The world was shocked when recent pictures of the notorious rocker Pete Doherty were
published online.
You might not recognize him in these pictures, but this guy is one of supermodel Kate Moss's
ex-boyfriends.
Yep, THIS GUY dated Kate Moss.
But back in the early ‘2000, he looked a little different, and he often got himself
into a lot of trouble.
It seems like while Pete has come out reasonably unscathed, there have been others that have
had to pay the price for his bad-boy behavior, and it tragically cost them their lives.
Stick with us while we take a little trip down memory lane and get into all the nitty-gritty
details of what made Pete Doherty one of the noughties most hated bad boys.
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Kate Moss's relationship with Pete Doherty cost her millions of dollars in campaign deals
with Burberry and Chanel.
The brands cut ties with her after the most scandalous photographs of the model's behavior
one night with her boyfriend were leaked and made front-page news in 2005.
No one expected this from Kate, but Pete was no stranger to alcohol binges, substance abuse
and even jail time.
Many thought of him to be a musical genius, but his rockstar lifestyle almost cost him
his life.
Unfortunately, Pete's rockstar lifestyle did cost some people their life and one of them
was his closest friend.
One night, during one of Doherty's parties that were known for being fueled by substance
abuse, talented musician Alan Wass died under mysterious circumstances after falling through
the window of the apartment.
Alan had severed an artery in his arm when he fell out the window and was rushed to hospital
after the fall and had to be put on life support.
Sadly, he passed away just a few days after the incident.
On a separate occasion, during another one of Doherty's late-night get-togethers with
his friends, Cambridge graduate Mark Blanco fell from a first-floor balcony.
While Mark wasn't one of the rockstar's close friends, he had come to the party to ask Pete
if he would fund one of his theatre productions.
Pete had refused.
The circumstances around Blanco's death have remained a mystery to this day.
Pete's supervisor at the time, Johnny Headlock, had confessed to having pushed Blanco but
quickly retracted his confession.
CCTV footage showed Mark's body falling from the balcony and soon after Pete and Headlock
fled the scene, avoiding Mark's body that lay lifeless on the ground.
Blanco's mother has been determined to find out what really happened to her son that night
and vowed to find out the truth.
No matter the costs.
Unfortunately, she's had no success.
"The worst thing was to walk over Mark's body as he lay dying in the gutter.
Not because it was Doherty, but simply because it is disgraceful behavior of anyone and in
some countries it is a criminal offense to walk away from someone in distress."
It'll shock you to know that the deaths don't end there.
Robyn Whitehead, a glamorous heiress to the wealthy Goldsmith dynasty, died after taking
an illegal substance in a grimy East London apartment with some of Pete's friends.
She had been making a documentary film about Doherty, and it was also rumoured that she
and the rocker had been romantically involved in the past.
Doherty, who had been in the flat where she was found the day before her death, had become
'a little jealous' of her new lover Peter who was with her before she died.
Robyn's death was ruled as an overdose, but her parents have always believed that if she
hadn't met Pete and gotten involved with his crowd and bad habits that she would still
be alive today.
We know that Pete wasn't the exact cause of these horrific deaths, but it seems like he
wasn't a good influence to have around either.
He was either around when they died, or he was there just before.
So with that being said, it looks like his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss was lucky to escape
their toxic relationship with her life.
The pair met for the first time at Moss's 31st birthday party, almost immediately after
the Libertines, Pete's band, had broken up.
Doherty was outspoken and thrilled about the new blossoming relationship with the supermodel.
"It's been the best week in a long time, because I've really found love with Kate".
However, just a few months later, a photograph of the model using illegal substances was
leaked to the tabloids and made headline news worldwide.
Kate was captured on film preparing substances during a recording session for one of Pete's
songs.
The scandal wreaked havoc on her career that was booming at the time, and Kate was immediately
dropped from several giant fashion brands.
The leaked photographs cost her millions of dollars worth of deals, but in comparison
with some of Doherty's other friends, it seems like Kate was still lucky to be alive.
Moss went on to issue an apology to the public, stating: "There are various personal issues
that I need to address and I have started taking the difficult, yet necessary, steps
to resolve them".
With her career hanging by a thread, she gave her then-boyfriend an ultimatum.
Go to rehab or she'd give him the boot.
Kate's friends were hoping she'd dump Pete regardless of whether or not he went to rehab
because he had clearly been a very negative influence in her life.
Doherty made an attempt at going to rehab but soon relapsed and Kate called it quits.
"The thing is, she knew from day one when we began our relationship that I was using
very heavily.
She knew that.
So, you can't suddenly turn around and say, 'You've got to stop all that."
Pete said about their relationship.
The pair went on to have an on-and-off-again relationship, and the tabloids couldn't get
enough of them.
At one point, they had even gone to rehab together under anonymous names, with Doherty
seemingly determined to get his health back on track.
He confessed he was, quote, "ready to start a drug-free life" and that he, quote, "wasn't
much of a junkie anyway".
But pictures told a very different story.
Pete was often pale, thin, glassy-eyed and his behavior didn't seem like that of a sober
person.
The couple was once spotted at the London Zoo, where the musician had frightened other
visitors by attempting to get penguins stoned.
They were also engaged for a brief moment and Kate's family held their breath.
Doherty told the press, "I love her with all of my heart.
I love her bones.
I love her brains."
when they were together, but when they had split, he had admitted, "I was always dodging
bullets, it became like the Vietnam War."
It was clear to the world that whatever was happening between the couple wasn't something
good, and it would soon end in shambles.
After two years of endless fights, several stints in and out of rehab and countless tabloid
headlines, Kate finally closed the door on Pete.
Literally.
Moss locked him out of her home after finding out that he had been involved with another
model at a nightclub.
He attempted to return, carrying a picture with the scribbled words, "There's no place
like home" as a peace-offering, but this time Kate wasn't having any of it.
Her friends and family were finally able to breathe again, knowing that the notorious
bad boy was out of her life, for good.
The split wasn't easy for Pete, and he admitted that it took him a long time to get over her.
The one thing that always reminds him of his ex-girlfriend is elephants.
He said that Kate used to collect little elephant trinkets, so whenever he traveled, he would
buy one for her.
After they broke up, Kate destroyed all of his belongings except for his elephant collection.
"Because I couldn't get over her for a while, I just kept buying elephants, and now I've
got a huge elephant collection for sale.
I might post them anonymously to her as a wedding present."
He joked when he found out about Kate's engagement to Jamie Hince.
What's happened to Pete since then?
Well, the rockstar has admitted he is "mostly clean" now, and while he still drinks alcohol,
he often opts for "a nice glass of water".
The 42-year-old showed the world his new mustache as he sipped a beer on a Zoom call that was
posted on Instagram.
He also confessed the secret to his healthy new look is cheese on toast.
He said he developed his rosy cheeks and fuller figure after swapping illegal substances for
a good toastie and lots of sleep.
"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."
Doherty has left his wild rock days behind him and now is enjoying a calmer life in France,
and he is looking totally different from his bad-boy days in the noughties.
He lives with his girlfriend and Puta Madres bandmate Katia De Vidas.
A close friend said that he has taken time during the coronavirus lockdown to carve out
a new life and that Pete is now "the happiest he's ever been" after putting his "fast-paced,
hedonistic lifestyle" behind him.
Fans can only hope that Doherty has turned a new leaf in his life after being arrested
in a Paris suburb just 18 months ago, when he was caught buying an illegal substance
in the street.
Hopefully, the sunshine and downtime have had a positive effect on Pete, and he sticks
to the cheese toasties.