LONDON — Singer Amy Winehouse has entered a rehab facility, her record label announced on Thursday.
"Amy decided to enter the facility today after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors," said the statement from Universal Music Group. "She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction and prepare for her planned appearance at the Grammy Awards. She is nominated in an incredible six categories."
A video released earlier this week by British tabloid The Sun may have played a helping hand in today's announcement. In the video, which surfaced on Tuesday, the 24-year-old "Rehab" singer is captured apparently smoking a crack pipe. The secretly-filmed tape shows the troubled star wandering around a party in her home in East London in a dazed and confused state. She is also heard telling friends who are planning to go out, that she would be "useless" to them because she has just taken six valium to "bring myself down."
The grainy video was reportedly shot at a party last Friday at the singer's East London home.
The Sun claims the 24-year-old Winehouse "took hit after hit of the deadly drug after a 19-minute binge in which she snorted powdered ecstasy and cocaine" before making an erratic appearance at her husband Blake Fielder-Civil's court hearing last Friday.
At one point during the video, the skeletal singer accuses one of the guests of letting her pet cat escape from the quiet room into the party.
She is heard mumbling: "If I was that cat, I'd leave on my own accord. I'd call a cab. It ain't right. This ain't Toys R Us. They took my cat."
Winehouse's appearance at the NRJ Awards in France this Saturday has been canceled due to her rehab stint. She apparently still hopes to attend the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards, in which her six nominations include Album, Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best New Artist.
"Amy entered the facility by mutual agreement and continues to receive the full support of all concerned," Universal Music Group said in the statement. "Amy is the most talented and important musical artist of her generation and has made huge strides on her road to recovery. Universal Music Group wants nothing more than to see her take the time she needs to come back to full health and fulfill her incredible potential with the label."
The statement added: "The label has always had the best interests of Amy at heart and has been guided by her family and doctors in the last few months as to the best direction to take. All concerned feel that Amy must put her health before all other considerations and will be by her side whenever and wherever they are needed."
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