AWWWWW HOW SWEET.
From Blabbermouth:
EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee has gotten engaged to her boyfriend of the past year, a psychiatrist named Josh.
Lee announced the engagement while making an appearance on the Canadian music show “Live@Much” (broadcast from the MuchMusic headquarters in Toronto) earlier (Tuesday, January 9).
A video of Lee’s announcement can be found at YouTube.com.
Lee wrote the first single, “Call Me When You’re Sober”, off the group’s latest CD about her former boyfriend, SEETHER frontman Shaun Morgan, who checked himself into rehab last July. Lee herself said that she’s not worried about listeners knowing exactly what inspired the song. “‘Call Me When You’re Sober’ says something that’s impossible to hide from,” she said. “I’m stuck with everyone knowing exactly what I’m talking about. And if there’s consequences for that, which there are, then I have to face them. But it’s true, and it really happened, and it meant so much to me and felt so good to just blurt it out that it was worth it. And I think it’s a really great song and I’m really proud of it.”
First of all: bonus to hooking up with a psychiatrist. That’s the kind of head doctor that can prescribe drugs. Hello, rock and roll lifestyle!
But it’s often said that it takes a crazy person to obtain a psych degree, and this only serves to support that theory.
I suppose Amy Lee isn’t necessarily the portrait of insanity, but she’s definitely had some problems since fame hit. The primary force in the band took off and another bandmate had a stroke. She’s portrayed herself as a drama queen both in her lyrics and actions. She likes to stir the pot and provoke, kicking her ex when he was down. Yeah, her relationship was a mess, but “Call Me When You’re Sober” crosses the line from life experience as inspiration to downright exploitation. It’s about as subtle as a diamond-encrusted billboard in Times Square reading, “YOU’RE AN A**HOLE!”
Honestly, what would a psychiatrist say about writing and releasing a song like that? These are the kinds of things you write to get off of your chest but keep to yourself because the world doesn’t need to hear your dirty laundry. It’s very, very disrespectful to Mr. Morgan. We all know he checked into rehab; his session notes are none of our business, and for her to toss it all out for the world to see is extremely catty and immature.
But I’m sure “Josh” has told her that she’s a bad girl for doing that. She’s a very, very bad girl, and she deserves a spanking.
Best wishes to the both of them! Here’s hoping they can find enough tulle in the known universe to properly outfit Ms. Lee and her bridesmaids on the big day.
