Pete Doherty

[LionNo4]

Is anyone else apart from myself sick of hearing about this man.He gets so much coverage it sickens me.A low life self desstructive drug addict who deserves no pity.I blame the tabloids to a point for printing column space for this ******.A person for your kids to look up to.I would go for total press blank on him,let him swim in his own ****.

RANT OVER but does anyone agree.

[sp1814]

I say keep him the papers. Report every time he gets arrested. Print pictures of his bug-eyed greasy face because he is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best anti-drugs message ever, ever, ever.

[NikkiB]

To me, PD is a pretend, ersatz rock star. Few could name or hum any of his songs. His real fame began as the boyfriend of Kate Moss and the tabloids fuelled it from there. cp Elizabeth Hurley's fame. It began with the safety pin dress, soon she was in the papers for all her subsequent outfits and the offer of acting work flooded in to her. (until it became clear that she is as wooden as Pinoccio)

Since his time with Kate Moss, the papers have chronicled PD's every move. I don't know how or why he was invited to do Live8 or who allowed him to go on stage when he was so clearly shot away. In years to come still no-one will be able to name a single one of his songs. A nonentity simply famous for being famous. Much as I believe in freedom for the press, I hate the way they sell certain "celebrities" to us. I'm inclined to agree with other posters on this: who the **** is he?

[Celtigra3]

It wouldn't have been so bad if he had talent. I hate to say it but the majority of "bands" and singers nowadays are just rubbish. Bring back the sixties!

[Supernick]

For Doherty, read Cobain, Vicious etc. He's and icon to a generation of young teenagers, an inspiration to rebel (as if they need it), and a genuinely important musician.

Junkie, waster, scumbag, and it will all end it tears, but it always does doesn't it? Each ge neration has one, and I'm sure that you alll remember yours.

[Supernick]

Cobain might be a bit unfair mind. imeant he was an icon more than anything else

[undercovers]

i can hum most of the libertines song - a lot of them have an anti drug message... do you like him any better now? :)

[tanzanya]

once a junkie, always a junkie. I feel sorry for him.

But I do love the Libertines and I thought the Babyshambles performance was the best song on the NME awards. I hope he doesn't OD before I get to see a gig.

[Cheesefreek]

tanzanya - I definitely wouldn't say "once a junkie always a junkie". I happen to know of at least one person who was addicted to heroin in his 20s, and has now been off it for over 25 years. He's happily married with children, and has worked for the same company for almost all this time. I am sure he is one of many.

[tanzanya]

my stepfather died of heroin and most of his brothers are still hooked. I agree that some people can get over their addiction, but your friend is one of the lucky ones. i know from experience that heroin users have to maintain an almost vigilant sobriety to stay sober or else they will lapse into some form of drug taking or obsessive behaviour (when my step dad wasn't using he was "hooked" to his job or going to church!). I brought this up, because I am honestly sympathetic to Pete Doherty - the photos of his crazy sweaty face bring back tragic memories and what he is going through is not nice, not for all the fame and skinny models in the world.

[stevie21]

It's fashionable to demonise him and I'd guess that some people who know b*gger all about him are quick to jump on the bandwagon of heavily criticising him.

He's certainly not an angle but The Stones (among others) spent a decade on the same drugs and everyone thought they were cool (which they weren't).

Ideally, he'd leave out all the crap and go back to focusing on music. He was great in The Libertines

[:Ace:]

Give him a black bag of his drugs and make him take them all in one go...that'll sort that problem out...

[chimney]

Pete Doherty- When he was in the Libertines he burgled his bandmates (Carl Barat) girlfriends flat, making him no different from the granny beating thieving scumbag in the street.

And then the NME publish an issue with the 50 coolest rock stars and put him on the front cover. Making them scumbags. Go for it kids be a rock star be cool, jack up with skag that's the future.

Dirty f***ing scum, they are not tortured souls crying out for help, they are a cancer on society and the sooner they die the better

[laurence2]

I think certain post on hear are missing the point, Mr drug head has been caught on more than one occasion out of his head in charge of a car.

Tanzanya, would you feel sorry for him if he ran someone over?

He thinks like a number of so-called celebs/stars that taking drugs is part of the social scene when they have their get togethers, I wonder if the people who go and see is band see him as some cult figure?

I,ve no time for scum like this and the sooner he stops breathing the better

[DMA]

Hes a knob and how can you birds fancy him for gods sake, the scrawny little g*t.

[stevie21]

Clearly he's not a model citizen but to point this out and then wish death on him (laurence2) is fantastically ironic.

In terms of the media reference in the original question, "sick of hearing about this man" - I've not heard anything about him in ages. I don't buy newspapers and avoid celeb spotting magazines as much as possible.
I was pretty horrified recently that one magazine was advertising the fact that it had a feature on the weight of various celebrities. Clearly it won't be filled with "she's just fine as she is. Well done her for working out and keeping fit, she's an example to us all"
It'll be personal attacks on people who are seen to be too skinny or too fat and if this is the type of magazine that you buy, then you deserve to be reading trashy non-stories about non-celebs that you can't stand.
If you stop buying it, they'll try to sell you something different.

[DMA]

Steve 21 hes just crashed a car (which he stole - ie not his) and crashed it whilst high on drugs and was rightly arrested.

That was in the last week.

im sick of hearing about this nobody.

[laurence2]

Stevie, i,ve never purchase a mag in my life, but being a train driver i find more than you can read due to passengers leaving them on trains.

This is why you have not heard about him in ages, Do you not have a tv and teletext service also.

I agree papers/mags/ & the media attach themselves to something {in this case Doherty} and they won't let go.

But he has a responsibility in life ie his roll model image to Kids etc, i will stick to my previous post tho and hope that in the near future this scum will be rid of for good

[stevie21]

OK - the only point that I'm making is that you can either read trashy magazines and then complain about their content or you can stop reading them.

The only way I'd know of what he's up to in his personal life is if I sought out such news. On teletext, I'd have to search out the entertainment section etc. I don't have anyone nearby who forces magazines or teletext pages in front of my face, against my will.

I'm not claiming that he's a wonderfully good person but the initial question was about being sick of hearing about him and this is easily solved.
If he's a criminal, lock him up and give him addiction treatment. Until we've got the death penalty, it's a bit early to be wishing it upon him.

[deeboy]

The Media love him..a social evil..he sells papers.how many junkies are just like him or worse...he is a comodity for the media simple as. And he is a tw@t.