cicemburong News: 'Do not let tattooed reptile Amy Winehouse become a citizen of St. Lucia,' says island's former adviser

'Do not let tattooed reptile Amy Winehouse become a citizen of St. Lucia,' says island's former adviser

It appears that not everyone in St Lucia is pleased by Amy Winehouse's arrival in the Caribbean.
Former government 'mouthpiece' Jeff Fedee has written a bitterly critical article expressing his disgust at those who have encouraged the former drug-addict to feel at home on the island.

He says the 'tattooed reptile' is a bad example to the youth of St Lucia and questions what she will bring to the cultural life of the area.

What kind of example is Amy Winehouse? Former government 'mouthpiece' Jeff Fedee says the singer is not welcome in St Lucia

'Those who sing the praises of Amy Winehouse are missing the point: she is not a good model for St Lucian citizens, particularly the youth, despite the music,' he writes in local newspaper the St Lucia Star.

'Which begs the question: what positive message is Amy Winehouse conveying to the young people out there?'

Not welcome: Jeff Fedee has spoken bluntly about Winehouse

Not welcome: Former St. Lucia spin-doctor Jeff Fedee has spoken bluntly about Winehouse

And despite his former role as a government representative he criticises those who are reportedly considering granting the singer residency status.

'I would strongly urge that Amy Winehouse be denied residency status to purchase property in St Lucia. Is she being given special treatment because police records and statement of character are required for the granting of an Alien Landholding license to foreigners?

'She would be a menace and a dangerous influence to St Lucian society, because the demons that inhabit her tortured body will still have to be fed and I ask whether the authorities are going to ignore the indulgences in illegal substances for which ordinary St Lucians are arrested and incarcerated.'

Fedee even writes: 'I predict that the relative peace and tranquility that we enjoy in this country will desert us and untold misery and disasters will visit us.

'We cannot put the future of our country in jeopardy for the sake of the sale of a house to a character that will draw to St Lucia untold human suffering.'

His comments come as Amy's concerned mother opened up about her daughter's battle with addiction - saying she is in denial and needs to be rescued.

Exercise: Dressed in Amy Winehouse sports gear and carrying a towel, Amy Winehouse walks past a kite surfing trailer

Janis Winehouse spoke out as new TV footage showed the former drug addict drunkenly trying to play the drums in the St Lucia villa where she is holed up.

'The need to rescue her is enormous,' Mrs Winehouse said. 'I just want her to be okay and I would do whatever it took to make that right.

'Amy is in denial all the time. She probably feels trapped, her body is trapping her.

'But I know with addiction you do not have the choice because the substance itself directs you.'

Her comments, screened as part of an ITV documentary, came as the skinny 25-year-old was pictured walking along the beach in the Caribbean today.

She has been living there at her record company's expense since visiting on holiday last December.

Her mother continued: 'I want to say to her - "Amy, what are you doing? Don't you know what you're doing?" But she by then has got herself on to it to help her get through, and I understand that.'

Skinny: Amy's back reveals her slender frame

Skinny: Amy's tanned back reveals her slender frame in her sports wear

The Back to Black singer's father Mitch also spoke to interviewer Daphne Barak: 'I need my daughter to be a whole person again.

'I tried it all - I said: "Amy you've got to do this, you've got to go to this doctor, you've got to do this, you've got to do that, you're killing me, you're killing your mum."

'None of it worked.'

He said his daughter was on a drug replacement programme but drinking heavily.

'For the last six months there's been a remarkable recovery,' he said.

'A gradual recovery, which is good. With slight backward steps - not drug backward steps, more drink backward steps if you follow my drift.

'I think that will be the pattern of recovery.'

Worries: Amy's parents Mitch and Janis expressed their concerns about their daughter in a TV interview

On tonight's show Mr Winehouse is also seen blaming his daughter's estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil for fuelling her drug habit.

'The option of them being together is too horrible to contemplate,' he said.

'They are going to get divorced and who knows what's going to happen down the line.

'Amy and Blake have decided that they want to get on with their lives separately, and if they get back together again in the future and they're both clean and they still love each other, that's up to them.'