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Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband shares his thoughts on new Back To Black biopic

Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband has said he “wouldn’t mind having a conversation” with the late singer’s father Mitch Winehouse after watching the newly released biopic on the star’s life.

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Blake Fielder-Civil was married to Winehouse for two years between 2007 and 2009, and was in prison when the singer died aged 27 from alcohol poisoning in July 2011.

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The 41-year-old and Back To Black singer Winehouse both battled substance abuse issues during their marriage and were frequently photographed in a state of disarray.

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The new biopic Back To Black charts Winehouse’s rise to stardom, battle with addiction and her family’s disapproval of her relationship with Fielder-Civil.

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Speaking on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on the day of the film’s release, Fielder-Civil said: “I think Mitch seeing the film… there may be aspects he thinks ‘Oh maybe I shouldn’t have done this’.

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“His regrets like I have mine, not as profound as mine, I shouldn’t wonder.

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“I think one thing that comes from the film is Amy was a peacemaker and I thought, watching the film yesterday, she probably would want me and Mitch to… we don’t need to be best friends, but I wouldn’t mind having a conversation.”

The singer’s ex-husband, who has not spoken to Mitch Winehouse in many years, added: “As hard as it may be, Mitch is a father, I’m a father, I understand his position on me, I really do.

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“But I hope that he would see that that there was genuinely love there and I loved Amy very, very much, and she loved me too. “And if there was anything that I could do to bring her back, I would obviously.”

The late Rehab singer is played by Industry star Marisa Abela in the film, directed by 50 Shades Of Grey filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson.

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Jack O’Connell portrays Fielder-Civil and Eddie Marsan plays Mitch Winehouse. 

Fielder-Civil also reflected on if he feels he could have done more for Winehouse before her death, saying: “I’ve done nothing but tried to take responsibility for quite a long time.

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“It’s been a cross to bear… it’s impacted on many, many things in my life throughout the years.

“I have death threats, online and social media still. Amy inspires a lot of fierce fandom and devotion. I do feel… but I don’t feel blame.”

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GMB host Kate Garraway asked whether he would change introducing his former partner to heroin, to which he said: “I sense the idea of heroin, obviously it’s a horrible, terrible drug. I’ve been clean for years myself, but I was in addiction as well.

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“It’s not as black and white as that. I was a very young person. I thought I had all the answers. Yeah, of course, not to be trite about it, but of course I regret any drugs. 

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“If I would have known how it was going to develop, I would have been far more careful about the things that I was doing, the people I was doing it with. I had no one looking out for me either.” 

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Fielder-Civil also revealed that watching the film about his life was a “surreal experience” but that he found it to be “almost therapeutic”.

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“There was some parts of it that enabled me to feel like I was seeing a more accurate representation of the relationship,” he explained.

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“Not in a sense of being let off the hook or whitewashed, as alluded to in the comments people have made, just in a sense of it wasn’t all about addiction. 

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“As much as that might have been the salacious headlines and the paparazzi’s goal, there was addiction, but it was only an aspect. 

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“The relationship started like every relationship does.”

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Back To Back is available in cinemas now.

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