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Pete Doherty ‘mostly clean’ from drugs and credits new look to love of cheese toasties
Pete Doherty has revealed the secret behind his shock transformation – cheese on toast.
The former Babyshambles singer, 42, was recently spotted in France as he went out for a walk with his partner and her dog.
The musician credits his new look to swapping drugs for toasties as he lives a slower lifestyle.
After years of partying, Pete now prefers a good lie in and claims he is ‘mostly’ clean and, while he still drinks alcohol, he is often happy with a glass of water.
He told The Sun: ‘I like Comté, Comté on toast. My guilty pleasure is sleeping.
‘For years and years, I would stay up for five or six days and then I would sleep for 24 hours, so now I love sleep.
‘At the moment I’m quite clean. I stopped taking heroin and ketamine.
‘I like experimenting, making cocktails with champagne, a bit of rum, orange juice, I’m coming across like a bit of an alcoholic, but I’m not — I like a nice glass of water.’
Pete now lives in France with his girlfriend and bandmate Katia De Vidas and he says he’d love it if there was more fast food restaurants close to where he lives in Normandy.
He joked: ‘I’d have a Big Mac if I could, but I can’t. The nearest McDonald’s is 40 minutes away.’
The rocker was known for being one of the UK music scene’s biggest hellraisers in the noughties when he fronted The Libertines and Babyshambles but he is now living a more peaceful life on the French coast.
The 42-year-old has been pictured in the seaside town of Étretat in northern France with girlfriend Katia.
Pete and Katie met in 2016 when they formed the Puta Madres and are believed to have started dating the following year.
A source told The Sun: ‘He still has a hand in music as that’s his number one passion, of course, but going to France has allowed him to relax.
‘Over the last few months he has taken his foot off the pedal and has really been enjoying his downtime.’
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