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So now Amy’s been caught smoking a crack pipe. I just don’t get it. If the chick made a song telling everybody she wasn’t going to rehab, we make it a hit and try to give her awards for it, then we get mad because she won’t go to rehab.

Anyway, 2008 has been the year of crazy starlets so far, with Britney Spears picking up in 08′ right where she left off in 07′, and now Winehouse trying to work her way into a Chris Rock monologue. At this point, the best we can do as fans, critics and haters is to compare Amy Winehouse with another famous alleged crackhead, Whitney Houston.

Now, we haven’t heard from Whitney in a while, and I’m not downing any attempts she has made and is making to get her life and career back on track. But let’s be serious. Whitney once said on national television that crack is wack. She could’ve said there’s no hope in dope, no go on the blow, or any other slick statement on the issue. But a real crack head will refer to crack as wack in a heartbeat; you and I both know it.

Winehouse is allegedly on tape smoking the stuff. Far more serious than just wild behavior caught on TMZ. She doesn’t have the longevity and following the Whit had to be wilding on crack just yet. Weed, maybe. But not blow.

I feel for Amy Winehouse like I felt for Whitney, that help is the best thing for her. But we’ve seen that airing their coke-sprinkled laundry in the media does nothing but exacerbate the problem. In fact, it might help you get a reality show income as it did for Whitney. So let’s leave her and her family alone to manage this crisis. Amy Winehouse would have nothing to run from if we stopped following her and her problems around.