Natalie Cole — outspoken critic of Amy Winehouse — arrives at a fundraiser for the Women’s Cancer Research Fund wearing animals that I certainly hope were, before their deaths, used to test some manner of cancer treatment.

I know, I know, it’s great that Natalie Cole is showing up to support breast cancer research.

But, really, what else does Natalie Cole have to do these days?

She could have skipped that coat.

“I’m going on record as an artist who is able to critique [Amy Winehouse]. I think she has a great talent, but I don’t agree with the Grammys giving her those nods. I think it sends the wrong message, that even in the midst of her stupor of drugs she can get nominated for all these awards. It’s a slap in the face to musicians and artists who work very hard that they turn around and give it to someone who really obviously doesn’t have a grasp of what she has. I’ve been in this business over 25 years and I sacrificed five years of my own life on drugs and almost lost my life because of it. So I take great offence to almost see someone getting glory out of being in the position that they’re in – she needs to get her life together and embrace her craft, she will lose it if she doesn’t get it together.”

- Natalie Cole, at the Grammy Awards