Rehab Singer's Boyfriend: From Slammer To Rehab

Amy Winehouse, put simply, has been a gift to society. Not only is she blessed with a mindblowing, unique voice, but she has character and attitude. Her daily affairs are the stuff of endless tabloid coverage, and its easy to see why; she is completely mesmerizing.

Also, her boyfriend is hilarious.

Not hilarious in a way a comedian might be hilarious. Nor in the way a completely pathetic person might be hilarious (OK, maybe a little bit hilarious that way).

Really, Blake Fielder-Civil, Mr. Amy Winehouse, is the comic relief in a script that straddles comedy and tragedy. He is a somewhat Falstaffian figure that nonetheless also employs what Robertson Davies once broadly outlined as fifth business: 'a character of an opera who has no opposite: the odd man out—neither heroine nor her lover, rival nor villain—yet essential to the plot' (w-pedia).

Fielder-Civil is around, but he isn't. You see, he has been in jail for over a year now, locked up on an assault and obstruction of justice conviction. This, of course, means that he and his beloved Amy have been apart.

So imagine Winehouse's pure frustration when she wasn't even around for Blake's brief foray into The World. Fielder-Civil was released from prison in Suffolk, England, and immediately transported to a rehab facility. How is his mood?


He is reflective and sober: "It's tough inside, bloody horrible. But I'm out and that's all that matters. It's brilliant."

He is politically aware: "It's a welcome to the free world for me and Barack Obama. I heard about the US election on the car radio. It's got to be good news."

He is horny: "Now all I want to do is see Amy. I'm gonna see my wife and take her knickers down."


Blake Fielder-Civil: out of jail! And thus reporters headed to Winehouse's London flat to capture a reaction. A pissed Winehouse lunged at the scribes and photogs. Her father held her back, robbing Winehouse of the opportunity to assault people just as her husband is semi-released from prison where he was held due to an assault conviction. Jungians might attribute this to synchronicity, but really, to paraphrase the Boston Red Sox, it's just Amy being Amy.