Amy Winehouse: Her best friend talked about the last days of the late singer

Ten years after her death Amy Winehouse her best friend and roommate for a decade, referred to the late singer, her struggles with mental health, addictions and the constant pressure of world fame. Tyler James first met the singer when she was 12 years old and he was 13 years old, at the School of Theater, he stayed with her until adulthood and they lived together at his home in Camden, London for the last years of her life, reports APE.

The two accepted proposals from record companies together, although it was Amy Winehouse who unexpectedly became known around the world, but as James notes, in the end she “longed for regularity”.

On 23 July 2011, James arrived home – having gone outside in an attempt to force her to stop drinking alcohol – and found an ambulance parked outside.

In a new interview with The Times, he describes the scene and says: “It was like a movie premiere out there.” Amy Winehouse confirmed to have died at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning. Alcohol addiction has been exacerbated by the long-term effects of bulimia. “Amy was a 20-year-old girl with an addiction and everything was part of it. “Everyone was watching,” says James, although he stresses “how close he was to becoming healthy” and “giving up alcohol before she died.” He adds that he had already done heroin and crack years ago.

Pressure from the media

Taylor James also refers to the pressure that the media exerted on the singer on a daily basis, after the 2006 album “Back to Black”. “Amy went through a lot,” she says. “It was difficult for her. They were different times then. If you were famous, you may have been chased. “They did not care if it affected your mental health or if it made the addiction worse or drove you crazy.” “I do not think that would happen today,” he said, citing Princess Diana and Britney Spears as examples – the subject of many documentaries over the past two years – who have been treated similarly by the media.

This month, James published a book entitled «My Amy: The Life We Shared» for the years they spent together. The singer’s friend and roommate decided to write the book four years ago, when the trauma of her death turned into a crisis. “I woke up and felt so angry and broke things and cried,” he says. “It was a terrible day. But I started writing all these things, like notes on my phone. And the next day I felt better. “And then I started writing more and it was like getting rid of everything.” “It was a cleansing experience for me. I thought, ‘I’m the closest Amy could get to anyone who could hear her voice.'”