT TAKE IT AND HOW RIFE IT IS IN CELEB WORLD.. THAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE..
personally i think amy should for her own health emigrate and only come back when she is 100% strong enough... yes she is drinking and its worrying if she is leaving one addiction to go to another but i think she is just letting her hair down so good-luck to her
By fiona. Posted January 11 2009 at 6:22 AM.
TO BE HONEST I THINK IF SHE IS HAPPY AND OFF THE DRUGS THEN THATS GREAT, SHE LOST HER WAY AND NOW SEEMS TO BE HOPEFULL OF HER FUTURE, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR SOME NEW SONGS FROM HER AND HOPEFULLY SEE SOME MORE PASSIONATE PERFORMANCES FROM HER, SHE OBVIOUSLY. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DOUBT HER SHOULD GET A GRIP AN ACTUALLY LEARN A FEW MORE TIPS ABOUT LIFE BEFORE MAKING JUDGEMENTS, MEDIA HYPE SEEMS TO TAKE OVER PEOPLES VIEWS AND OPINIONS.
GOOD LUCK AMY
By EMMA M. Posted January 11 2009 at 4:46 AM.
Doesn't Amy realize that alcohol is still a drug? She has to be able to conquer that addiction before she can declare that she is finished with drugs.
By Cecil Archer. Posted January 11 2009 at 3:20 AM.
Why is Linda from Sheffield still going to the bar if Amy is getting on her nerves? She's on holiday, not the owner! God it must be an absolute nightmare listening to an award winning amazing singer when you pop over to St Lucia for a bit of a break!!!
I hope Amy's having a great time away from the crap she gets in the UK!
By k_HMF. Posted January 11 2009 at 2:47 AM.
It looks like he needs her about as much as she needs positive publicity.
Wasters.
By GordonBrown4evR. Posted January 11 2009 at 1:52 AM.
LMAO yeah ok Amy, whatever you say.
By Chris J. Posted January 11 2009 at 1:24 AM.
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Heard it all before.
She'll be dead in 6 months from
an overdose.
Thank God!
By john. Posted January 11 2009 at 12:59 AM.
Yes, this is terrific news. I hate to listen to the boring middle-class English on holiday. They are more embarrassing than any other race, including the Germans. Let;s hope Amy quickly gets divorced from the Blake loser, and completes her 3rd album.
By Keith Price. Posted January 11 2009 at 1:09 AM.
That linda from sheffield should bring some more respect towards Amy Winehouse.
She won the most Grammy Awards in 2008 and is the best singer nowadays. And she just did rehab and is off the drugs.
You can't await that Amy's just perfect from one moment to the other!
And about Amy now: really great that she got the points she had to understand! now I think there is really some hope for her future.
I hope she'll do it and I also think now, she can.
So go on Amy :)
By Jack White III. Posted January 10 2009 at 11:47 PM.