Amy Winehouse

[Kylie]

but isnt it saying to a younger audience - who cares what illegal things you do, dont worry we will still give you money and rewards?

Surely that is not the right image. Everyone is slamming the spears family for the bad impression that they ( both girls) are putting out - so why doesnt Amy fit under the same thing?

[pookie1968uk]

she shouldnt have been given the awards. it just sends out the wrong message. i work with alcoholics and drug addicts and the only difference between them and her is the fact that she has money to keep her addiction going otherwise she would be in the gutter like most of those i work with.
harsh but true.

[Bryan]

to be honest people should give her a break. credit where credit is due. they are rewarding her talent and nothing else.

this recognition will make her realise what talent she has, as she's never believed she has any, and will hopefully be all the encouragment she needs to get herself together.

how can she ever recover when people are all too fast to put her down? give the woman a break, she is in rehab - becuase she wants to change!

[Kylie]

but wasnt it just a few weeks ago that she was refusing to go into rehab? When people are in the public eye they need to control their habits - they are role models. The fact is she is a criminal - taking drugs is illegal. She should be punished. Instead she is being rewarded. As I said before, she may or may not deserve her awards but being a music idol, she needs to ensure that the whole image is right not just that she can sing. Everybody villified Pete Docherty for his image - she is just the same.

[Bryan]

*yawn* I wish all these Amy cynics would change the record, it's getting tedious.

The woman is entitled to a private life, we've all made mistakes in life, some bigger than others. She's had her life intruded on by the press, she's never been someone who wanted all the attention, she just has an amazing god given talent that is so unique.

She's never promoted drugs, or her behaviour, infact she's tried so many times to stop it, and her life has been plagued with bad things, she's an emotional wreck, and I for one am not going to throw **** at her, when I don't know the full picture.

she's changing her ways by going into rehab, yet she's still getting criticism. damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Abi]

*yawn* I wish all these Amy cynics would change the record, it's getting tedious.

The woman is entitled to a private life, we've all made mistakes in life, some bigger than others. She's had her life intruded on by the press, she's never been someone who wanted all the attention, she just has an amazing god given talent that is so unique.

She's never promoted drugs, or her behaviour, infact she's tried so many times to stop it, and her life has been plagued with bad things, she's an emotional wreck, and I for one am not going to throw **** at her, when I don't know the full picture.

she's changing her ways by going into rehab, yet she's still getting criticism. damned if you do, damned if you don't.

She's not been "intruded by the press" though. Anyone who is famous like her uses the press to get their fame. She does that just like everyone else does. So by doing that, they go all out to get their story. If she is stupid enough to do drugs in the first place, then it is not the presses fault that people critisise her. If she couldn't hack it, she should have stuck to pubs and clubs, and not touched the rest of the music industry.

Yes, she is talented. But people in the music industry sell a package. Their music, their fashion sense, their style, their relationships - The list goes on. She doesn't have a private life. As i said, whatever she does is in the public domain. If she cares about the influence she is having on younger fans, then she would stop.

And of course she wanted the attention!! If she didn't, she would sing backing music or something

She shouldn't have performed at the Grammys. She should have stayed where she was, then go into the studio, and record. Then come back in 3-4 months, clean and with new material. Maybe a new album or something. Just let everyone forget about her to a while (Like what happened with Leona), and then have the come back she deserves. Cause as it is, no amount of rehab is going to fix her.

[Abigail]

Lets not forget that we wouldn't know about Amy's drugs problem if the media didn't follow her everywhere, trying to make a story out of nothing. She was photographed in a club after the Grammy's with a male friend. Of course she must be cheating

The difference between Amy and Britney is that Britney actually rings the photographers herself and tells them where she will be and then she does something to get herself on the front page of magazines every week.

Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids.

Why should she stick to backing singing? She's way better than a backing singer. Just because she is famous doesn't mean she wants all the publicity and attention that goes with it. She just wants recognition for her talent.

[Abigail]

Amy Winehouse is relieved to be free of crack cocaine, her brother has said.

The singer checked herself into the Capio Nightingale rehab clinic in London after a video appearing to show her smoking the drug was posted on the internet.

However, she left the facility temporarily to perform via satellite at Sunday night's Grammys, where she picked up five awards.

Alex Winehouse revealed that he had visited his sister just weeks before she entered rehab and was shocked by her condition, telling The Sun: "It was hard to take in that the barely communicative shell in front of us was my own flesh and blood."

He said he was proud of her decision to get help for her habit, saying: "Detox was tough, but she did it. She was as bright and vivacious as she had been before her demons took over."

Talking about Sunday's ceremony, he said: "It was without a doubt the greatest night our family has enjoyed in a long, long time. For the first time in God knows how long, my parents were truly happy, and Amy was too."

He added: "She didn't miss crack, she told me, and she was glad to be rid of it. Which was a nice thing to hear."

[Abi]

Lets not forget that we wouldn't know about Amy's drugs problem if the media didn't follow her everywhere, trying to make a story out of nothing. She was photographed in a club after the Grammy's with a male friend. Of course she must be cheating

The difference between Amy and Britney is that Britney actually rings the photographers herself and tells them where she will be and then she does something to get herself on the front page of magazines every week.

Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids.

Why should she stick to backing singing? She's way better than a backing singer. Just because she is famous doesn't mean she wants all the publicity and attention that goes with it. She just wants recognition for her talent.

But the point is, if they couldn't get a story out of following her, then they wouldn't do it. They only follow people who they think they can get a story out of. Lots of celebs manage to live quite normal lives, because their behaviour isn't the kind of thing that deserves a 2 page spread in a sunday tabloid. She, evidently, isn't one of those people.

Being famous means having attention and publicity though. People listen to your music, your videos, follow your fashion taste, your hair cut, your make up. They vote for you in awards ceremonys, they read your interviews in the magazines, they try and get your autograph, they spend their money on your books, folders etc etc. Its part of being famous. And attention, as i said before, isn't always positive. She has done all these things, she blatently wants fame and attention. And i'm not saying she should be a backing singer - I'm saying she should have used her talent in other ways, which would have meant that her behaviour would be concealed.

Don't get me wrong, i like her music. She's very talented, and her songs are catchy. But that doesn't make her a good person.

[*funky*monkey*]

I love her music, She's so talented. However, She's a bad influence and setting a bad example to her fans... She would get lots more fans if she sorted herself out.