Sharon Osbourne: Pete Doherty Needs A Slap

Sharon Osbourne has launched a scathing attack against Pete Doherty saying the Babyshambles frontman needs a “slap”.

The X Factor judge – whose immediate family are no strangers to narcotics – said that although she sympathises with him, he needs to buck his ideas up and go into rehab.

She told Attitude Magazine: "Pete Doherty? Well he needs a bleedin' good slap, that's what. He needs locking down in rehab for a couple of months.

“And the truth needs to be told to his face. There's nothing harder to take than the truth. It's not hip to be in that state he's in. It's not cool, it's pathetic.”

Osbourne continued: "Pete Doherty needs to ditch the hangers-on and find someone who really loves him enough to tell him the truth.

“He needs to go through some hardcore rehab. That will strip him of any notion of celebrity, they should be telling him, 'you're the same as everybody else. You're a ****ing addict'.

"It's his only chance of survival because I'm terrified the poor little thing's gonna OD. Now he thinks this is a part he has to play, it's become like a character to play out. People want to see that.

“It's obvious he's very insecure. He's not confident because he wouldn't do it if he was."

Wise words Sharon.

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