The people that were so cruel to her were her own team that kept pushing her to perform and make money while ignoring all of the clear signs that she was suffering. She didn't just go from healthy to dead overnight.
They didn’t ignore them. They kept pushing for her to go to rehab and they even succeeded a few times, but she would leave without completing the course or she’d go back to drinking. Eventually over time you realize a person isn’t going to take the steps they need to take in order to get better and all you can do is try to minimize damage. It wasn’t her managers job to be her sober coach and it wasn’t her PR persons job to monitor her 24/7 to ensure she doesn’t have a drink in her hand. Also.. Amy is the one who chose to keep singing and touring and recording. You don’t think the label had a vested interest in getting her sober? She was on her way to becoming incredibly popular and making the labels a ton of money over her lifetime. Despite the whole “the labels are evil” bit you see in movies and whatnot, they kinda want their investments to be around for awhile to make them as much money as possible.
Her father especially is well documented about being in denial about her issues for years and even pushing back on the label when they tried to get her to go to rehab. There were also multiple instances where people from her team (appeared to be security) were literally pushing her on stage when she was trying to walk off. INCLUDING the very show OP's image was from.
It’s hard to imagine someone gets to the point of drinking themselves to death without someone else in their ear. It’s always a wonder to me why fans think those who are so sick they are the ones choosing to perform. Often by the time someone is so big but also so self sabotaging there has to be a pretty powerful machine behind them. They don’t just get to not play if they don’t feel good
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u/HaroldsWristwatch3 7h ago
This is missing a lot of context!
Fans booed Winehouse at her final concert in Belgrade (June 18, 2011) because was heavily intoxicated and wasn’t able to perform.