December 18, 200718 yr Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch blasts 'scumbag' Pete Doherty Last updated at 15:27pm on 18th December 2007 Comments (7) Amy Winehouse's father Mitch admits he "went crazy" when he found out his troubled daughter had struck up a friendship with self-confessed drug addict Pete Doherty. While cab driver Mitch doesn't go into details about his confrontation with Doherty, he admits he was disgusted to see the Babyshambles frontman backstage at Amy's gig at Brixton Academy earlier this month. It has been claimed that Mitch smacked Doherty and hit him with a guitar at the Brixton concert. Scroll down for more... Support: Amy Winehouse's father Mitch was unimpressed to see Doherty attend Blake's court hearing earlier this month Read more... Cocktails at dawn for teary Amy Winehouse as she prepares to face police Speaking to Grazia magazine, Mitch said: "I do worry about people like Pete Doherty though. He's a scumbag. "I flipped when I saw him sitting with Amy backstage at her Brixton gig. That night I went crazy. "My wife thought I was going to have a heart attack, I was apoplectic..." Scroll down for more... Face in the crowd: Pete Doherty lost his shoes after stage-diving into the audience at his gig last night at the Rhythm Factory in east London Mystery blonde: Doherty backstage with an admirer at his concert Since her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, was remanded in custody on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice, Amy, 24, has turned to Doherty for a shoulder to cry on. The pair, both fighting drug addictions, are said to be collaborating on a song called You Hurt The Ones You Love. The Babyshambles singer put in a shambolic performance last night at The Rhythm Factory in Whitechapel, east London, losing his shoes and socks as he dived off the stage and appearing distracted by a mystery blonde woman at the side of the stage. Scroll down for more... 'Scumbag': Amy's father Mitch Winehouse is no fan of Pete Doherty He has been photographed entering Winehouse's home at 4am and was then spotted backstage at her Brixton Academy gig last month. Mitch also hit back at criticisms that he should 'kidnap' Amy and force her into rehab. He explained: "Believe me, my first instinct is to get hold of her, pick her up and take her back to my house and lock her away. "But I've spoken to the finest drug counsellors in the world, and they've said that is exactly the wrong thing to do." Scroll down for more... Self-loathing: Amy's father said the star has self-image issues. And she looks dramatically different in 2007, to how she looked when she first arrived on the music scene, left, in 2004 Mitch admitted he had been impressed by Amy's husband Blake Fielder-Civil's attempt to clean-up since he was imprisoned last month for perverting the course of justice. Despite being against the whirlwind marriage earlier this year, Mitch says he respects Amy's choice of husband. "I wasn't in favour of the marriage, but they are married and I will support them, and he's shown while he's been in prison a level of maturity that he didn't have before. Scroll down for more... True love waits: The happy couple on their wedding day in Miami "I haven't seen him, but Amy says he's put on two stone and he's asking for her help to improve in a number of ways, and that's good to hear." Meanwhile, Mitch concedes Amy is struggling being separated from her husband. He said: "I know the real problem is she's depressed about Blake being in prison." Scroll down for more... Amy and Blake back in 2005 before they were married The singer's father told Grazia that painfully thin Amy suffers from "self-loathing". "It's clear there are self-image issues, self-loathing. We were recently looking at photos of her five years ago, when she was curvy, and she said, 'I look really happy there'. "I said, 'Aren't you happy now, darling?' And she said, 'I've been happier'. There was a realisation there." Troubled pair: Amy and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil
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