Pete Doherty displays his trimmer frame while signing autographs for fans at BBC Studios... months after diabetes diagnosis prompted diet overhaul
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Pete Doherty seemed to be in high spirits as he showcased his trimmer frame and signed autographs for fans outside of BBC Studios in London on Wednesday.
The Libertines star, 45, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes earlier this year and said he has given up the 'main poisons' to improve his health.
Pete looked happy as he cut a smart figure in a black trench coat layered over a baggy pair of blue jeans.
He kept warm with a black and red patterned scarf and his signature grey flat cap, completing his look with smart shoes for the outing.
The musician was quickly surrounded by eager music fans as he left the building but was more than happy to sign autographs and merchandise for them.
Pete Doherty seemed to be in high spirits as he showcased his trimmer frame and signed autographs for fans outside of BBC Studios in London on Wednesday
The Libertines star, 45, cut a smart figure in a black trench coat layered over a baggy pair of blue jeans
His appearance in the capital comes as The Libertines are set to perform for three nights at the Roundhouse as part of their world tour - October 31, November 1, and November 24.
The band will also hold concerts at more venues throughout the UK, including Manchester, Newcastle, Bath, and Bournemouth.
It comes after Pete referred to himself as 'a bit of a glutton' in February when he revealed he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes - which causes the level of sugar in the blood to become too high.
The now-sober star has always been open about his prolific battles with drug addiction, including crack and heroin.
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.
He kept warm with a black and red patterned scarf and his signature grey flat cap, completing his look with smart shoes for the outing
Pete, who looked happy and healthy, was quickly surrounded by eager music fans as he left the building
His appearance in the capital comes as The Libertines are set to perform for three nights at the Roundhouse as part of their world tour
It comes after Pete referred to himself as 'a bit of a glutton' in February when he revealed he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
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
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.
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.
