Blake Fielder Civil has insisted his relationship to the late singer Amy Winehouse was not fuelled by drugs, and they ‘only used drugs for six months of their marriage.’
Blake, 36, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday to talk about his relationship with the late star, who died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.
Piers Morgan offered that their ‘tempestuous’ relationship was ‘driven a lot by drugs’, an accusation Blake was keen to have his say on.
Speaking out: Blake Fielder Civil has insisted his relationship to the late singer Amy Winehouse was not fuelled by drugs, and they ‘only used drugs for six months of their marriage’
‘No it wasn’t, it wasn’t,’ he told Piers. ‘This is something that needs to be addressed. In six or seven years that me and Amy were on and off together, tempestuous perhaps is… if you want to call it that.’
‘We had one break for awhile, we had one argument that was in the press.’
‘The drug things is something that has been attributed to me for years but in fact me and Amy only used drugs together for maybe six months of our marriage, that was it. And before that Amy didn’t use drugs, she smoked cannabis, I did heroin maybe four or five times.’
His say: Blake appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday to talk about his relationship with the late star, who died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27
‘Do you feel any responsibility?’ Piers asked Blake, who was married to Amy from 2007-2009. ‘Always, always but also I’m not ready to be the only person anymore. I feel I am the only person who has taken responsibility and has done since Amy was alive.’
‘I feel that maybe since the last film about Amy came out two years ago, the documentary, there has been a certain sort of shift in blame to other parties.’
‘Amy didn’t do anything Amy didn’t want to do. I will always carry a burden of guilt. I feel how I should have acted.’
Hitting back: Piers Morgan offered that their ‘tempestuous’ relationship was ‘driven a lot by drugs’, an accusation Blake was keen to have his say on
Clash: ‘No it wasn’t, it wasn’t,’ he told Piers. ‘This is something that needs to be addressed’
He now has a partner and two children, but he continued: ‘When Amy passed away we had spoken quite recently before she passed away. She mentioned that our relationship was something that was always going to be there, I knew that. I think my partner has made peace with the fact that if Amy was still here. I don’t know what would happen. Anyone who has been through bereavement probably feels the same thing.’
Blake also questioned the motives behind a new show featuring a hologram of Amy which is due to tour worldwide, as he hit out at those ‘cashing in’ on the late star.
‘The idea that it’s anything remotely like Amy to me is completely misleading,’ he said. He continued: ‘It’s old footage, it can’t be anything new. It can’t have the same interaction to Amy, it can’t be the same… I’m a bit concerned… there would be no human element to it.
Drugs: Blake said: ‘The drug things is something that has been attributed to me for years but in fact me and Amy only used drugs together for maybe six months of our marriage’
TV appearance; Blake has kept away from the spotlight in recent years and has a partner and two children
He added he hadn’t spoken to her father Mitch or anyone involved to voice his reservations: ‘No, I haven’t. I’ve only just heard about it a few weeks ago.
‘I object to every opportunity that has been made… It seems since Amy passed away seven years ago there has been three films, one in the making and a hologram tour, I can’t see many other reasons for this tour [other than cashing in].’
The Winehouse family have said proceeds from the tour would go to Amy’s charity foundation to help young people through alcohol and drug addiction programmes.
Piers pointed out that Blake himself has previously been paid to speak about his relationship, but he replied: ‘It wasn’t life changing money. I’ve turned down many, many things,’ he insisted.
troubled: Amy and Blake married in 2007 but divorced two years later following Blake’s time in prison. They maintained an on/off relationship until her death in 2011 (pictured in August 2007)
‘The story I sold was more about me taking responsibility for the situation Amy was in at the time. I guess I was [cashing in].’
Asked if he regretted that: ‘Of course I do. To call it cashing in is a bit misleading, I would have done it without any money, in fact the first story I did I didn’t take a payment. The reason I ended up taking money, was because I had been in a situation through the media for my own doing where I found it really hard to get a job for a long time, I couldn’t really earn money in any other way it felt like.’
Amy soared to fame upon the release of Frank in 2003, as she gained both critical and commercial success with the debut as her jazz-inspired vocals won fans all over before her second album Back To Black’s introduction three years later.
Icon: Blake also questioned the motives behind a new show featuring a hologram of Amy which is due to tour worldwide, as he hit out at those ‘cashing in’ on the late star
Marriage: Piers pointed out that Blake himself has previously been paid to speak about his relationship, but he replied: ‘It wasn’t life changing money. I’ve turned down many things’
In a heartbreaking turn of fate, the London-born icon’s dazzling career was plighted by her demons after she fell into the clutches of drink and drug addiction before passing away in 2011, after being found dead in her bed due to alcohol poisoning.
It was announced in October that the life of Amy will be made into a film after her family signed a deal to make a biopic charting the late singer’s rise to fame before her tragic death aged 27.
The Back To Black hitmaker’s father Mitch, said although the family had been approached many times, they now felt the time was right to celebrate Amy’s life, seven years after the acclaimed songstress died from alcohol poisoning.
Monumental Pictures’ Alison Owen – the mother of Lily and Alfie Allen – along with Debra Hayward will produce the film.
It will be adapted for the silver screen by Kinky Boots writer Geoff Deane, with filming due to start in 2019.
Talent: Amy soared to fame upon the release of Frank in 2003, as she gained both critical and commercial success with the debut