Winehouse father-in-law calls for CD boycott

Published on Wednesday 29 August 2007 01:22

THE parents of troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were publicly at odds over the pair's drug problems yesterday.

The singer's father-in-law, Giles Fielder-Civil, urged Winehouse's record company to do more to stop the couple taking drugs.

He also called on fans to stop buying her records - to send a message to the pair to sort out their problems.

But Winehouse's father, Mitch, defended the record company and said telling fans to boycott his daughter's albums was "clutching at straws".

Both men gave interviews on Radio 5 Live as fears continue to grow for the couple.

Winehouse, who has cancelled a string of performances, was recently seen bloodstained and scratched after quitting rehab with her husband.

Brit award-winner Winehouse was admitted to hospital earlier this month after a reported overdose of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol.

Giles Fielder-Civil said: "Perhaps it's time to stop buying records. That affects the record company and the record company may take notice."

Winehouse's father said: "We have two families pulling in different directions. Basically, we just want the same things, we want our children to be safe.

"But we've got different definitions of how we can do that."

A spokeswoman for Island Records said the company was not commenting.