Pete Doherty V Pat Kenny

Sorry folks - I have just watched (21st March) the Late Late Show with PD and Kenny is extremely patronising and condescending in it. However Doherty is equally as charmless. One of the worst, most cringe-inducing interviews I have ever seen. Judge for yourselves:


I was out drinking with the staff of TOTALLY DUBLIN last Friday night and was blissfully unaware that Pete Doherty was appearing on that night's LATE LATE SHOW. Even had I known of his presence I wouldn't care a tuppence. PD or his music does not remotely interest me.

But there has been some anger generated by Pat Kenny's interview style, specifically referring to Doherty as a 'junkie'. Some of the criticism directed at Kenny was justified and it is true he probably is out of touch with music the Babyshambles star is famous for. Pat is 61 and by that age you have a way of living that may not be in harmony with people 40 years younger.

PD is a drug addict and you cannot ignore that fact. The music business flows on drugs and it's hard to avoid that lifestyle - restraint is not a word any rock star can utter without coming over hypocritical. Pete Doherty has chosen to go down that path and, frankly, if PK didn't talk to Pete about his addiction he would not be conducting a professional interview. The public interest is served when the interviewer asks the difficult as well as the easy questions.

I'm not holding a light for Kenny but, bearing in mind I didn't see the interview, Doherty is not a figure of restraint. To be fair to him he'd probably be a more interesting subject to read about in the NME rather than an appearance on live television. In the pages of that rag Doherty would be able to roam free of anything that might offend him, or his many fans.