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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



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Bill

What is this, the Black Grammy Awards, with some Whites added for racial balance (lol).

January 13 2009 at 3:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TR

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.

January 13 2009 at 3:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Maureen

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!

January 13 2009 at 2:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jimm W

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. =(

January 13 2009 at 2:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
queen cherry731

who cares about this Winehouse wannabe

January 13 2009 at 2:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Juliana

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.

January 12 2009 at 11:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sandra Kelemen

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.

January 12 2009 at 11:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Adam

Who?

January 12 2009 at 9:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
universalic200

who is she?

January 12 2009 at 8:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cjgoose

I like cake

January 12 2009 at 8:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply