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Blender magazine has the first interview conducted with Amy Winehouse in months. The series of chats, done as she traveled through Europe on tour in early October, paint a frightening picture.

In the article, her father publicly admits that she's taking heroin and cocaine and Wino has severeal moments where she repeatedly falls asleep while being interviewed, on seperate occasions.

Click here to check out the full Blender piece.

Here are our HIGHlights:

She’s never exactly been a picture of health, but tonight she looks especially worse for wear: hunched, heavy-lidded and frail.

She sighs and plops down on the couch. She lights a cigarette and turns a drowsy gaze toward Blender; she’s ready to talk. We start by asking if she’ll be recording the follow-up to Back to Black anytime soon.

“Yeah, we’ve got a couple of more bits … I’m writing … ” she mumbles. “On the whole … ” She trails off.

Um … Back to Black was such a personal record — the songs were clearly about your relationship with Blake. Are you still writing confessionals?

“I’m still writing about the dynamics of being in a relationship … Would you like some wine?” she asks, fetching two glasses and beginning to pour. “I believe in relationships,” she continues, “whether it’s your grandmother or your dog … ”

Now her words are slurred, her eyelids drooping. Her head wobbles into a nod. She falls asleep for a second, wakes with a start, mutters and drops off again. The smoldering cigarette in her left hand falls to the floor.

“Oh, God, what is wrong with me?” she asks, coming to. “There’s something wrong with me … ”

We inquire about her brief rehab stint in August. What was it like there?

“You go in and you’re just sat down. They looked at me and said, ‘You’re an alcoholic.’”

And are you?

“No … I don’t know.”

Are you clean these days?

“I take, like, anti- … I take stuff for my depression. Prescriptive stuff. But I don’t take it."

And you don’t do any other drugs?

“I don’t have time.”

On August 8, Winehouse was admitted to University College Hospital in London after the U.K.’s News of the World reported she had slipped into an overdose-induced coma after smoking, snorting and otherwise ingesting a combination of heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and ketamine, topped off with vodka and whiskey quaffed on an evening pub crawl. “I don’t know how to explain what happened,” said Winehouse, who was released after having her stomach pumped. “I can’t remember what I looked like. I couldn’t recognize myself. It was terrifying.”

On August 13, at the urging of both Winehouse’s and Fielder-Civil’s parents, the couple checked into The Causeway, a $20,000-a-week detox clinic in Essex, outside of London. Less than 48 hours later, following what London papers described as “blinding” marital arguments, the couple left rehab. Winehouse’s family now squarely blames Fielder-Civil for this. “He refused to cooperate with the staff,” says one of her relatives. “They said Amy had been willing to work with them but that Blake wasn’t interested. He knows that he’s lost if they both clean up.”

The official story from Winehouse’s camp is that there is no story. Raye Cosbert, her manager, will say only that Amy “takes prescription medication, which makes her drowsy.” What medication, exactly? “That’s between Amy and her physician.” Is Blake a bad influence on his wife? “Blake and Amy love each other very deeply. And love is a good thing.”

But Mitch Winehouse, for one, is not so reticent about the state of his daughter’s health. “We know she’s on hard drugs — heroin and cocaine. That’s why we’ve been trying to get her into rehab,” he says. “Janis and I worry that she will seriously harm herself, but mercifully that hasn’t happened yet.”

Beyond that, Mitch allows himself little optimism. “I don’t know what they’ve been doing for the last month or so. We’d like to think that she and Blake have stayed clean since they went to St. Lucia,” he says. “But the thing with drug addicts is that they rarely tell you the truth.”

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

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    81 comments to “Chasing Amy”

    1. tits mcgee says – reply to this


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      am i am ai am ai firsthookers?

    2. tits mcgee says – reply to this


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      my dream has been realized then? OMG i can die now. i would like to thank amy winehouse for being a fuck up and having a post put up about her. i would like to thank perez for being my gay lover. i would like to thank aunt jemima and mrs butterworth for their unwavering love and support. and thank you all- i love you.

    3. FIRST says – reply to this


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      FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRST!!! YE B****

    4. sexybetch says – reply to this


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      first!

    5. ppp says – reply to this


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      her again? give is some new blood

    6. TITS MCGEE MAD says – reply to this


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      HOOKERS

    7. Bdd says – reply to this


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      WHO GIVES A FLYING RATS ASS? Oh wait, just lil ole Peter Puffer Perez.

      SHE SUX! Find something new and stop wasting our time.

    8. lar says – reply to this


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      Dead within twelve months.
      Then she will be famous and idolized, like all dead has been rockers.

    9. still a fan says – reply to this


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      how sad. nodding out like a heroin addict

    10. Amy says – reply to this


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      get well soon amy, you rock!

    11. first says – reply to this


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      first

    12. kim says – reply to this


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      craz

    13. hana says – reply to this


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      im first bitch

    14. Jessica says – reply to this


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      First!!How sad.

    15. Ange says – reply to this


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      I hope she's not injecting. God help her. Please. Get better Amy, get rid of those drugs and those horrible, evil people supplying them to you. Now.

    16. Shiner says – reply to this


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      first

    17. sao says – reply to this


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      fuck who cares whose first. its about Amy and how shes off in the deep end. B.Spears is still crazier.

    18. sao says – reply to this


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      fuck who cares whose first. its about Amy and how shes off in the deep end. B.Spears is still crazier.

    19. sao says – reply to this


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      fuck who cares whose first. its about Amy and how shes off in the deep end. B.Spears is still crazier.

    20. sao says – reply to this


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      fuck who cares whose first. its about Amy and how shes off in the deep end. B.Spears is still crazier.

    21. a says – reply to this


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      first

    22. sara says – reply to this


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      i hope she gets better. i liked her for a bit there, but it's gone.

    23. Kate says – reply to this


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      I hope she has a will.

    24. I WISH I WAS BLACK says – reply to this


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      ANOTHER DIRTY LOOKING WHITE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      ATTENTION ALL WHITE GIRLS; PLEASE HOOK UP WITH SOME BLACK FRIENDS SO THAT YOU CAN GET SOME TASTE AND CLASS.

    25. frenchie says – reply to this


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      do u have this on tape
      it is really sad
      i thought she was getting better

    26. Amy says – reply to this


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      This issssssssss Ammy !?!?!?!?!?! WEEEEEEEEEare OOK OOK .. II ammam OKK .OK. Sooooo jus leaf meeeee alon OKOK .PLAS dant worri aaaadout Me OK OKKKKKKKKKK OK. IIIIIII am am OK OK OK PLEas dot worri abot MEE

    27. sherrz says – reply to this


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      god, wino's dad is turning into the next michael lohan… reaching out through the press.. you can't fuckin force someone to go to rehab or it's just a waste of money..

    28. JULIE! says – reply to this


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      i hope she doesnt die.
      =/

    29. Brian says – reply to this


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      Amy please keep drinking and doing drugs that is why we all love you so much!!!

    30. link doesnt work says – reply to this


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      that is all.

      and god and black people suck.

    31. FURBURGER says – reply to this


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      Re: tits mcgee – You are very welcome tits, anytime.

    32. kelly.b.uk says – reply to this


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      Amy wine-ho is a fuckin mess she should go to jail to sober her up abit and chuck pete docherty in there as well, both a pair on dicks bring shame on us brits!

    33. AMMIE says – reply to this


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      THISS is AMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY Pleese dnt worrie abot me IIIIIamOK OK?!?!?!?OKok thiss is ammy PLese dot worrie adot me I am OK OKOKOKOK

    34. shame says – reply to this


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      her dad, if he can, should send her away to get better. drug addiction is scary and i am afraid this young woman with all of her talent will die from an overdose. i would also think her record company would try to look out for her — if they expect her to keep making them money. sad. get better amy!

    35. Tsk says – reply to this


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      Wow. She showed up to the interview on smack. That takes a true lack of brains or a very serious addiction.

    36. Grace E. says – reply to this


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      Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in 2007. Remeber their interview in the Great Rock'n Roll Swindle?

    37. Grace E. says – reply to this


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      Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen in 2007. Remeber their interview in the Great Rock'n Roll Swindle circa 1977? They were both dead by the winter of 1978 in a blaze of glory.

    38. enough says – reply to this


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      It's official! Perez is a WINOADDICT!
      geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhhhhhhhh.

    39. aralio says – reply to this


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      Perez, a truly great piece of journalism. Puts old media to shame, mate.

    40. Grace E. says – reply to this


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      Cleaning house? Thanks Perez

    41. FHISDHF says – reply to this


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      NO PEREZ IS BEEN SUED MORE THAN 4 TIMES!!!
      GO TO dockets.justia.com/ TYPE IN HIS REAL NAME
      A CRAZY GUY IS SUIN HIM TOO!! ITS FUNNY!

    42. Mia says – reply to this


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      I'm rooting for her…

    43. no thank you says – reply to this


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      i am not a big blake lewis fan, so i won't be calling for him, sorry. also, on a more catty note, his small mouth and lips freak me out. kinda like donald trump's.

    44. matty says – reply to this


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      i know that these comments are all about dissing and making fun of everything.

      all this stuff is just so very sad.

      The whole mess that is Britney Spears is sad and seems destined for a bad end. And, I don't think it funny.

      And, with Amy Winehouse, I really feel we're looking at a genuinely talented artist who is probably not going to pull through it. And, yet, this seems to be half the entertainment value of our culture.

      I wonder if it was this bad when Billie Holiday and Judy Garland were fighting their demons.

    45. ktron says – reply to this


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      matty is right.

      but to add to that, why do we care? rockstars did, do, and will continue to use drugs as a crutch. so what? it's too bad we're all voyeurs, we make it a big deal.

    46. ktron says – reply to this


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      matty is right.

      but to add to that, why do we care? rockstars did, do, and will continue to use drugs as a crutch. so what? it's too bad we're all voyeurs, we make it a big deal.

    47. Pat says – reply to this


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      she is definately on the junk

    48. aj says – reply to this


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      Her father impresses me. He isn't covering for her, hiding her issues - he puts it right out there. That's a smart man, too often parents cover for their kids, hiding these issues. I feel really bad for her. She's really messed up. :(

    49. lauren says – reply to this


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      Why does she always look dirty? I'm waiting for crotch bugs to start creeping out. Eww.

    50. oldfart says – reply to this


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      Many years ago I had a friend who was just exactly like poor Amy — wound up drinking massive amounts of otc cough medicine when nothing else was available — sad.

    51. arepita says – reply to this


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      :(

    52. Rainbowcat says – reply to this


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      Oh, boy, oh, boy. Wow. Amy scares the crappin' hoo-hah out of me. OK. She's not a train wreck - she is a whole world war, but dammit she has talent, originality and I want her around. But she is SUCH an addict, and like Chet Baker and others before her, she is gone, baby, gone - - - unless she finally gets it and gets clean. But I bet I know what is going through her poor, befuddled mind. If I stop doing what I'm doing, there will be nothing left. No creativity; no talent; no nothing. Yep. She's an addict with an empty hole for a life. Oh, Amy - I'm totally worried on ya! And I want you to live, so get HELP - NOW!

    53. Mel says – reply to this


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      Who the shit writes these entries? Is it Perez? Well, whoever it is, it's SEPARATE not SEPERETE. Duh. Run a fucking spellchecker on yo shit son.

    54. Jay says – reply to this


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      I've been reading up about the past of this Blake fella. Not good - Amy is certainly his ticket to primarily money to fuel his own drug addiction. It is in no way shape or form in his interests for her to get clean - because the clarity of that will reveal to her how worthless and using he is. I think drugs is his number one lover - I don't think he has it in him to sincerely love Amy. He will ride this ticket to her ultimate destruction.

      Amy, there is better love than this in the world. We all make youthful mistakes in love, but what is more powerful is to turn those mistakes into greater learning and to grow stronger as a result of coming through them. I know breaking up with Blake was a strong impetus from writing Back to Black, which has been tremendously successful, but so would be your next album, lady singing the blues about such youthful mistakes and realizing your worth as a woman. Honey, I hope you can find that strength. You are lucky to have the support of your parents behind you.

    55. Diana says – reply to this


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      I keep mentioning it but nobody listens: Thamkrabok - The Buddhist Monastery Detoxification Retreat in Thailand - Amy if you are listening - please go, do not waste your life on such evil that you keep in-taking, purge them from you for good!!!!!!!!

    56. judy says – reply to this


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      Skank.

    57. timmy says – reply to this


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      who cares, she is ugly

    58. jgurl says – reply to this


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      those same white shorts must stink like kosher beef by now!

    59. chritti says – reply to this


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      amy i hope that you feel better soon and you get over all this craziness in your life. even if it means disappearing for however long you need to in order to get it all together. we all have rough times, some rougher than others, and some more publicized(dk if thats a word lol) than others. i really do hope though that everything gets better. then, ill be ready for an albumfrom you and a concert from you holla at boston! =P

    60. Ricky says – reply to this


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      She's not ugly, she's strange looking in a good way.

    61. black cloud says – reply to this


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      amy w.house and her pimp boyfriend are boring! This "love" is just brian chemistry. Drug aDICKtion is just brain chemistry too. None of this is real. You can choose the life you want to live. Like working out, it's hard at first, but you keep working at it, and soon, you are a rock. This is the truth people. Also, it's poss. that amy is just a turd heap, and not able to be viable human.
      either way. I think she sounds like crap now. she could care less. there are other acts, sooo…..bye bye princess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    62. one junky recognizes another says – reply to this


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      on her left arm, above the tattoo, is a LONG TRACK MARK going down the vein, I recognize it because I have done the same in my past

    63. Pat says – reply to this


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      she may need to be tested for type 2 diabetes.

    64. sarah says – reply to this


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      that's horrible she is blatantly mentally sick. assholes better not print that garbage.

    65. Nicolette says – reply to this


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      Is Blake a bad influence on his wife? “Blake and Amy love each other very deeply. And love is a good thing.”

      That man should be ashamed. One of the people who is supposed to be looking out for her, and that's how he behaves. A lot of us girls have been with a toxic man like that scumfuck and usually only the girl in the relationship can't see clearly how bad the man is. Everyone else knows what's up. The girls can identify it themselves if it's happening to other people. And her "manager" or whoever the fuck said that quote up there knows damn well what is really going on. He'll let her kill herself. She pays a man a ton of money to sit around allowing her to die. Some people can be junkies for years and keep it moderate and secret and never have so much as an o.d. She's not one of those people. I think money is a large part of why a lot of junkies quit. They simply run out. That's why it must be hard when you can afford everything available every day. I think maybe Kurt Cobain knew he'd never to be able to quit. No one wants to stop doing something they love that feels great if they don't have to.

    66. lexie411 says – reply to this


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      fyi people!!!! this chick is lame,,, perez find some new, ATTRACTIVE chick to talk about…… ewwwwwwww already

    67. Princess says – reply to this


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      Re: Nicolette – I agree with you. I've had a toxic man too. And it's like a drug - So hard to get out of. If it's true what the media is saying about Blake, she should leave him. Seriously. She deserves the best. It's not always enough to love each other. If you really love someone deeply in your heart, but you know you're not good for each other, you should let go. But I don't think they're ready to do that.. I wish the best for them both :)

    68. gillianfg says – reply to this


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      It's kind of like what would have happened if there had been paparazzi in Janis Joplin's time. Let's just hope it doesn't end the same.

    69. Stephen says – reply to this


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      they need to go after the motherfuckers that are supplying her with the shit…..give her a fuckin break Perez. I love her as much as you do…Biach

    70. ANNA NICOLE SMITH says – reply to this


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      “But the thing with drug addicts is that they rarely tell you the truth.”does this man realize he's talking about his daughter?cos he seems like he's talking about a stranger.and s/o here said that her father is the new michael Lohan.imo he's worse than michael lohan.this is sad.i just hope this girl het as soon as possible the help she needs.FALLING ASLEEP DURING AN INTERVIEW?SOUNDS PRETTY BAD.

    71. Melissa Aikens says – reply to this


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      she is gonna overdose on that heroin its a shame…………..

    72. Papz says – reply to this


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      Re: Melissa Aikens – Amy and Blake have never admitted they are doing heroin. Only coke and other things. The media is just talking a lot of shit.

    73. Dee says – reply to this


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      It amazes me how a woman with so much talent can attach herself to the biggest loser around. Hope they keep her very creepy husband in jail…give her time to see him for what he is.

    74. gina says – reply to this


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      she will never quit until she is ready you cant force people to do somethin they dont want no offence i love her music but if she wants to kill herself let her… look at the countless stars who are gong threw the new fad of rehab and it hasnt helped them any hints they arent ready to quit… on one gives a flying guck about all the normal people out therer who overdose on drugs everyday

    75. pippimarie says – reply to this


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      that's really sad

    76. pippimarie says – reply to this


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      that's really sad :*(

    77. Olivia says – reply to this


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      I really don't get all you haters. How can you hate on a girl who is going through such hard times? All people have their own private issues, but Amy's is on the news every day, which doesn't make it any easier for her and her family. Instead of hating her, then how about supporting her? She is so talented and she's probably a great person. And so is her husband! Blake loves Amy so much and I really hope that they will get through their problems together :-)

    78. IROOOONEEE says – reply to this


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      her makeup is DISGUSTING…she looks so unattractive it hurts….what is with the crazy winged eyes!?!?!??!

    79. Vicki says – reply to this


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      Amy Winehouse? Eating your boogers again? Why am I not surprised. I thought you were changing for the baby. You know what they say, the apple doesn't fall to far fomr the tree. Hope your baby doesn't get sick from his or her infested booger bacteria.

    80. HASBEEN says – reply to this


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      NOW THIS IS ONE UGLY FUCKIN WOMAN. SERIOUSLY. AND WHATS WITH THE SAME FUCKIN CLOTHES AND SAME FUCKIN LOOK FOR TWO YEARS NOW? AND THE FUCKIN RETARDED MAKEUP. FUCKIN TALENTLESS FUCKIN HASBEEN THOSE PANTS MUST REALLY SMELL - SHE HAS BEEN WEARIN THEM FOR TWO YEARS NOW. WELL SHE IS NOT A GOOD SINGER OR A GUITAR PLAYER OR ANYTHING. NO TALENT. AT ALL. ONLY THING SHE IS GOOD AT IS LOOKING LIKE A FUCKIN IDIOT

    81. linda says – reply to this


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      hahaha i knew her teeth didnt fall down by themselves. her hand did the job .you need to stop taking those teeth out ,please just leave 2 teeth for us