Blake Fielder-Civil speaks out on his relationship with Amy Winehouse on her 40th birthday

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Amy Winehouse on what would have been her 40th birthday.The 41-year-old first met the singer in a pub back in 2005, and the two remained in an on-and-off relationship for six years.

They married in 2007 and divorced two years later – shortly after which, the singer died of alcohol poisoning aged 27.Now, to mark what would have been Winehouse’s 40th birthday today (September 14), Fielder-Civil appeared on ITV daytime show Good Morning Britain to open up about their tumultuous relationship and face questions about how his previous struggle with addiction played a role in the lead up to the musician’s death.Describing himself as a “20-year-old drug addict” at the time he was in the relationship, he was also asked what he would change if he was allowed the chance to do things over again.“Almost everything,” he began. “Before me and Amy did that together [taking heroin], I had tried it a few times, so I recognise in myself now – and this is part of being kinder to myself – I didn’t know what I was doing.”'I was a 20-something-year-old drug addict and I had no idea how to make myself clean, let alone somebody else' On what would have been Amy Winehouse’s 40th birthday, her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil admits that he made mistakes pic.twitter.com/HkMQ7xievB— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 14, 2023‘I wasn’t going into that with an intention of this happening.

I don’t think anyone that loved Amy, her family or her friends, would ever think that this is what I would have wanted,” he continued.