Font Size

Entertainment

E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Winehouse's Mom Pens Open Letter

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

Recipient E-mail:*
- Your Name:*
- Your E-mail:*
Add a Message:
Send me a copy of this e-mail.

Type the characters in this picture:*

Click here to refresh with new letters

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

Print Share + Comments

Dec 10, 2007 12:47 pm US/Eastern

Winehouse's Mom Pens Open Letter

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Janis Winehouse told her Amy, 24, that attaining such great fame at such a young age has "muddled your mind," and urged her to forget that she's a superstar.
Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Close

numSlides of totalImages

Winehouse Grammy Nods Raise Eyebrows
(12/7/2007)
Kanye West Leads Grammy Nominations
(12/6/2007)
Complete List Of Grammy Nominations
(12/6/2007)
Amy Winehouse Cracking Under Pressure
(12/4/2007)
Winehouse's Husband Held By Police
(11/10/2007)
London Cops Raid Amy Winehouse's Home
(11/9/2007)
Winehouse Arrested For Marijuana Possession
(10/19/2007)
Amy Winehouse Cancels More Appearances
(8/29/2007)
Father-In-Law: Boycott Amy Winehouse
(8/28/2007)
Amy Winehouse Shown Bloody And Bruised
(8/24/2007)

Janis Winehouse, the mother of Grammy nominated British songstress Amy Winehouse, wrote her troubled daughter an open letter in the UK's News of the World. She pleaded with the "Rehab" singer to get her life together.

"We were terrified after we saw those pictures of you earlier this week, wandering the freezing streets of London at dawn in your underwear," she wrote. "All I wanted to do was rush into those pictures and wrap you up in a big, warm blanket."

Janis Winehouse told her Amy, 24, that attaining such great fame at such a young age has "muddled your mind," and urged her to forget that she's a superstar.

"You're also young and vulnerable. Remember you're just an ordinary human being, no stronger than any of the rest of us. You think you're strong enough to get through this on your own, darling, but you're not," the elder Winehouse wrote.

She also admitted that Amy's jailed husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is not her favorite person, but assured her daughter that she would never say anything about him that would hurt her. Fielder-Civil, 25, is accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a pub landlord in June, 2006.