Pete Doherty: Musician appears significantly slimmer

The Libertines frontman Pete Doherty (45) presented himself to his fans in front of the BBC Studios in London on Wednesday – and was in surprisingly good physical shape. The musician, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes earlier this year, appears to have successfully changed his diet. In a black trench coat that accentuated his slimmer silhouette, wide-leg jeans and his signature gray flat cap, the former bad boy of British rock looked downright elegant.

Doherty made the diagnosis public in February. , being a “pretty glutton” and having difficulty with portions, especially when it comes to cheese and sugar. “I gave up the main poisons and my health improved,” he explained in the interview. “Then you’re told that alcohol, cheese and sugar are just as bad and you were healthier when you were on heroin.”

The path to his current form was anything but easy for Kate Moss’ (50) ex-fiancé. According to Doherty, he has been away from hard drugs for three years. The singer came into contact with heroin for the first time in 2002, when he was just 23 years old. His struggle with addiction was recently explored in the documentary “Stranger In My Own Skin,” which his wife Katia de Vidas filmed over a decade.

Doherty is currently on a world tour with his band The Libertines. Three concerts are planned at the legendary Roundhouse in London alone – on October 31st and November 1st and 24th. The indie rockers will perform further performances in Manchester, Newcastle, Bath and Bournemouth. In Germany, Doherty will play with The Libertines in February 2025 in Berlin, Wiesbaden, Munich and Cologne.

His fans should be particularly pleased that Doherty appears so vital despite his health problems. Last year, in a conversation with documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, he had dark words and described himself as a “very sick man” who could already see death lurking. The current images in front of the BBC Studios now paint a much more optimistic picture. The musician took plenty of time for his fans, signed autographs and posed for numerous photos.