Mitch Winehouse, 70, recalled the experience in a new interview and said he felt the late singer’s spirit ‘enter his back’ while he stayed at her flat three years ago

Amy Winehouse ’s father Mitch has revealed how the late singer’s spirit visited him three years ago.

Speaking to Jewish News, he said: “Three years ago, I was staying in Amy’s flat and I felt something come through the window and enter into my back. It was like somebody put an electric toothbrush on my back.

Mitch Winehouse
Mitch, 70, said he feels Amy’s spirit around him all the time

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On Thursday, Amy’s mother Janis Winehouse-Collins recalled their final touching exchange before the singer’s death during a new interview with Lorraine Kelly on ITV’s Lorraine.

During the emotional interview, Richard recalled the moment when he informed Janis that Amy had died at the age of 27 on July 23, 2011.

Richard revealed: “It was the worst day of my life. I got the phone call to say that Amy had gone. It was actually her cousin, Martin that phoned. I said, ‘Don’t be silly, we were with her yesterday.’

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“And he said, ‘No, I’m being absolutely serious.’”

Amy Winehouse
The iconic singer tragically passed away in 2011 aged 27 from alcohol poisoning

He revealed: “And then I had to tell Janis. I said, ‘Janis, I don’t know what to say, she’s gone.’

“She looked at me and she thought I was talking about my mum, because my mum died a month after Amy – my mum was seriously ill.”

An upset Richard added: “She [Janis] said, ‘It’s just your mum’ and I said, ‘No, no. Your baby, she’s really gone.’ And Jan just stood there.”

Janis Winehouse-Collins and Richard Collins
Amy’s mum Janis and her husband Richard Collins appeared on Thursday’s Lorraine

Amy’s mother revealed: “It took time for me, disbelief.”

Lorraine then asked about their final moments together and Janis revealed it was a highly touching but normal interaction.

Janis recalled: “I remember exactly. I said to her, ‘Amy I love you’ and she said, ‘I love you too mummy.’ But that’s how we were and I could express my love to her, always.”