Amy Winehouse: 'Heavy drinking is worse than doing heroin'
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who has ditched her trademark beehive for a short blonde do is set to cause a row over her claims that heavy drinking is "worse than doing heroin".
The pop superstar admits to being a heavy drinker, and said she is a terrible drunk and insists that the legal stimulant is worse than injecting illegal drugs.
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Dumb blonde: Amy Winehouse walks straight into a new controversy as she insists that heavy drinking is worse than heroin
Big mouth: Amy spoke out after revealing her new hairdo, and she appears to have taken inspiration for her new look from TV legend Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden
Snack attack: The singer picks up supplies from her local newsagent
"Drinking long-term is a lot worse than doing heroin. Alcohol's a real poison."
Although with her well-documented problems with drink and drugs, and her failure to address them, it's clear Amy is not exactly the voice of reason.
And despite her terrible problems with drug and alcohol abuse, when it comes to rehab she still says no.
A newly bleached Amy said: "I'm of the school of thought where if you can't sort something out for yourself then no one can help you," she told a U.S. magazine.
"I don't know whether that's because I'm a strong woman.
"If I go to the gym and I have a drink, I'm lovely to be around and really sweet.
"But if I haven't been training or if there's something bothering me, I'm a terrible drunk."
Asked if her drinking gets her in trouble, she recalled: "I went to a restaurant recently and my friend was like, 'Do you remember the last time we were here?
"The head waiter carried you but you were trying to punch and kick us'.
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Functioning heavy drinker: Amy revealed that sometimes the only way she can function well while working is if she has a drink
"When we left, I wrote on the bill, 'Sorry for the drama have a massive tip'."
Amy, told the U.S. edition of OK! Magazine, that she works so hard her drinking does not affect her work.
But she then admitted: "There are certain instances where I'll be out and I'll be drunk, and I'll come to work and I'll be shattered.
"Then there are other days where I'm like, 'Listen, if you want to have a nice day, please get me some alcohol'."
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Fans: Amy poses for a camera phone picture after meeting a fan in a mobile phone store
Amy insists she is not "bothered" by the attention given to her drastic weight loss.
"I've lost the weight because I don't smoke weed anymore," she said.
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Back together: Amy heads out with father Mitch but she is yet to be reunited with husband Blake who is still languishing in Pentonville prison
At its height: Amy with a foot high beehive in May last year
"I feel bad for Victoria Beckham because I see pictures of her and they've made her thighs look smaller," Amy said.
"They've done that to me, and it's horrible.
"I've always had skinny little bird legs, but they've made them smaller."
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Asked if she had a problem with food she would only say "not really". She added: "I'm fussy, though. I'll eat West Indian, KFC, tuna salad, chicken soup - that's about all I eat."
The singer also revealed: "I don't even have a TV." She added: "I played a gig in this little girl's bedroom the other day, and she had it better than me!
"I haven't got a TV in my house, let alone my bedroom."
Amy recently returned from a sunshine break in Mauritius where she stayed at rocker Bryan Adams home.
However, husband Blake missed out on the luxury holiday because he is currently on remand in Pentonville prison for alleged assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
