Amy Winehouse Speech
I think you have all greatly misunderstood me since I have come to fame. I am widely regarded by many as a drug addict and a bad role model for the younger generation who look up to me and model themselves against me because of my music and fame. I may be married to a man who was only let out of prison on Tuesday but my morals and the bases upon which I live my life are good. Just for the record, my marriage with my husband is not an open one, I have stuck by him and I believe it is for the best as I hope to have children in the future.
As I am sure you all already know, I have had a few drug problems in the past but I have pushed through them and I will try my absolute hardest to stay away from them in the future. Actually I am a stronger person than who I was before I got into drugs because I learnt how to get through the pain that they cause. I am a better person too because I care for other people who are into drugs and have not yet “kicked” the habit as I have. I am very involved in giving money to drug rehabilitation places and I go there as often as I can to tell them my story and warn them of the consequences. Many people construct their view of me by what they read in the press everyday. Why do I come across as such a bad influence to you? It is because 80% of the time my image and identity is created by the press. I feel that I have been made a victim by the press. 4 out of 5 of you will believe what you read in the press about me and I wish you could look beyond that see that I am just a person like you.
