FORMER junkie rocker Pete Doherty has become hooked again — on the leisurely bowls-style sport of pétanque. Libertines frontman Doherty, 42, joins locals in a club side for a game in the French village he calls home.
They split into teams at a gravel court to play — with the aim of lobbing metal balls as close as possible to a target ball, or jack.
Podgy Doherty, who has quit drugs but still enjoys a drink, lives in Melun, near Paris, with girlfriend Katia de Vidas. One local said: “Peter is no longer a bad boy.
He’s relaxing, settling down and loving the goods things in life. “We introduced him to pétanque and he’s fallen in love with the game.
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