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about Amy, in fairness to him. He was worried about her weight more than anything else. … He was very supportive and helped her with her weight to the extent of when they were at rehab she put on 10 pounds in about five days. … He was encouraging her, but in terms of the drug taking it was a complete waste of time.’
In August 2007, Blake and Amy both entered the exclusive rehab centre, The Causeway Retreat, situated on Osea island in Essex, England, about 40 miles from London.
Mitch is critical of the decision to allow his daughter and Blake, both deeply messed up at that point, to attendthe same rehab clinic. ‘In the first instance,’ he says, ‘you don’t send two people who are together to rehab together. It just isn’t going to work. My feeling with a lot of these places in England – and I don’t know if it is the same in America – is that they just want the money frankly … All they are interested in is trying to make money – and why shouldn’t they? That is what makes the world go around.
‘The first period of rehab was a waste of time, apart from Amy’s weight gain. They came back for a few days and then they decided to go back again … with varying degrees of success. …
‘It was a horrible experience … [The Causeway] is [on] a small island off the coast of Essex and it is about only half a mile off the mainland … when the tide is out there is a causeway that you can walk across, but when the tide is in that is it, you are stuck there. The tide at that time of the year came in about 12 o’clock at night so, every night, the guy at the facility was phoning me and he was saying to me that they want to come back. They have sent for a car. So I said “Delay the car …” and then … at about 12.30 say, “You can’t go, that’s it. The tide is in and we can’t get a vehicle across.” … This … happen[ed] for like seven days until eventually that was it: they got off the island and that was the end of the rehab.
‘Basically it was a complete and utter waste of time. What happened after that and what upset me most of all was … bearing in mind Amy and Blake had been in rehab for drink and drug abuse, we had a meeting set up in Chelsea … [and Blake’s] parents were coming down. We had a car meet them at Kings Cross Station. That car wasthen going to pick Amy and Blake up and come on to our meeting place …
He continues, ‘We were in this meeting and we are waiting and there were eight people in there: the record company, solicitors, accountants, Amy’s manager, Raye, [were] all waiting and … then we get a phone call. “We have decided not to come” – Blake’s parents, they decided not to come …too much pressure. “We have decided to go out for a drink with [Amy and Blake].
‘… This is about alcohol problems and now they are going out for a drink with them.
‘We were all astonished and the next thing [the] paparazzi were all over them. There were photos of them coming out of pubs with their arms around each other and at that point we realized we couldn’t work with these people [Blake’s parents].
‘Whatever their agenda is – and I am sure they care about their son and deep down I am sure they are fairly decent people – they won’t acknowledge Blake’s problems and they blame Amy for everything. Frankly, they hate Amy. They really hate Amy.’
This is a strong statement from Mitch and I do find myself wondering if it’s true for him to say that Blake’s parents really hate Amy. I did not meet Blake or his parents during the course of my interviews with the Winehouse family but it seems to me from everything I’ve heard that Blake does actually love Amy. In fact, from my interviews with both Janis and Mitch, it also sounds as if Blake has tried to reach out to them on some occasions.
I think that this says more perhaps about the issue of according blame between the two families. Of course,Mitch and Janis think that Blake dragged their daughter
In August 2007, Blake and Amy both entered the exclusive rehab centre, The Causeway Retreat, situated on Osea island in Essex, England, about 40 miles from London.
Mitch is critical of the decision to allow his daughter and Blake, both deeply messed up at that point, to attendthe same rehab clinic. ‘In the first instance,’ he says, ‘you don’t send two people who are together to rehab together. It just isn’t going to work. My feeling with a lot of these places in England – and I don’t know if it is the same in America – is that they just want the money frankly … All they are interested in is trying to make money – and why shouldn’t they? That is what makes the world go around.
‘The first period of rehab was a waste of time, apart from Amy’s weight gain. They came back for a few days and then they decided to go back again … with varying degrees of success. …
‘It was a horrible experience … [The Causeway] is [on] a small island off the coast of Essex and it is about only half a mile off the mainland … when the tide is out there is a causeway that you can walk across, but when the tide is in that is it, you are stuck there. The tide at that time of the year came in about 12 o’clock at night so, every night, the guy at the facility was phoning me and he was saying to me that they want to come back. They have sent for a car. So I said “Delay the car …” and then … at about 12.30 say, “You can’t go, that’s it. The tide is in and we can’t get a vehicle across.” … This … happen[ed] for like seven days until eventually that was it: they got off the island and that was the end of the rehab.
‘Basically it was a complete and utter waste of time. What happened after that and what upset me most of all was … bearing in mind Amy and Blake had been in rehab for drink and drug abuse, we had a meeting set up in Chelsea … [and Blake’s] parents were coming down. We had a car meet them at Kings Cross Station. That car wasthen going to pick Amy and Blake up and come on to our meeting place …
He continues, ‘We were in this meeting and we are waiting and there were eight people in there: the record company, solicitors, accountants, Amy’s manager, Raye, [were] all waiting and … then we get a phone call. “We have decided not to come” – Blake’s parents, they decided not to come …too much pressure. “We have decided to go out for a drink with [Amy and Blake].
‘… This is about alcohol problems and now they are going out for a drink with them.
‘We were all astonished and the next thing [the] paparazzi were all over them. There were photos of them coming out of pubs with their arms around each other and at that point we realized we couldn’t work with these people [Blake’s parents].
‘Whatever their agenda is – and I am sure they care about their son and deep down I am sure they are fairly decent people – they won’t acknowledge Blake’s problems and they blame Amy for everything. Frankly, they hate Amy. They really hate Amy.’
This is a strong statement from Mitch and I do find myself wondering if it’s true for him to say that Blake’s parents really hate Amy. I did not meet Blake or his parents during the course of my interviews with the Winehouse family but it seems to me from everything I’ve heard that Blake does actually love Amy. In fact, from my interviews with both Janis and Mitch, it also sounds as if Blake has tried to reach out to them on some occasions.
I think that this says more perhaps about the issue of according blame between the two families. Of course,Mitch and Janis think that Blake dragged their daughter
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