Pete Doherty has been seen for the first time since he revealed he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
The Libertines musician, 45, referred to himself as ‘a bit of a glutton’ in February when he revealed he had the condition – which causes the level of sugar in the blood to become too high.
But Pete appeared in good spirits when he was spotted mingling with fans after performing with his band at The Jacaranda, in Liverpool, on Monday.
Pete sported a grey fedora hat and a long black coat for the show, paired with a white shirt and some trainers.
The now-sober star has always been open about his prolific battles with drug addiction, including crack and heroin.
Pete Doherty was seen on Monday for the first time since he revealed he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in Liverpool
But Pete appeared in good spirits when he was spotted mingling with fans after performing with his band at The Jacaranda
While he has given up drugs, Pete admitted his diet hasn’t been great and he eats a lot of ‘cheese and sugar’.
Speaking to The Guardian’s Saturday Magazine in February, he said: ‘I gave up the main poisons and my health improved. Then you get told alcohol and cheese and sugar are just as bad and you were healthier when you were on heroin.
Pete then went on to call himself ‘a bit of a glutton’.
‘It’s not a joke,’ he said. ‘I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And at the moment I’m lacking the discipline to tackle cholesterol.’
Pete previously told documentary-maker Louis Theroux he was ‘a very sick man’ for his Louis Theroux Interviews series.
Due to his former lifestyle, the musician admitted he doesn’t see himself living long and said that he thinks ‘death is lurking’.
He has been off hard drugs for three years, but said he still drinks and was seen swigging rum and chain smoking in the Theroux interview.
As well as hitting screens with the legendary documentarian, he is also the subject of a film focused around his demons, which hit cinemas last year.
Pete sported a grey fedora hat and a long black coat for the show, paired with a white shirt and some trainers
Pete – who has been open about his struggle with drugs – revealed in February he had been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes (pictured left in 2002 and right in 2006)
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin shows the extent of his horrific drug addiction, his pained performances at the height of his illness and also contains film of him with his friend and lover Amy Winehouse.
The documentary was shot by his wife Katia de Vidas over a decade, and in upsetting scenes he is seen smoking drugs and writhing in the aftermath.
He is also shown tying a tourniquet around his arm just before injecting heroin, before scenes shoot to him shouting at a crowd of adoring fans: ‘On the one hand, thank you, on the other hand… f**k you’.
In other chaotic moments he is also shown setting various things on fire.
Speaking in the film, he says: ‘Hard drugs entered my life and slowly, slowly, and then very quickly, took control.’
He took heroin for the first time in 2002 when he was just 23, yet the addiction didn’t fully take hold until he found himself sweating and sick after a journey to Japan.
The film Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin shows the extent of his horrific drug addiction, his pained performances at the height of his illness
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