Amy Winehouse Sounds Pretty Damn Normal - Throws J-Lo Under A Bus For Good Measure
Amy Winehouse was in court this morning. For once it had nothing to do with drugs or divorce or whether her beehive wig should be condemned as radioactive waste.
Amy was there because she has been charged with assaulting a fan backstage at a concert. Last September Sherene Flash went backstage at a concert that Amy's goddaughter Dion held. Sherene wanted a picture with Amy. Sherene says Amy punched her in the face. Amy said she was intimidated and that Sherene was drunk. Amy also said it was more of a forearm to the chest to get some space.
The thing is I actually believe Amy.
Amy admitted that she had been drinking that night. Her choice of beverages included champagne, vodka and white wine.
"I didn't know what she was going to do. She lunged at me and put her arm around me. She was just drunk. She's a nice girl, she was just drunk. I think it was just intimidating. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she's got her arm around me, her face next to mine, and there's a camera in front of me. I think she was being overly friendly, but that was intimidating, I was scared. She's a big girl. She was just being overly presumptuous. I'm not Mickey Mouse, I'm a human being."
Amy then told the woman that she would take a picture but she needed two minutes first to say goodbye to someone. The someone was the stylist of Dion. At that point, Sherene moved in closer and the incident happened. Sherene said Amy punched her in the face and left her eye slightly swollen. Amy stood up in front of the judge to show how tiny she is and that she could have never reached the woman's face with her hand.
When Amy was asked if she was a demanding celebrity, she showed that she reads or at least listens to gossip.
"I'm not like that. I'm not a Jennifer Lopez, paint the room white before I get there and I want five bunches of lilies."
No, just champagne, vodka and white wine. Reporters in the courtroom said Amy looked sober and in good shape. Did she overreact? Maybe. I don't know who to believe. I do think that there are better things for a government to spend money on than this trial. I'm not condoning violence, but even Sherene admitted she was barely hurt if at all and she admitted she was drunk also and maybe acting aggressively.
