Pete Doherty: his most revealing quotes, as The Libertines rocker is interviewed by Louis Theroux
In Louis Theroux's latest BBC interview series, the award-winning interviewer finds Pete Doherty in rural Normandy, where The Libertines frontman now lives in relative tranquility with his wife and young daughter.
In what is a shocking transformation for those who haven't been following Doherty over the last couple of years, the musician is no longer a scraggly, rakish figure: he's now grey-haired, moustached, and four years clean from the substance addiction issues that famously hounded him for most of his adult life.
Although the interview doesn't unearth the essence of Doherty – "We’ve certainly got to know the indie musician a little better, but he’s rarely caught unawares," said the Standard – it still shines a light on the man who was one of the Noughties' best-known rabble-rousers. The sit-down comes as a reminder of the musician's extraordinary life that has included a stint in prison, famous relationships, brushes with death, and some superb music.
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