Brit Rocker Offers Duffy Psychiatric Help
Duffy would like to make one thing perfectly clear: she has not had a nervous breakdown. But the burgeoning Welsh superstar and three-time Grammy nominee just might if the rumors floating around about her collapse don't stop.It all started last fall when, she says, a Welsh journalist asked her about her holiday plans. "I answered I was having a nervous breakdown. I said it in jest," she tells Spinner. However, the comment hit the wires and she's been clawing her way back to the sanity she never lost, one day at a time. But at least she can comfort herself that others are truly concerned about her welfare. "Just today, some British rock legend rang my manager and left a voicemail that they had someone who could help with that -- a really good therapist."
She wouldn't tell us who the "British rock legend" is. We named David Bowie and Paul McCartney. She swatted both down and gave us the clues: "in a band" and "a genius." Let the guessing begin.
2009 Grammy Nominees
Lil Wayne: Album Of The Year, Best Rap Solo Performance, Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, Best Rap Album
Christopher Owyoung, Retna
Coldplay: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Album
Mark Venema, WireImage
Ne-Yo: Album Of The Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best Contemporary R&B Album
John Shearer, WireImage
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals, Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
Mark Cornelison, WireImage
Radiohead: Album Of The Year, Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Short Form Music Video
Nick Pickles, WireImage
Adele: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Jo Hale, Getty Images
Duffy: Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album
Matt Cardy, Getty Images
Sheryl Crow: Best Pop Vocal Album
AP
Estelle: Song Of The Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Simone Joyner, Getty Image
Jason Mraz: Song Of The Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Jordan Strauss, WireImage
Posted by Melinda Newman on Jan 12th 2009 12:00PM
Filed under: News, Exclusive
Reader Comments(1 of 1)
HI J E A N N Eat 1-12-2009
Geez folks. Worry about your own mental health.
Robertat 1-12-2009
In a band and a genius? How can that be true? LOL
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cjgooseat 1-12-2009
I like cake
universalic200at 1-12-2009
who is she?
Standardat 1-12-2009
Who?
palmdesertsandraat 1-12-2009
It isn't enough that guys these days think it's cool to have their pants hanging barely above their rear ends, now the guy up for a grammy has his pants hanging below his boxer shorts. It looks so corny and ridiculous. Normal women do NOT find this sexy at all. They should remember that woman love a man in a uniform, and next to that a tuxedo. They should get some hints from Usher, who always looks sexy and like a gentleman. If they want to attract the loser women of the world they should continue with their nutty concepts.
julianaat 1-12-2009
it's not Paul McCartney , as was sugested, b/c he doesn't have a band any more ---such as Wings. Adn ditto for Bowie.
queen cherry731at 1-13-2009
who cares about this Winehouse wannabe
Jimmat 1-13-2009
It could have been Mick Jagger. but who really know or cares. Hey why dont we talk about the horrible ecomomy or the terrible job market? Hi..I'm having a hard time finding a job. =(
Maureenat 1-13-2009
I bet the "British Rock Legend" is Simon Le Bon..
In other interviews I've seen him mention that Amy Winehouse needs someone "to look after her"...
Maybe Mister Le Bon is planning to build a Rehab for birds?? -tweet tweet!
TRat 1-13-2009
There is no such thing as a nervous breakdown. Ask your friendly neighborhood psychotherapist, etc. They simply do not exist. Maybe pushed to the edge but never over.
Billat 1-13-2009
What is this, the Black Grammy Awards, with some Whites added for racial balance (lol).