Amy Winehouse in ‘abject denial’

Amy Winehouse’s father-in-law says fans should stop buying her records to force the singer to seek help for what he called a drug addiction.

Giles Fielder-Civil said he believed Winehouse and his son, Blake Fielder-Civil, had used cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin and were in “abject denial” about their problem. “Clearly they are addicts,” Fielder-Civil told British Broadcasting Corp. radio Tuesday.

He said fans should send a message to Winehouse “that her addiction and her behavior are not acceptable.”

Winehouse, 23, has built her reputation on a soulful voice and a hard-partying image. Concern for her health has grown since Winehouse was taken to a hospital this month for “severe exhaustion” and spent a short stint in a rehab facility. She has since canceled a series of British concerts and postponed a tour of the U.S. and Canada.

Last week, newspaper pictures showed Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil bloody and bruised, apparently after a fight in a London hotel.