Winehouse Mom Applauds; Natalie Cole Boos Awards

Feb. 12, 2008 — -- Amy Winehouse's mom believes the tattooed, rehabbed and now Grammy-winning singer is "on the way back."

Janis Winehouse proudly points to her daughter's show-stealing performance at the Grammys this weekend as proof.

"Well, as you saw, she looks good and it's a case of she's on the road — and that's what it's about — she's on the road to recovery," Janis Winehouse told Britain's GMTV.

Sunday's Grammy performance was Winehouse's debut since being released from a London rehabilitation clinic for substance abuse.

Winehouse, 24, coyly sang her hit "Rehab" when she appeared on the Grammys by satellite and looked to be amazed to win five of the music industry's top awards.

"Well, it's Amy coming back, she's definitely on the way back," her mom said of the woman most British fans know by the nickname "Wino" for her whacked-out antics.

Well, not all the way back.

"She is an outpatient and she is under medical supervision and the treatment continues," said Chris Goodman of Winehouse's public relations firm, the Outside Organization. He declined to elaborate. He also said it was too early to confirm a rumored performance at the Brit Awards Feb. 20.

Not everyone applauded Winehouse's Grammy triumph, however.