Where is Amy Winehouse’s husband in the present day? It’s a query many followers are asking following the discharge of the singer’s biopic, “Back to Black.”
Amy and Blake Fielder-Civil first met at a pub in 2005, earlier than getting married on a whim throughout a visit to Miami, Florida in 2007. Unfortunately, the wedding fizzled out after simply two years. Amy and Blake had been divorced in 2009. The tumultuous relationship is now a spotlight in “Back to Black,” the most recent biopic concerning the late singer.
Thirteen years after Amy’s tragic deadly alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011, Blake, now 42 and a father of two, has managed to maneuver on.
Blake Fielder-Civil’s Post-Amy Winehouse Love Life
Blake met his subsequent companion, Sarah Aspin, whereas they had been in rehab collectively in late 2009. The pair had a son collectively, Jack, in May 2011, making Blake a father. They later welcomed a second baby, daughter Lola Jade, in April 2013.
Blake and Sarah had been reportedly married and divorced, although precise dates have been saved non-public making it tough to piece collectively a timeline of their relationship.
In August 2012, one yr after Amy’s premature dying, Blake was discovered choking in mattress by Sarah, as initially reported by The Guardian. Blake was put in a medically induced coma after struggling a number of organ failure.
At the time, Sarah alleged that Blake will need to have ingested an “illicit” substance throughout an evening out consuming with buddies.
Thankfully, Blake recovered from the terrifying incident and claimed he has been sober “for years” as lately as April 2024.
As for romantic relationships, Amy’s ex-husband was reported to be engaged as soon as once more, this time to singer Bay Wright in June 2021. It is unclear if the couple are nonetheless collectively or in the event that they ever ended up tying the knot.
Blake Fielder-Civil Still Fond of Amy Winehouse
One factor Blake hasn’t saved from the general public is how he feels about his late ex-wife, Amy, and their on-again/off-again relationship.
“I loved Amy very much and she loved me too,” he informed Good Morning Britain whereas holding again tears throughout a reside interview in April 2024. “If there was anything that could bring her back…”
Blake has additionally admitted that he would at all times “carry a burden of guilt” for allegedly introducing Amy to medicine throughout their headline-making relationship.
“For me, personally, I’ve needed to stop carrying that cross on my own,” Blake informed host Ben Shephard in September 2023. “I’ve carried that burden myself for over 10 years.”
He added, “I was a twenty-something-year-old drug addict. So I had absolutely no idea how to make myself clean, let alone somebody else who was a big cog in a machine for a record label, and there were vested interests in Amy carrying on performing.”
As for having a relationship with any of Amy’s household, Blake has made it very clear he want to make amends with them — particularly the late singer’s father, Mitch Winehouse.
“We don’t need to be best friends but I wouldn’t mind having a conversation,” Blake stated in April 2024. It is but to be seen if Mitch, or any of the Winehouse household, will take her ex-husband up on his provide.
The Fight for Amy Winehouse’s $4 Million Estate
When Amy died unexpectedly in 2011, she was price an estimated $4 million. Her sophomore album, additionally titled “Back to Black,” went double platinum in underneath a yr. Unfortunately, at 27 years outdated, Amy didn’t have a will arrange for her newfound fame and fortune.
Per British legislation, an individual’s inheritance is distributed amongst their mother and father, partner and youngsters. Amy and Blake’s divorced two years previous to her dying and didn’t have any youngsters collectively, which left Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse, because the property’s sole heir.
However, Blake filed a $1.4 million lawsuit in opposition to Mitch demanding not solely a lump sum payout but additionally a month-to-month allowance, based on Fox News. Blake claimed he had a proper to the cash as a result of he was with Amy for six years, together with their marriage from 2007 to 2009, throughout which her music made her a global movie star.
The lawsuit was unsuccessful.
Amy Winehouse’s Ex-Husband Defends New Biopic
Blake lately revealed that he has watched “Back to Black,” directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Despite opinions suggesting the movie gave a “sympathetic” portrayal to Amy’s ex, Blake disagrees.
In reality, he known as the viewing expertise “therapeutic.”
“Not in a sense of being let off the hook or whitewashed, as [has] been alluded to,” Blake informed Good Morning Britain, “just in a sense of it wasn’t all about addiction.”
Jack O’Connell, the actor who performs Blake on display, has additionally spoken out to defend his portrayal of the previous producer.
“I think it’s a very easy narrative to spin. Just to point to one baddie and boo him and just f–king tear him apart publicly,” the British actor informed Newsweek.