Goodness me. For all the troubles Amy has had of late with horse tranquilers and spousal abuse and the like, who would've thought a little weed would get her banned from the US for good?
You see, when Amy was busted for possession of ze marijuna in Norway recently, she went ahead and paid the fine, apparently unawares that this equates to admitting guilt by Norweign law. This, in turn, got her US Visa revoked.
According to Aversion:
Winehouse will appeal a guilty plea that came hand-in-hand when she agreed to pay the fine for getting snared by police in a hotel room with a bit of marijuana in her possession). Winehouse's lawyer contends that she wasn't aware of the Norwegian legal system's workings, and didn't realize that by paying the fine, she also admitted her guilt to the charges.
This makes me selfishly very, very sad, as I was very much hoping that Amy would pull her shit together and come back and play for all of us. Not to mention, we had big plans for the holidays, and for her to come stay with us and meet the baby! Oh Amy, this really is a big setback, but I will never let it impact our friendship!!
1 Erik Gonzalez said on November 2, 2007
And if you missed it, apparently poor Miss Amy was a disaster at the MTV Europe Awards, mumbling her way through "Back to Black".
2 diana said on November 2, 2007
i'm going to the mtvU awards in NY next Thursday and was hoping to see her -! oh well
3 ChrisB said on November 2, 2007
I was just telling you that yesterday I thought she'd never be let back in to the US because of it, but I had no idea that it would be revoked right away.
Several years ago, I was an intern for one of our US senators and the office had gotten a letter from a mayor of a small town in British Columbia who couldn't get through the border because he admitted on a radio show that he smoked pot on occasion in college. IN COLLEGE!
This country's immigration laws are fucked.
4 Levi said on November 2, 2007
EG - Yeah, it's pretty rough.
5 Imaginary Kiku said on November 2, 2007
wait, weed is illegal in Norway!? You lost me...
6 imaginary stella said on November 4, 2007
I saw on last night's SNL that Amy is supposed to be next week's musical guest...guess that'll probably change!
7 elle said on November 4, 2007
Wow, after watching that TERRIBLE performance of the MTV Europe awards, I wouldn't be so sad about not seeing her in concert. She's not even singing words through the whole song, save for "You go back..."!
She's a train-wreck before even several years of stardom. I fear for what she'll be like in 10 years, if fame sticks with her that long.
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