Amy Winehouse's Dad on the Biggest Misconception About His Daughter (Exclusive)

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00:00 September 14th marks what would have been the 40th birthday of the late singer Amy Winehouse.

00:06 Our Rachel Smith spoke exclusively with her father, Mitch Winehouse, who keeps her legacy alive.

00:11 Amy would have been 40 years old. Where do you think she would be personally, professionally, right now?

00:21 Do you think she would have a family?

00:23 I don't want to think about it, it just made me cry.

00:25 But, you know, she was desperate to have a child and at one point she thought she was pregnant and that didn't work out.

00:32 She would have made a great mom.

00:34 12 years after Amy's life was tragically cut short from accidental alcohol poisoning,

00:39 Mitch is sharing never-before-seen journal entries, handwritten lyrics and intimate family photos

00:44 in this new book, Amy Winehouse and her words out today.

00:51 She was a vociferous note-maker, always writing things down.

00:55 We would be having an argument and then a year later I'd say, "Hang on."

01:01 In a song I'd say, "I remember that conversation that we had, it's now in rehab or something."

01:06 What do you think are some of the most misunderstood aspects of Amy that you want people to know?

01:14 Amy wasn't just a singer who was struggling with drug addiction.

01:18 She stopped drinking for five and a half weeks before she passed away.

01:21 Then she started drinking and that's when the accident happened.

01:25 If someone doesn't want to stop, they're not going to stop.

01:28 Do you have any regrets sharing Amy with the world?

01:31 Not at all. I mean, we've got a movie coming out.

01:34 Production on that biopic, Back to Black, wrapped in March.

01:40 Marisa Abella has the daunting task of taking on the legend in her breakout role.

01:44 You know that I'm no good.

01:48 But some of Amy's fans are not happy.

01:50 They accuse the project of capitalizing off her trauma.

01:53 You have had your ups and downs with Amy's fans over the years.

01:56 How are you making sure Amy's story is properly told in the biopic?

02:00 I didn't write the story, but I know that it has been done very sympathetically.

02:06 You know, the history hasn't been rewritten, but what the film does is show this other side of Amy.

02:13 I want people to know what Amy was really like.

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