Pete Doherty: Libertines singer reveals he has Type 2 diabetes

Pete Doherty has revealed he has been identified with Type 2 diabetes as he battles with ongoing well being points.

The Libertines singer and guitarist, 44, has been open about his battle with alcohol and medicines through the years.

In an interview with the Guardian’s Saturday journal, Doherty mentioned he gave up “the main poisons” and his well being improved.

“Then you get told alcohol and cheese and sugar are just as bad and you were healthier when you were on heroin.”

He admitted he was “a bit of a glutton”, including: “It’s not a joke. I’ve been identified with Type 2 diabetes.

“And at the moment I’m lacking the discipline to tackle cholesterol.”

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Doherty additionally mirrored on his relationship together with his father, saying: “I love him so much and I feel that a big part of me changing the way I’m living my life, particularly since I got married and stopped taking heroin, is to be accepted by him.

“I feel it is an excessive amount of for him to see previous.”

Doherty welcomed a child lady, named Billie-May Doherty, together with his spouse Katia de Vidas in May final yr.

The couple, who’re within the band the Puta Madres, with de Vidas on keyboard and Doherty because the frontman, married in 2021. Doherty additionally has a son and a daughter from earlier relationships.