From the detectives at The Guardian:
“Pete Doherty and besotted Portia, the posh girl from Weybridge,” screamed the Mail on Sunday last weekend. The piece chronicled the singer’s relationship with “a stunning young catwalk model” [sic] called Portia Freeman – tipped as the new Kate Moss, no less. The article quoted Portia’s father, one Luke Freeman, described as a specialist in anthropology at University College London, who lived in Weybridge. “You should check your contact – my daughter isn’t having a relationship with Pete Doherty,” he was quoted as saying. As it happened, the paper didn’t speak to the right Dr Freeman: the UCL anthropologist isn’t Portia’s father, and in fact doesn’t have any children. He’s not even from Weybridge. “I had this rather puzzling phone call from the Mail on Sunday asking about my daughter Portia and what I thought of Pete Doherty,” a bemused Dr Freeman told Monkey. “I certainly didn’t deny my daughter was having a relationship with Doherty – I don’t know who Portia Freeman is. I suspect her father shares my name but they never asked me who I was.” UCL has since been getting so many calls that they’ve issued a statement on its website. “Some members of the press have incorrectly reported that Dr Luke Freeman, UCL Department of Anthropology, is the father of 19-year-old model Portia Freeman. The university can confirm that these reports are completely false.”
That’s pretty classic, really. In other news, Doherty really has been invited to help out with publicity for a German football club. It’s hoped that even bad publicity will be good for ticket sales. Stay tuned on the Doherty channel.
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