Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband is speaking out — and pushing back on one of the most controversial narratives surrounding her tragic death.
Blake Fielder-Civil, who had a famously toxic, on-and-off relationship with the late singer, broke his silence in a rare interview this week, addressing the long-standing belief that he was to blame for her death at 27.
“I never shirk from any responsibility,” he said on the We Need to Talk podcast. “If I’ve done something, I’ll put my hand up to it.”
Still, he made it clear he rejects the idea that he alone is responsible for Winehouse’s 2011 death from alcohol poisoning.
Fielder-Civil admitted he “had a part to play,” but emphasized that Winehouse made her own choices. “Amy was a very strong woman,” he said. “She had agency. She did what she wanted to do — even when the drinking started to hurt her.”
One of the most shocking admissions? He acknowledged introducing her to heroin during their relationship — something he’s been criticized for over the years. But he also claimed she had experimented with drugs before they met.
“I never understood — do people think I forced Amy to do drugs?” he said. “That’s just not what happened. I wasn’t her dealer.”
Now 43, Fielder-Civil says he’s come to terms with his past, especially after experiencing his own personal loss — his brother died of a heroin overdose in 2021. He said he never blamed anyone for his own struggles, and questions why others place that blame on him.
“I’m not here to say Amy was bad,” he added. “But I don’t think she’d want me sitting here 20 years later saying it was all my fault. She’d say, ‘Tell them the truth.’”
The pair were married from 2007 to 2009, but remained connected even after their divorce — including while Fielder-Civil was behind bars for burglary and firearm possession.
He revealed he was deeply worried about Winehouse during his time in prison and believes things may have turned out differently if he had been there.
“I had this constant fear something would happen to her and I couldn’t help,” he said.
When he learned of her death while incarcerated, the moment hit like a shockwave.
“My first thought was, ‘It’s not true,’” he recalled. “Then I just broke down.”
Fielder-Civil, who says he is now sober and in a healthier place, was unable to attend Winehouse’s funeral — something that still lingers with him years later.
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