Amy Winehouse and Barbara Windsor used to behave out outdated ‘EastEnders’ scenes, claims good friend

Amy Winehouse and Barbara Windsor used to reenact outdated EastEnders scripts when Winehouse would briefly bunk off rehab stints, the late singer’s greatest good friend has claimed.

Musician Tyler James has revealed from his forthcoming biography My Amy: Recollections of Amy Winehouse that Winehouse and Windsor had secret meet-ups and have been good pals.

“When she met Barbara it was as if she grew to become a brand new nan determine for her,” James informed The Sun. “Amy was out and in of personal hospitals being handled for habit to alcohol but it surely was straightforward to sneak out and Barbara lived not far away.”

He claimed that Windsor’s would indulge Winehouse’s needs for her to tug out outdated scripts and carry out scenes collectively. Winehouse would at all times play Windsor’s EastEnders character Peggy Mitchell, whereas Windsor would play Pat Butcher, stated James.

“Amy being Amy, together with her accents and impressions, obtained proper into it. There was a correct connection between them. Once we left, Barbara at all times stated to me, ‘Take care of her, Tyler.’ It was a comforting place for her to go.”

He added: “Amy would at all times give her a large hug when she noticed [Windsor]. You noticed photos of Amy trying off her head and out of her thoughts, however when she was with Barbara her upbringing and manners for somebody older have been on show.”

Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 on the age of 27.

The tenth anniversary of her demise is being marked by the BBC with a sequence of programmes celebrating her life and profession.

Winehouse’s mom Janis opened up not too long ago about telling the story of the late singer’s life in a brand new BBC documentary, Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On.

In line with the BBC, Janis was motivated to inform Winehouse’s story within the movie as a result of her battle with a number of sclerosis “threatens to strip her of her recollections” of the singer. It’ thought that reminiscence issues are frequent amongst these residing with the debilitating neurological situation.

Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On will air on BBC Two later this summer time. James’ new e-book is launched tomorrow (June 8).