Giles and Georgette Fielder-Civil, parents of Amy Winehouse's husband, Blake, have called for her music to be boycotted until the couple overcome their apparent drug addiction.
In a heartbreakingly honest, in-depth, interview that is currently posted on the BBC Entertainment page, they urge Amy and Blake to go to rehab.
You can read a summary HERE.
Blake's parents fear that the couple's using is so out-of control and their denial so strong that they may both die within the next year if they don't seek treatment.
Interestingly, they concur with my earlier blog about the record company sticking their head in the sand- because "all publicity is good publicity"; and let's not forget that from a business point-of-view if Amy dies her 2 albums will sell well.
It is because of this lack of support from her record company, Island, part of Universal Records, that they are appealing directly to her fans to put pressure on her company to DO SOMETHING.
So, if you are a fan you may like to send a message to them via her Universal Records web-site.
They also urge MTV and others to not award Amy any awards at the moment- because it may entrench her denial.
I question this aspect of their appeal: because awards may raise her self-worth. But agree that any music industry awards ceremony is not exactly a "safe space".
One of my first big-time coke dealers worked for a major label and everyone knew what he did as a side-line.
A "friend" who was a coke dealer used to make a drop every Friday to the CEO of another major label.
So, from my experience of the industry- don't expect the seriousness of cocaine addiction to be prioritised any time soon.
But we can live in hope.
A blog about identity and difference: the path to discover who I am, understand my addictions and the madness of the years Out There. A blog with a good heart that will seek to educate, inform and entertain (a bit like the BBC but not so straight).
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