Racist slurs and drug nods: more Amy Winehouse home video horror

This abject Amy Winehouse video surfaced on the Internet today, a viral outbreak that started with British tabloid News of the World posting it to their site. The video, shot by Winehouse's continually-incarcerated husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, shows Winehouse and a friend singing a song that delivers slurs to all sorts...

By Jonathan Cunningham

June 16, 2008

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This abject Amy Winehouse video surfaced on the Internet today, a viral outbreak that started with British tabloid News of the World posting it to their site. The video, shot by Winehouse's continually-incarcerated husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, shows Winehouse and a friend singing a song that delivers slurs to all sorts of races, sexual orientations, and even the handicapped. Later, Winehouse is shown passed out. Here is the video:

And here is a video of Winehouse's apology, delivered amidst a lightning storm of paparazzi camera flashes, indecipherable blabber, and talk about other things like how Blake is her James Bond and they're gonna have lots of kids:

--Niki D'Andrea

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