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Amy Winehouse's husband threatened to divorce her if she did not check into rehab.
Blake Fielder-Civil, who is currently in jail following allegations that he tried to fix a trial, decided that tough love was the best way to convince the troubled singer to get help for her drug addictions.
"I'm so relieved she has finally taken my advice after I begged her to go into rehab," Blake told the News of the World, talking through his mother Georgette. "I even threatened her with divorce because I thought it would be the only thing to make her see sense.
"My parents have both pleaded with me to divorce Amy and I told her so before she finally agreed to go in for treatment. They think she's the Black Widow who will be the death of me if I don't end our marriage. But I'd prefer to have a short life with Amy than a long life without her."
Winehouse finally agreed to check into a clinic on Thursday, just days after a video which showed the singer allegedly taking crack cocaine was released by a newspaper.
In a phone call to his mother, Blake explained: "I'm disappointed that Amy has been taking crack and I'm pleased she got caught because at last she is going to get the help she deserves.
"I want Amy to grab this opportunity in rehab so we can have a marriage and future together. Because the way she's going I really fear I will come out of prison to no wife. I dread my cell door being opened and the chaplain informing me, 'Amy's dead.' I have that nightmare three or four times a week."
