Legendary rocker Pete Doherty has pulled off one of the most unlikely comebacks, revealing he is a millionaire again.
The former crack and heroin addict, who was back in the headlines after starring in a new Louix Theroux special, saw the value of the companies channeling his money hit £1.05million after finally getting his life back had gotten under control.
His Arcadian Endeavors business is now worth £853,000 and the aptly named Doughhurty Limited is worth almost £200,000.
The companies’ accounts were released after Doherty, 44, received praise for his candid interview with Louis, which aired this week.
They show Doherty was able to borrow almost £600,000 from the companies that manage the sales of music and business interests.
Hitmaker: Legendary rocker Pete Doherty has pulled off one of the most unlikely comebacks and revealed he is a millionaire again (Pictured June 2022)
Out: The former crack and heroin addict, back in the headlines after starring in a new Louix Theroux special, has seen the value of the companies channeling his money reach £1.05million after he finally got his life back in order
In the documentary, filmed largely in Etretat, northern France, where the former hell-raiser now lives with his wife and baby, he admitted that he was a “very sick man” and that “death was lurking.”
He hasn’t taken hard drugs in three years, but said he still drinks and was seen drinking rum and chain-smoking in the Theroux interview.
Not only does he star with the legendary documentarian, but he’s also the subject of a new film all about his demons, which hit theaters last week.
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin shows the extent of his terrible drug addiction, his painful performances at the height of his illness and also includes a film of him with his friend and lover Amy Winehouse.
The documentary was filmed over a decade by his wife Katia de Vidas, and in harrowing scenes he is seen smoking drugs and writhing afterward.
He is also seen tying a tourniquet around his arm just before injecting heroin, before scenes in which he shouts to a crowd of enthusiastic fans: “On the one hand, thank you, on the other… fuck you.”
In other chaotic moments, he is also shown setting various things on fire.
Pains: Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin shows the extent of his terrible drug addiction, his painful performances at the height of his illness and also includes a film of him with his friend and lover Amy Winehouse
Left out: A glimpse of his good friend Amy as the distraught star watched one of his performances was a glimpse into their relationship – which Pete had previously claimed had blossomed into a romantic one before her death in 2011 at the age of 27 relationship developed
Shocking: The full extent of Pete Doherty’s heartbreaking drug addiction is revealed in new documentary Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin
A glimpse of Amy saw the troubled star watching one of his performances and was given a glimpse into their relationship – which, Pete previously claimed, had developed into a romantic relationship before her death in 2011 at the age of 27 .
Pete is seen in the depths of his addiction – which led to a series of rehab stints and run-ins with the law – while his wife, with whom he shares five-month-old daughter Billie-May, is behind the lens capturing his darkest moments .
Pete was known for his well-documented drug use and riotous escapades at the height of his career. And the singer has now revealed the brutal extent of his addiction in a new shocking documentary filmed by his partner Katia.
Filmed over a 10-year period, Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin looks at the moment Pete realized he was a heroin addict when he confessed he had smuggled heroin into Japan in his guitar case.
In the film he says: “Hard drugs invaded 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, but the addiction only fully took hold when he became sweaty and ill after a trip to Japan.
Wait a minute: He is seen tying a tourniquet around his arm as he begins injecting drugs
Shock: Amy and Pete’s friendship made headlines and sparked concern in 2008 before she tragically died of alcohol poisoning three years later, aged 27
Brutal: Footage in the documentary shows him putting a black band around his arm as he melts the drug on a spoon over a flame (image from 2006)
Writing Away: During the clip, Pete was seen scribbling his thoughts on a notepad