Anguish and pain at splits from his parents; PETE DOHERTY EXCLUSIVE.Byline: By STEPHEN MOYES TEARFUL Pete Doherty <noinclude></noinclude> This article is about the musician. For other people named Pete Doherty, see Pete Doherty (disambiguation). Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician, artist and poet. told yesterday of the heartache of being estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. from both parents. He doesn't speak to his mum Jacqueline after she "betrayed" him by writing a book on his life. And his Army Major dad Peter disowned dis·own tr.v. dis·owned, dis·own·ing, dis·owns To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate. him after he refused to give up heroin and cocaine. Pete said: "Me and mum are not on speaking terms after she wrote a book about me. It kills me. I love her but things are very strained and difficult just now. "I felt a bit betrayed, to be honest, about what she did. We have a lot of issues to sit down and sort through. I'm an emotional guy and just talking about it is difficult. "I always end up weeping when I'm on this subject." In Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son prodigal son, in the New Testament, parable of Jesus about heaven and the sinner who repents. A young man leaves home and becomes a wastrel; repentant, he returns to be received with joyful welcome. , the singer's mum, a nurse, tells of her struggle to cope with his wayward lifestyle. But she didn't tell him she was writing a warts-and-all book about his addiction. The first he knew was when it hit the shelves last summer. Pete's mum, who used to drive for hours to bring him roast chicken during UK tours, nearly split with her husband Peter over him. After the musician fell out with his father, Jacqueline slept in a separate bedroom so she could leave her mobile phone on in case Pete - or the police - called during the night. Finally Pete's dad disowned his son and has dubbed him a "pathetic, limp figure". But yesterday Pete admitted: "I can understand him turning his back on me after everything I've done. "Whatever has happened in the past, I love and respect my father unconditionally. He doesn't want anything to do with me just now, but it's important for me that he knows I truly adore him. "Knowing how he feels, and battling to restore some sort of relationship with him, is the one thing I'm trying to focus on as I try to kick the drugs. If I can do it, a lot of it will be down to him; proving him wrong and winning him around so I have a family again." Pete gets on well with sisters AmyJo, 28, a teacher and Emily, 19, in the Army. CAPTION(S): OLD DAYS: With mum |
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