Pete Doherty has confirmed that he is the father of a baby girl born on Boxing Day last year, following claims by South African model Lindi Hingston. The 42-year-old musician expressed surprise that Hingston had chosen to speak to a newspaper about their daughter, Aisling, who was born two months premature.
In an interview with The Independent, Doherty stated: 'I'm really surprised she's done that [talked to a newspaper]. The little girl was two months premature. I said I'd try to be there for the birth... Yeah, she's mine.' The revelation comes after Hingston was pictured with six-week-old Aisling in a Cape Town park earlier this week.
This development is particularly notable given that in 2007, Hingston successfully sued the now-defunct News of the World for linking her romantically with Doherty. The tabloid was forced to issue a retraction stating that Hingston had never had physical relations with the singer and had met him only once.
Doherty, who already has an eight-year-old son, Astile, with singer Lisa Moorish, also spoke about his drug use in the interview. He claimed to have stopped injecting drugs, inspired by a new girlfriend. 'I've stopped injecting. The only way I can see myself in a serious relationship is if I am toning it down a bit,' he said.
The musician also expressed regret over his past relationship with supermodel Kate Moss, acknowledging that his heavy drug use contributed to its end. 'I was a bit unhinged at the time. The drugs,' he admitted, but declined to elaborate further, joking that he would only discuss it with 'a highly skilled doctor with large amounts of morphine and a hypnotherapist. And a small monkey.'
