WINEHOUSE’S FATHER FAKED ILLNESS OVER DRUG PROBLEMS
AMY WINEHOUSE’s father MITCH was so terrified about his daughter’s raging drug habit he pretended he was dying in a bid to make her quit.
The troubled star sank deep into drug addiction over the last two years and nearly lost her life following an accidental overdose in 2007.
Her dad admits he was so concerned, he pretended to have a serious medical condition in a bid to shock the singer into quitting.
And last August (08) Mitch even faked a heart attack as part of his ploy to help his daughter.
He says, "I just didn’t know which way to turn. I’d tried everything. I pretended I was seriously ill and even got one doctor to tell her I was dying. Once I even started screaming and said I was having a heart attack, but it didn’t work. Amy’s not stupid and she wanted to see my medical records proving I was actually ill." After several failed stints in rehab, the singer fled her native Britain at the end of last year (08), spending eight months in the Caribbean in a bid to kick her drug habit.
And Mitch is convinced the extended break has finally rid Winehouse of drugs for good - she is officially clean.
He adds, "One of the conditions for her American visa is that she’s drug free. The tests were taken by the doctor who reports to the U.S. Embassy and they’ve come back negative. It’s not me being a deluded father - the truth is there for all to see." Mitch also claims his daughter has shaken off her eating disorders, adding, "She doesn’t binge on chocolate any more. She’s no longer a bulimic. She’s healthy."
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