Pete Doherty regrets turning down an EastEnders role

Pete Doherty regrets turning down a role on' EastEnders.'

The former Libertines frontman - who recently took the stage at Glastonbury Festival - admitted to being “disappointed” he didn’t take up the chance to appear in the BBC One soap during the height of his fame for a guest spot.

The 43-year-old rocker wrote in his new memoir ‘A Likely Lad’ in an exclusive excerpt shared with the Mirror newspaper: “There are a few things that have fallen through over the years that I was a bit disappointed about – opportunities that came up that I didn’t take.

“I was going to get a part in 'EastEnders' at one point. It was around this time that the Libertines re-formed too.”

In the new book, Pete recalled the “embarrassing” time he tried to chat up Patsy Palmer - who starred as Albert Square resident Bianca Jackson on the show - due to her boyfriend lingering around.

He recalled: "I remember a Sky One show because I asked out Patsy but her boyfriend was stood right next to her, so it was a bit embarrassing.

“We also got thrown out of Top of the Pops. Someone in the crowd shouted crackhead and we dived in and started fighting with him. Luckily, we’d already done the run-through, so they used that as the actual televised bit.”

Pete was once supported with his substance abuse problems by the late ‘EastEnders’ icon June Brown - who died in 2022 after playing Dot Cotton since the show began in 1985 - who helped him find a “marvellous place” in Thailand, which he unfortunately only lasted a few days before relapsing after coming home to Margate.

She said: “I’m a huge Libertines fan, it would be a marvellous place for Pete to kick his addiction.”