14 DAY TRIAL // While multi-award winner, British singer Amy Winehouse is vacationing in exotic destinations, or trying to clean up in a yet unnamed rehab facility as some rumors would have it, her former assistant manager is spilling the beans to tabloids about the time spent with her. Alex Haines, who worked with Amy until not long ago, is telling “News of the World” that, back in 2007 when the two toured together, Amy would spend weekly about £3,500 on drugs, while also suffering from bulimia and, it seems, excessive pride.
NME informs that, aside from all the above, Haines also claims to have had an affair with Winehouse, which would make his statements all the more believable. While Amy’s drug problem is no longer a secret for anyone, and especially not for her fans who have been anxiously waiting for new material from her, the amount reported spent to indulge in said habit, and circulated in the media is nothing short of preposterous, voices are already saying.
“She had to have a heroin and crack pipe near her or she freaked out. She’d keep taking drugs until she passed out. I reckon she spent £3,500 a week on them,” Haines tells the News of the World tabloid. At the same time, the ex-manager also speaks about a much discussed eating disorder the singer is said to be suffering from. Not only does he confirm the existence of such a condition, but he also provides plenty of details about it.
“Amy suffered from bulimia, which is why she looked so thin. She would have a massive McDonalds and then throw it all up in the bathroom. […] Several times I went into her bathroom and saw sick all over the sink. She lived off Crunchie bars - up to 10 at a time - packets of Haribo sweets and bottles of orange Lucozade Sport. Her heroin problems made her crave sugar,” Haines reveals for the British tabloid.
As for the track that could have potentially made of Amy the genuine international music star many say she deserves to be, the theme song for the latest Bond flick, “Quantum of Solace,” Haines says it could not materialize because of Amy’s pride. She wanted a track unlike anything else we’ve ever heard, and she gave up when she could not get it. “Mark Ronson had prepared a backing track based on [composer] David Arnold’s ‘Quantum Of Solace’ score. But when Amy heard it, she said, ‘I want a tune James Bond would dance to. That sounds like something [expletive] James Bond gets into an elevator to,’” Haines explains.