Ex-wife claims she had agency in pop star's suicide and denies responsibility
Blake Fielder-Civil stated during his first-ever public appearance that Amy Winehouse "had the power to choose" her own fate, explicitly rejecting accusations of being responsible for her death. He revealed they discussed reconciling just days before she died on March 23 in a London hotel room where he was present but claimed no intervention occurred regarding Class A drugs or alcohol consumption by either party during that period.
Key Points
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1Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil stated in an exclusive interview that she had 'agency' over the circumstances of his own passing.
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2He explicitly claimed he is not responsible for her death, despite previous accusations regarding drug introduction and their divorce history.
Developments
Blake Fielder, ex-husband and former partner in addiction with pop legend Amy Winehouse, stated on the We Need To Talk podcast that she died from alcohol poisoning while they were married for two years before divorcing in 2009. He described their relationship as intense but denied being responsible for her death during his first long-form interview about meeting at age twenty and sharing a life of mutual struggles with substance abuse until July 23, 2011
Amy Winehouse's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil revealed on a podcast released March 16, stating the couple discussed reconciling just days before her death from alcohol poisoning in 2013. While serving his own prison sentence for domestic burglary at the time of disclosure, he expressed no regrets about their relationship and believed they would have remained together had she not died prematurely.
In a rare interview for We Need To Talk podcast host Paul C Brunson. Blake Fielder-Civil stated he is not solely responsible for Amy Winehouse's death and denied being the sole manipulator of her drug use, while acknowledging his role in their destructive dynamic but emphasizing that she had agency over her actions