
He continued: "Then go back home and maybe watch some Turner Classic Movies, listen to some Tony Hancock, have a siesta, walk the dogs again and go to bed." He says he then wanders into the village, buys a local paper which he "pretends to read" and has a coffee and a brandy at around 11am.

Pete with Katia and friends (Image: Pete Doherty / Instagram) Then I go back to bed at six or seven, then get up again." I get up before sunrise and take the dogs for a walk. Read more: Bedworth rocker Pete Doherty almost lost his feet to crushing drug addictionĮxplaining the experience recently, he commented: "One day the camper van broke down in this village, then the first lockdown kicked in, so that's where we stayed." Discussing his new life, he said: "It's a quiet, simple existence. I fell in love with Katia and we travelled around." Pete said that he and his wife, who plays keyboard in his new band the Puta Madres, visited places in France and Spain before getting stuck in the Norman village during the pandemic. He said: "I'd been quite itinerant for many years, in and out of rehabs, and living in buses, tents and camper vans. The singer says he stumbled across his new hometown during a period where he was travelling around a lot, in part due to being in and out of rehab, The Mirror reports. The Bedworth singer has settled in the village of Etretat, Normandy, where he has resided since the Covid pandemic began.


The Libertines frontman, 43, has now been clean for two years and lives in rural France with his wife Katia de Vidas, whom he married last year. Pete Doherty has settled into a quiet life in the French countryside, having overcome his drug addiction and left his old lifestyle behind.
