Let’s file this one under novel-yet-entirely-unsurprising, mates. It turns out that Pete Doherty was once so whacked out on drugs that he identified himself as an air hostess:
The Babyshambles rocker began hallucinating after injecting horse tranquiliser ketamine while he was working on the band’s 2007 album Shotter’s Nation.
Pete said: “Snorting it is bad enough but injecting it is the equivalent of… well, there is no explanation. One minute you’re a perfectly sane human being working on what should be an album you’re proud of and committed to – the next you’re an air hostess on an airplane bound for Portugal.”
Pete, 30, was dating British supermodel Kate Moss at the time, and claims the incident was one of the reasons for their split.
He explained to Britain’s Elle magazine: “Imagine, there’s millions of you inside a little tube which is going up a dog’s ear. And your producer Stephen Street is carrying you from the toilets. And then your girlfriend turns up and starts shouting at Stephen Street, ‘What’s all this? What are you doing?’ Stephen’s like, ‘Oh f***ing hell, we’ve got a vocal to do.’ And I’m like, ‘Do you want another drink?’ Because I thought I was an air hostess.”
Yes, I’ll have one Doherty, please. On the rocks and shaken.
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I had someone dump some ketamine in my drink in a disreputable bar once (my preferred sort) because I was carrying an outrageous amount of cash — they intended to rob me, presumably.
Once I realized something was wrong I immediately got in my car to drive home, and proceeded to have an experience much like the one described by HST in “Fear and Loathing”… I cannot imagine anyone INJECTING that crap into themselves for kicks.
I walked in the house and collapsed face down on the guest bed, wearing my shoes and coat. Woke up four hours later with a wicked headache and ringing in the ears.
Good times!