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Blake Fielder-Civil, most famous for his troubled, tempestuous relationship with Amy Winehouse, has denied responsibility for the singer's death in a new interview.
Winehouse was married to Fielder-Civil, with whom she had been in an on-off relationship for many years, between 2007 and 2009. Many people have blamed Fielder-Civil, who has been addicted to heroin and crack, for introducing Winehouse to hard drugs, and exacerbating her struggles with alcoholism, drug addiction and eating disorders.
Winehouse's father Mitch once described Fielder-Civil as "the biggest low-life scumbag that God ever put breath into." Her manager, Nick Shymansky, told The Observer last week, "I’ve been very angry with him in the past, but at the end of the day he wasn’t a grown-up, he was a lost kid who had his own issues."
Winehouse, who died in 2011 from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27, is the subject of forthcoming, critically-acclaimed documentary Amy. Fielder-Civil has given an interview to The Times ahead of the film's general release.
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In the interview, he said, "I feel like my own legacy as far as Amy goes is that I ruined this amazing person. If I genuinely believed I [ruined her], I probably would really struggle getting through the day."
He continued, "I don’t think I ruined her, no. I think we found each other and certain people need to realise that she did have other addictions before she met me. She wasn’t a happy, well-adjusted young woman … and I find it disrespectful to imply I was some machiavellian puppet master."
He also added, "I'd like to speak to Mitch and genuinely, genuinely plead for his forgiveness [for any] parts I've played in what has occurred, but I won't take responsibility for Amy passing away because it's not fair."
Amy will be released in cinemas on 3 July, and will also be screened at Glastonbury ahead of its release.
