Parents at Odds Over Winehouse Troubles

Aug 29, 06:03 PM

Current Headlines: THE parents of both troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil were publicly at odds over the pair's drug problems yesterday.

Amy's father-in-law, Giles Fielder-Civil, urged the singer's record company to do more to stop the couple taking drugs.

He also called on fans to stop buying Winehouse's records - to send a message to the pair to sort out their problems.

But Winehouse's father, Mitch, defended the record company and said that telling fans to boycott his daughter's albums was "clutching at straws".

They gave interviews on Radio 5 Live as fears continue to grow for the married couple.

Winehouse, who has cancelled a string of performances, was recently seen bloodstained and covered in scratches after quitting rehab with her husband.

The singer shocked her fans with her blood-soaked ballet shoes, bruises to her neck, bandages on her arms and make-up smeared down her face.

Brit-award winner Winehouse was admitted to hospital earlier this month after a reported overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

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