Pete Doherty has revealed he’s no longer speaking to his mum after she wrote a tell-all book about him.

His mum Jacqueline wrote Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son last year about Pete’s upbringing and his struggles with addiction - but even though they used to be close, she didn’t tell Pete about her plans so he only found out when the biography reached the shelves.

He told the Mirror recently: “Me and mum are not on speaking terms after she wrote a book about me. It kills me. I love her but things are very strained and difficult just now.”

“I felt a bit betrayed, to be honest, about what she did. We have a lot of issues to sit down and sort through. I’m an emotional guy and just talking about it is difficult.”

“I always end up weeping when I’m on this subject.”

Pete added that he can see why his father, an officer in the Army, has disowned him: “I can understand him turning his back on me after everything I’ve done.”

“Whatever has happened in the past, I love and respect my father unconditionally. He doesn’t want anything to do with me just now, but it’s important for me that he knows I truly adore him.”

“Knowing how he feels, and battling to restore some sort of relationship with him, is the one thing I’m trying to focus on as I try to kick the drugs. If I can do it, a lot of it will be down to him; proving him wrong and winning him around so I have a family again.”