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Hubby: I Got Amy Addicted

Blake Fielder-Civil says he introduced wife to heroin, crack, and self-mutilation

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 1, 2008 9:48 AM CST

(Newser) – Amy Winehouse’s husband admits he made her into a junkie, and tells News of the World he is leaving the troubled singer to save her life. “I am not abandoning her. I am doing this out of love,” Blake Fielder-Civil said, taking blame for her crack and heroine addictions. He also confirmed Winehouse cheated on him, and denied going after her fortune.

“My fantasy is that one day fate might bring us back together when Amy is clean,” Fielder-Civil said. “What people don’t realize is that Amy is an amazing wife, an amazing homemaker, and a beautiful figure in the home. You would be surprised the domestic bliss you can have with Amy just doing the cooking and caring for you.”

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Pre-Blake Amy Winehouse performs at the announcement of the shortlist for The Brit Awards 2004 at the Park Lane Hotel on January 12, 2004 in London. (Getty Images)

Pre-Blake Amy Winehouse poses with 'Mike Skinner' cut-out at the annual 'Nationwide Mercury Music Prize' at the Grosvenor House on September 7, 2004 in London. (Getty Images)

Pre-Blake Amy Winehouse arrives for the Q Awards 2004 at Grosvenor House on Park Lane October 4, 2004 in London, England. (Getty Images)

Pre-Blake Amy Winehouse performs on stage as part of 'The Miller Strat Pack' concert, at Wembley Arena, on September 24, 2004 in London. (Getty Images)

Amy Winehouse and husband Blake Fielder-Civil watch the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 at the Olympiahalle on November 1, 2007 in Munich, Germany. (Getty Images)

Amy Winehouse and husband Blake Fielder-Civil arrive at the Mojo Honours List Awards Ceremony, June 18, 2007 in London. (Getty Images)

Amy Winehouse and husband Blake Fielder-Civil arrive to the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, June 3, 2007 in Universal City, Calif. (Getty Images)

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Pre-Blake Amy Winehouse performs on Jools Holland in 2004. (amywinehousefreaks)

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The most dignified thing I can do is to release somebody I love from my f***ing grasp, from my clutches. I will never stop wanting Amy and loving her and craving her. More than anything I am addicted to Amy.
- Blake Fielder-Civil

If Amy wants a divorce I’m not going to fight her for anything. It’s going to be the saddest day of my life. But it doesn’t matter if I turn up in the divorce court homeless and with no shoes on, I’m not taking a single penny off her. - Blake Fielder-Civil

If I go back to her I am basically saying, 'It’s all right to kill yourself Amy.' I’m distraught and can’t stop crying. I can’t believe that because of drugs I’m going to lose my soulmate. - Blake Fielder-Civil

I dragged Amy into it and without me there is no doubt that she would never have gone down that road. I ruined something beautiful. - Blake Fielder-Civil, on Amy Winehouse's drug addiction

We had been taking drugs all day long—heroin and crack. We both pushed things too much. Then my wife, who I love with all my heart and soul, just started shaking violently in front of me. - Blake Fielder-Civil, on Amy Winehouse's seizure last summer

They started taking heroin and crack. And temptation just got the better of the pair of them. They kicked my heart around the prison. It was very embarrassing, very hurtful. - Blake Fielder-Civil, on Amy Winehouse's affair with her manager's assistant.

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