June 25, 2007 13:02
Pete Doherty 'not ready to give up drugs' says mum
Plus no-one wants to be Babyshambles man's flatmate
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Pete Doherty is not ready to give up drugs – according to his mother.
Despite the singer being required to detox after picking up several drugs convictions over the past couple of years, Jacqueline Doherty believes her son is not ready to go completely clean.
"Pete's not ready to give up yet. He will have to hit rock bottom before he can rise up again," she has been quoted as saying by World Entertainment News Network adding that the former Libertine is likely to face darker days.
"He will have to hit rock bottom before he can rise up again," she added.
Meanwhile a survey as named Doherty as the "celebrity flatmate from hell".
According to The Sun, the public were asked which famous people they would not want to share the Big Brother house with and the singer came out as the most snubbed.
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