Pete Doherty interview on prison, losing friends to addiction and Brexit 

As someone with experience heroin, and I think, possibly methadone has that effect, I really should have googled this but I heard years back that it tightens the skin, and when you get clean from it for a substantial time your skin will look more like it's age...probably a load of bs

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He’s got a baby face

A real life Doriean Gray!

that one tired looking 19 year old. tough paper round lol

Dan Williams i was in the same boat. However, his stripped down “intimate” shows didn’t do it for me either. I am pulling for him. I hope he nails a great album

He is poetry from head to toe. It's amazing.

I appreciate your honesty

He's such a talent

Yep best kept at a distance. Pretty vile individual in his full on junkie days. Hope he's concentrating on his art more now.

So true life moves fast

Gives me weird feelings in my stomach.

Same. I don’t to, and will not, grow older than my prime

It seems like he’s doing better than he’s ever been. Kind of seems like a positive, yea?

@@benedicthampus4964 what if you hit your prime at 78? Don’t check out too early, if you can help it.

I was in rehab with him in 2005 in priory Southgate we had many a long chat and singing sessions in the smoking room but he really is a great guy with a traumatic past hence the drug problem . Anyone who was to meet him would totally agree what a lovely character he is

@@ianbed1 Awesome!

@Rupert Red 😨would definitely not look at Pete the same way if that is true - never heard that before but anyone who hurts animals like that gets zero respect from me

@@lolly5453 i don' t understand. Whad does he do to Animals ?

@@vamosama there was a comment mentioning abuse of dogs and cats... guess it’s been deleted, not sure how true it was 🤷🏻‍♀️

it's really heartbreaking. I watched this video before attendig to Puta Madres' gig (which was the first time for me) and it was sad. I watched it again and I cried because his words aren't just sad, they are "soaked" in sorrow.

@Henry Discipline not every expression of emotion in an interview is contrived

Really? I saw a person who had the world at his feet and made up imaginary demons to create an image that suited a fad trend. I have a feeling he tried pulling an Andy Kaufman on the British 'yoot' scene and it backfired. Now he runs a wanky BnB in a wanky town. Utterly pathetic and zero sympathies for the guy.

@@Soulrollsdeep And You are?

@@thehitpack766 lol a random internet hater

Well said. You're absolutely spot on.

Well said. The hypocrisy confuses me. It’s a ruthless part of human nature. I’d wager that same kind of polarisation is exactly what makes life so hard to navigate for gentle/sensitive/empathic souls like Pete Doherty. You’re right, authenticity radiates out of him.

Beautifully said

if press don't have people loving and hating - there's no media.

bob don't believe everything you read in the tabloids.

the man with the green cortina really? He was a rock n roll star. I’m sure some of the bands you like done a lot worse. We all done things we regret. Hope the man gets his life on track. Second chance. He’s bright I’m sure he has regrets. Get off your high horse you dickhead

No he's not a good songwriter, not at all, he writes simple basic lyrics , not a patch on bowie, Prince, Phil lynott etc

Hes a weird fella him mate

Underrated? Is about as two-bob as it gets. Listen to real musicians sometime.

Its so true I've a friend who's an alcoholic, I don't know what to do for the best , I've tried to help him , I'm worried about him he always says he's ok but I know he's not he knows that but thats the indenal of an addiction

Kevin Hughes coming off is worse than being on in the short term .... in the long term it’s not but that short term is so horrific that you actually are ok as long as your not in that horrific place ....... it’s like a surfer & you think he’s just sitting on his board but really he’s waiting for everything to line up before he jumps on the right wave ,,,, all you can do is be there for him if he does decide to go on that wave

@stephen stewart Thank you Stephen for the advice I've got to see him soon so this information is so helpful to me 👍

@@mjkrbjcw Thanks mate realy appreciate it . Yeah it's like I've often thought am I doing enough as a mate , you almost start thinking to yourself I should do more feel guilty myself , I've always said to him I'd help in any way but likes been said it's got to come from him . Anyway thanks again 👍

@@dreamsreselling7215 I'm sorry to hear about your friend Kevin but truth is he has to want it for himself but denial is an enormous part of alcoholism but perhaps when he realises that it's costing him more than money then lets hope he seeks help I wish him all the best.

❤

Respect bro

Babyshambles shot to fame through the tabloids coverage of his addiction. Over or under rated junkie. The decision is yours.

Well done Neil hope your torch is still burning

Hope you're well ✌

he`s my favorite song writer

Every “junkie” has far more to there character than just there addiction. Not saying they are all good there’s good and bad in all walks of life

His song writing reminds me of Syd Barrett’s only more grown up. Both underrated in my opinion.

Nothing remarkable with his music career imho. Never understood the hype around Libertines. Songs are simply not there imho

@@iggypopisgod9 I prefer Babyshambles. I don't understand why the Libertines are so popular.

"Time is Strange, Life is twice as Strange."

juan altredo yeah fucking weird

Tell me about it, where did all the time go.

Excellent comment

A silent thing called time! I woke up today and I'm fucking old, where does time go!?

SSSPPPPIIIIISSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jane Austen wrote by the latter, so who can guess which one's more sustainable 😂

Anne Frank didn't write her work by a fucking pond and it sold well@@jamesjohnston1297

@@rfcalm it sold because she is dead babe !!

@@lawrencetrafford8860 her father wrote it wit a bic biro

absolute respect for that last sentence.

Wut

I meant that “like” literally literal......

Don’t know if this is a joke or not, but just to be safe. Yes he is.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Quba72Xli8o.html

Umberto Eco

What's queuing

I never liked him much but I like his music

Shame for those that died around him on his journey.

He's moved on from his Biscuit addiction now.

@Samuelson baker?

@@fantasyproduct1042 that's their problem not his

Pete is going thru the worse part now when your body is clear of drugs & you have to deal with your emotions which have been lying dormant while your using, very difficult this is when most people start using again as you cry/laugh for no reason, feelings of guilt tear u apart then u have to learn how to live in the real world all over again i'm nearly 60yrs old I used for over 30 yrs I'm just getting my life together now it's really hard, I've done lots of detox's but I done it cold turkey this time felt like I was dying, some days I wished I would die, just wish I'd stayed clean yrs ago when I was younger as it's so much harder the older you get if only we could turn back time , good luck pete take it from an old timer it's not worth it to go backwards again.

Me too 🥲

As it usually happens, my friend

@@monoburgos9913 life doesn't have to be so negative, one of the things that makes this crazy world so interesting is how different we all are. For the record, Working class, Never done heroin (yet) and own a range of cds from classical to hip hop. But I get it, he's never going to be to everyones taste ... ✌🏻

artistic at being a fanny who is more famous for being a druggy, jailbird. only muppets look up to clowns like this.

Preach

Yes, he is a genius no denying that

Deep thought....

But you are never the same. You are always seeing things differently to most.

If your not living life on the edge your taking up to much room ! ♡' la belle et la bete'

100%. Long term addicts will know that you can't feel anything - when you're so far gone you don't care about anything or anyone.

💀💀💀

😂🤣😂🤣😂

😅

If he had any talent, he could be this important. But he doesn't, so he can't.

😂

We should really look at Sweden, low crime rate and they don't send criminals to prison for petty crime, they go to correction facilities and not many of them re-offend from the statistics, it's society in the UK that wants to see everyone locked up and then prisons get overcrowded so the solution to the problem is to build more prisons, but unless society's thinking changes there will be no change and so we will go on to continue to fail and waste more money, 36k a year it costs to accommodate a prisoner in the UK, our average wage for workers is less than half of that

Very true , i'm going to send to my MP, is about time youtube was put to work , still liked him singing a Marc Bolan song , Elton on the Joanna

Dealers actually break into some prisons. Of course the guards know what's going on. You want a jail full of sober louts or drugged out docile junkies? They even keep them topped up on diet of prescribed methadone and Benzo's.

Look up breakfast at bronzefield, a short video on here, I read the book, I felt so downhearted after it, like they don't want offenders to be rehabilitated to prevent reoffending, the book Breakfast at Bronzefield was written by a woman who served time there.

@@Gunzee It's not the answer though is it. The goal is not sober louts, it's sober rehabilitated ex criminals who can contribute to society.

Absolutely agree....he is a gifted songwriter/poet/artist.....but highly addicted.....

Beautiful dog. I love that!

67 under Par actually I was talking about music but that appears lost on this monotonous diatribe.

Alex Higgins wouldn't have blinked.

​@@67underpar61 yet I'll bet he has achieved more in his life than you ever will. Long after his death, he'll be remembered and revered for his music. Something tells me not many will care about some bitter chump on the internet

@@67underpar61 i don't in the slightest, in no way do i condone his drug taking, I'm quite obviously referring to his music which will live long after his death as it's touched many people around the world. I'm sure whoever bought your double glazing windows will remember you fondly when you've passed

well, he hasn't cried on camera before so it would've made "good television".. Interviewers interrupt those moments to help distract them.

taliwakka27 he has cried on television before. In his news night interview years ago he cried his eyes out

@@andyrhodes9435 oh. Well it's still good TV as far as those sneaky bastards are concerned

taliwakka27 she should of got up and slapped him when he cried.

@@67underpar61 haha. she should have said why don't you go write a song about it you little baby

Josy Posy this is the first real thing I’ve seen from Pete, besides his music... He really does put a face on it, but I’ve noticed he’s letting up, it’s good, I think he’s healing!

@@willbaldwin3605 let's hope so 😊

Josy Posy Self inflicted

He has major mental issues and no doubt should've been medicated before he started on the drugs. I remember seeing an interview of him and he was crying and said he had un unhappy home life and his father treated him terribly. I don't think he ever got the love a person needs to have a healthy life.

I heard he’s been clean for a bit now

If they've got veruccas, I think I'll just carry on judging them.

... because then, if you decide you don't like the person, you're a mile away... and... you've got a new pair of shoes.

Johnny depp

It's a shame he allows his dogs to rip apart people's pet cats other than that I'm sure he is lovely.

Diana M What both of you.

Being an addict weather to drugs or alcohol doesn't make you a bad person diana m you must lead a very sheltered life if u don't know anyone who's addicted to something and their not bad ppl

Lol I thought that

Inside and outside are different. Hes crying outside but inside hes soldiering on. Expand your narrow mind

Samuelson baker Why are you saying that? What did Pete do wrong?

That's what heroin does.

Samuelson baker 👨‍🍳

You big baby

The Jammy dodger!

@@twistedsis100 U knows it !!!

where does he say that

@@KutayUgurluer please search 'Pete Doherty Jammy Dodger' on RU-vid

Does he put crack in his biscuits then?

Always dtruggle.life is a struggle. Embrace it.down from 110mls of methadone tp 3.8ml jumping next week or so, all just one big fight but itsnt that life.hostile

@@adamwalkeraw it is mate we can only keep our heads up fight a day at a time The reason we take drugs is often overlooked ?

It's a horrible thing when you can't get the drugs.

@Donnie Darko Haha, read what you said wrong, he didn't come down that amount in a week he's knocking down to 3.5ml in a week lol, doing that in a week is a rapid detox like stapleford or detox 5, they get you clean in 5 days but you'll seriously wish they hadn't, talk about walking dead, id love to see the figures of how many people are clean after a year and its 5 grand as well.

If you're a middle-class tarquin who can afford to indulge the childish bullshit that comes with first world problems

Is it? Beautiful? It over rate nonsense. Listen to more music. As a man hes an evil selfish scum bag

@D B looking and acting like he does in the video

A good entertainer for his target audience, being different, loud and in your face (if you're into that type of thing), but as a talent, the guy can't sing mate.

Just on bupe or methadone probably right? Not necessarily smacked out of his face.

there's not much else there, average singer songwriter when you take it all away

@@RJH1971 I feel impressive and sad at the same time, his life is full of drug and rehab..

He is / was just a filthy drug riddled scumbag

AMF He still has hope but doing the band thing might not be a good choice for him.

Erik Lucidor Yes that's important. I've been clean just over 9 years. My partner Alex ( who died in August aged 42 ) was on 120ml of Meth and he use to say to me it was like a diabetic had insulin he needed Meth to function. If it works keep on doing you. Be lucky.

Erik Lucidor well done to you mate too. It's hard rebuilding a life after years of madness but I've found peace in the spiritual sense amid the chaos of things. I have my dogs that keep me on a level and I live somewhere peaceful. Take it easy ❤️💛💚🇬🇧

@@eriklucidor422 This is nice to read stories that aren't tragic, thanks.

@@eriklucidor422 I'm so glad to hear someone else is thriving on methadone! I've been clean 5 years - the first year on Subutex and the past 4 years on 100 mg of methadone daily. Methadone has ABSOLUTELY, without a doubt, saved my life. I'm 35 and finally have a proper career, my own home, a new car and better than all that... the respect, love and close relationship of my family. Anyone who sees methadone as "trading one addiction for another," is seeing it in the wrong light. Like the insulin analogy... do people scoff at diabetics and look down on them, referring to them as "insulin addicts?" Years of drug use changes the way your brain functions. That's plain, proven science. Your brain stops producing certain chemicals because it's come to rely on your use of drugs (in my case, opiates) to produce them. If taking methadone is what my brain needs to properly function and allows me to be a productive and responsible member of society, a present and attentive parent, a loving and caring daughter and a reliable and hard working employee, why must there be such stigma associated with it? I love hearing methadone success stories. Congratulations on your sobriety!!

He knew he was destined to die young and join the 27 Club but he decided to change the narrative written for him. Good on him.

Still better than u though

Every way

@@skar5541 Aw boo boo, did you get triggered coz someone made a light hearted joke about Pete.... Hope you get over it soon (:

@@Razormiller Ha! Brilliant. Nah. I don't get triggered mate. Nice try 😁

@Joe Bloggs cause your're the eveyman, nothing about you is uniquie

@@genghiskhanjunior9581 you don’t make sense mate

Ahhhhh same secret Gig in Melbourne he came off stage and kissed me then Carl Barratt second time ! They were a big part of my life in a hectic time the kisses sealed the end of a era and out the other side was such a blessing ♡' Peter for ever if you don't mind don't mind'

Lovely Skull he’s not doing well here sadly, he’s back on the gear :(

the man with the green cortina That’s what I was thinking!

Doing well!? Eek. He’s out of his skull, probably in black out during this filming. I hope he finds sobriety before it’s too late.

hahaha

Cup of tea and a slice of cake...your a genius mate!!!

Spooky hollow

Ha ha ha. Fantastic. 😂😂😂

Good half hour chuckle top draw comment

L 1711 ❤️

Lol his hair is a greasy mess

I have one that wants to kill me.

Lose.For christs sake, will you people ever learn, it's really not that difficult. Loose is the opposite of tight.

Stiff upper lip and all, sir!

Not yet unfortunately

Who else have you met?

@@stevechristie2569 oo hard to say off the top of my head but ill name a few. I go to conventions as well and haven't paid to meet anyone but have still bumped into people. Warwick Davis, John Barrowman, Pamela Anderson, saw a panel for the game of thrones cast and met them after, Alyson Hannigan, Hayley Atwell. I also met Geri Halliwell in a park lol. Bradley from s club 7 😂. The list goes on a bit. Pete was just incredibly nice and polite and actually a bit shy.

They're a great band dude

Haha what his youthful look and the way he seems like he's not a complete shambles of a man 🤦‍♂️

He likes to fly high ? 💉🌿

That Guy HOOKed on drugs

Peter Pan? What have you been smoking?

Like Michael Jackson but without the serial child abuse.