It’s amusing (in a pathetic way) when those hard-partying starlets start dropping one by one into the E.R., always suffering from “dehydration” or “exhaustion.” It is exhausting to go on a four day bender, I’ll give them that. But it seems sort of needless for Amy Winehouse to give that kind of excuse. On any given day, I assume she’s injected or snorted half a dozen things. What’s the point in trying to get us to believe she was hospitalized this weekend because she’s dehydrated? Though it might technically be true – alcohol is a diuretic.

Grammy-winning British singer Amy Winehouse was taken to hospital during her prolonged holiday in St Lucia after fainting, her spokesman said Saturday.

The 25-year-old “Back to Black” and “Rehab” songstress was kept in for a night for observation after tests showed she was dehydrated.

Her British-based publicist Chris Goodman said: “She fainted at home (in St Lucia) and they took her in for observation, mainly to do with her medication to check everything was OK. They told her that she was dehydrated and needed to drink more water.”

Winehouse had been “running around” with a group of children before she passed out, he said.

The singer has had a well-publicised struggle with drugs, but has appeared to have been in improved health in recent months after turning her back on the London party scene and holing up on the Caribbean island.

[From AFP via Gossip Rocks]

I’m sorta maybe kinda semi-inclined to believe that Winehouse was legitimately dehydrated because, like the article said, she has appeared to be doing much better in the last few months. But that just means she’s not running through the streets of London in bare, bloody feet. And not beating people up. We don’t know what she’s doing in private, and I find it hard to believe that someone with such an intense history of addiction would have finally conquered it by going on vacation. I’d like to think that’s the case… but come on. That said, Amy has been photographed playing with kids a lot, it’s a beach, it’s warm, it’s not out of the question. But I have a hard time believing at least ten shots weren’t involved.

Here’s Amy with friends, horses, and kids in Saint Lucia on April 6th. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.