Natalie Cole slams Winehouse win

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Veteran recording artist Natalie Cole said she doesn't think troubled British singer Amy Winehouse should have won the five Grammy Awards she did Sunday night.

Winehouse checked into rehab in London last month to deal with her addictions to drugs and alcohol. She didn't get her visa in time to travel to Los Angeles for the Grammys gala but performed via satellite from a studio in London.

Although Cole has also fought addictions to drugs and alcohol in the past, the New York Daily News said she told reporters at a Grammys after-party that she thought Winehouse was gifted but crazy.

"I don't think she deserved it," Cole said. "I think she needs to get her life together first and then get the awards later."

Former Beatle Ringo Starr, who was nearby and overheard Cole's remarks, quipped, "Man, those are some grapes," the News said.