Blake Fielder-Civil responds to claims of being responsible for Winehouse’s death

Blake Fielder-Civil, the ex-husband to late British singer, Amy Winehouse has reacted to claims of him being behind the untimely  death of the singer.

The actor, while speaking on the We Need to Talk podcast on Tuesday, explained that he was not Winehouse’s drug dealer. Blake cleared the air, taking responsibility for being present when Winehouse was first introduced to hard drugs, but stressed that he is not to be blamed for her death.

“My stance now is that I know a lot of people, especially people reading media 20 years ago, would have an idea that Amy’s passing is my responsibility. As I’ve always said, I never shirk from any responsibility. If I’ve done something, I’ll put my hand up to it. I never blamed a person that gave me drugs for the first time. I never understood, do these people think that I forced Amy to do drugs? That’s just not what happened,” he stated.

Blake also explained that Amy had agency, noting that he was strong willed and could not be easily swayed by the opinion of others.

“Amy herself had agency. And that is in no way at all disrespecting her by saying that, but Amy did what she wanted to do. And even though the drinking had started to hurt her, she carried on,” he added.