relationship and Blake was seeing another girl, who he obviously preferred to Amy and he didn’t feel he could leave this other girl … When Amy started to become successful and when she started to do well, he joined Amy. He started going [out] with Amy in 2007 … and I met him. She was doing a show in Bayswater [West London] ….’
‘When was that?’ I ask.
‘Around about March 2007. … My first impression was that he was a nice guy. Very friendly. He shook my hand. He was very polite and he seemed … very pleasant ….’
‘What did he say?’ I am intrigued. ‘… Did he say – “I love your daughter?”’
‘No!’ Mitch exclaims. ‘Nothing like that. He didn’t give a big speech or anything. He said, “I am Blake” and “It’s nice to meet you … I am looking forward to the show tonight.”’
‘Did you know who he was?’ I question.
‘I knew of him …. I knew at that point, [Amy] was seeing him. And she kind of sort of made moves to get us together .… At that point I had no good reason not to get together with him. None whatsoever. I am very welcoming as far as Amy’s boyfriends are concerned.’
‘So, when was the next time …?’
‘The next time … was when we went to New York to do the Letterman Show. David Letterman. We flew together and I was with him for five to six days. … He went out to join her. She was already there doing a mini tour … and she wanted him to be there.’
‘So, she paid for the ticket?’ I say quizzically.
‘Of course,’ Mitch replies.
I find his quiet acceptance that this is OK interesting and tell him so, adding: ‘Well, I’m very successful and I don’t pay for my boyfriend.’
‘Well, you might do if he didn’t have any visible means of income …,’ Mitch responds sarcastically.
‘I am not so sure,’ I argue.
‘Well, she did.’
I have to pursue this further. ‘It didn’t bother you at that point?’
‘ At that point ,’ he says, ‘it wasn’t a problem. In fact maybe she didn’t even pay [at all] because I think the record company sends us out, or something like that. I can’t even remember.’
I am surprised that this situation doesn’t concern Mitch more. A new relationship – one moreover that he’s suspicious about – and he doesn’t seem concerned that his daughter or her record label might be footing the bill for this new man’s expenses. He even seems to think it’s reasonable.
So, I repeat the question again: ‘It didn’t bother you at that point ?’
‘No,’ he repeats. ‘It didn’t bother me at that point. Not at all.’
OK.
‘You flew together. It’s a long flight. It takes seven hours to get to New York,’ I state.
‘We weren’t sitting together …,’ Mitch says. ‘I went First Executive, or something like that, and they stuck him back in [economy class] …. I said to him I really need to have a sleep, so I had a sleep … I woke up and I went back and I spoke to him for about half an hour to an hour and he seemed like a decent guy.’
‘Maybe you should have spent seven hours with him?’ I say, thinking maybe then he wouldn’t have seemed such a ‘decent guy’.
‘Maybe I should have. But I didn’t,’ he says.
It strikes me that Mitch is in denial about Amy – maybe this is because he loves her and he really wants to grab onto any glimmer of hope that Amy is okay – but, in my mind, he is in constant denial.
Amy is doing what she is doing and there are many reasons for her behaviour, but Mitch doesn’t push his daughter to find out what possesses her to act as she often does – or, indeed, to try to find out what demons drive her. Mitch’s refusal to accept the reality of the situation forms part of that addiction.
News of Amy’s relationship with Blake filtered back to England, and even though they had broken up, Alex didn’t take the news at all well. He made his feelings known to anyone who would listen, as seen, in particular, when he sold alleged
‘When was that?’ I ask.
‘Around about March 2007. … My first impression was that he was a nice guy. Very friendly. He shook my hand. He was very polite and he seemed … very pleasant ….’
‘What did he say?’ I am intrigued. ‘… Did he say – “I love your daughter?”’
‘No!’ Mitch exclaims. ‘Nothing like that. He didn’t give a big speech or anything. He said, “I am Blake” and “It’s nice to meet you … I am looking forward to the show tonight.”’
‘Did you know who he was?’ I question.
‘I knew of him …. I knew at that point, [Amy] was seeing him. And she kind of sort of made moves to get us together .… At that point I had no good reason not to get together with him. None whatsoever. I am very welcoming as far as Amy’s boyfriends are concerned.’
‘So, when was the next time …?’
‘The next time … was when we went to New York to do the Letterman Show. David Letterman. We flew together and I was with him for five to six days. … He went out to join her. She was already there doing a mini tour … and she wanted him to be there.’
‘So, she paid for the ticket?’ I say quizzically.
‘Of course,’ Mitch replies.
I find his quiet acceptance that this is OK interesting and tell him so, adding: ‘Well, I’m very successful and I don’t pay for my boyfriend.’
‘Well, you might do if he didn’t have any visible means of income …,’ Mitch responds sarcastically.
‘I am not so sure,’ I argue.
‘Well, she did.’
I have to pursue this further. ‘It didn’t bother you at that point?’
‘ At that point ,’ he says, ‘it wasn’t a problem. In fact maybe she didn’t even pay [at all] because I think the record company sends us out, or something like that. I can’t even remember.’
I am surprised that this situation doesn’t concern Mitch more. A new relationship – one moreover that he’s suspicious about – and he doesn’t seem concerned that his daughter or her record label might be footing the bill for this new man’s expenses. He even seems to think it’s reasonable.
So, I repeat the question again: ‘It didn’t bother you at that point ?’
‘No,’ he repeats. ‘It didn’t bother me at that point. Not at all.’
OK.
‘You flew together. It’s a long flight. It takes seven hours to get to New York,’ I state.
‘We weren’t sitting together …,’ Mitch says. ‘I went First Executive, or something like that, and they stuck him back in [economy class] …. I said to him I really need to have a sleep, so I had a sleep … I woke up and I went back and I spoke to him for about half an hour to an hour and he seemed like a decent guy.’
‘Maybe you should have spent seven hours with him?’ I say, thinking maybe then he wouldn’t have seemed such a ‘decent guy’.
‘Maybe I should have. But I didn’t,’ he says.
It strikes me that Mitch is in denial about Amy – maybe this is because he loves her and he really wants to grab onto any glimmer of hope that Amy is okay – but, in my mind, he is in constant denial.
Amy is doing what she is doing and there are many reasons for her behaviour, but Mitch doesn’t push his daughter to find out what possesses her to act as she often does – or, indeed, to try to find out what demons drive her. Mitch’s refusal to accept the reality of the situation forms part of that addiction.
News of Amy’s relationship with Blake filtered back to England, and even though they had broken up, Alex didn’t take the news at all well. He made his feelings known to anyone who would listen, as seen, in particular, when he sold alleged
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