Amy Winehouse's dad has said he is partly to blame for his daughter's drug addiction for he was the one who tore the family apart with an extra-marital affair.
The taxi driver embarked on an illicit relationship soon after Amy was born in 1983.But 18 months later, he fell for a colleague he was working with in a double-glazing firm.
Their extramarital affair continued for almost a decade before Mitch eventually left his family to move in with his mistress - and then married her in 1996.
Amy and her older brother Alex grew up aware of the mistress and even had a special name for her - 'Daddy's work wife'.
The lyrics Amy penned for track ‘What It Is About Men’ hints towards domestic baggage with the line: "All the s**t my mother went through."
"The children used to call Jane 'Daddy's work wife,’” The Sun quoted him, as saying on a BBC programme.
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"I should have left earlier, I should have left sooner. There was not really a negative response from Amy (when I left), but she definitely became a lot more independent.
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"I thought Amy was over it pretty quickly - in fact it felt at the time Amy felt no effect at all.
"Maybe she could not articulate it in words, but she certainly did it with music,” he added.
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