Pete Doherty goes on a health kick as he shows off slimmer frame after diabetes diagnosis
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Singer Pete Doherty, 45, revealed his impressive slimmed-down figure in a new Instagram post. The Libertines star shared a stylish photo on Thursday, showing him sitting on a building’s steps while accompanied by an adorable dog. Pete smoked a cigarette and looked into the distance in the snap, looking sharp in a pinstriped suit. The musician paired the suit with red socks and loafers, adding a fun touch with a flower lapel pin.
Fans were quick to praise Pete for the shot, with one saying: “I’m glad you’re doing well dear.” Another wrote: “Looking sharper and sharper. Keep it up!!” along with a bicep emoji. Pete looked much slimmer in his latest photo, after revealing earlier this year that he had type 2 diabetes.
In an interview with the Guardian’s Saturday magazine, 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 went on to call himself “a bit of a glutton,” adding, “It’s not a joke. I’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. And at the moment I’m lacking the discipline to tackle cholesterol.”.
Last year, in the BBC's 'Louis Theroux Interviews' series, Pete also opened about his colourful past and how it's had a detrimental effect on his health. In one scene of the documentary, Pete started to cough, clutch his chest and groan in pain. He explained: "You are looking at a very sick man. I've battered it, haven't I, I've f***ing caned it. The heroin and the crack... I surrendered to that, and then it was cocaine and the smoking and the alcohol, and now it's cheese and the saucisson, and the sugar in the tea.".
