When Pete Doherty turned 30 this past spring, we were admittedly incredulous, but it seems Pete himself wasn’t too bloody chuffed about his milestone birthday. Our antihero told Elle UK of how he greeted his next decade with suicidal tendencies:

I had this bash in Paris and it was an absolute disgrace. I just made a bit of an idiot out of myself. We had a right old knees-up. I don’t even know exactly what happened but I ended up trying to throw myself off the top of the hotel. I wasn’t happy at all about being 30. I don’t normally drink that heavily. I went through a bottle of vodka. They presented me with this cake and I pushed it in the chef’s face who’d just made it for me. Then the chef and the security guards were chasing me around. I think I escaped unscathed. It was hilarious. I had a great night.

Right. You know who wouldn’t find all of this hilarious? The mother of Mark Blanco, who fell his to death at the December 2006 so-called “death flat party” after a scuffle with Doherty and his shady bodyguard. Perhaps Pete is still feeling some residual guilt over the “mysterious circumstances” under which Blanco died.

Elle UK also has a behind-the-scenes video for this interview and photo shoot. In the video, Pete tugs on his ear (sure sign of a junkie) and, in a nearly indiscipherable fetching Cockney accent, explains his fashion sense: “Once upon a time, you know, every working man had a suit and a hat, you know? [Those are] the days I long for.” He continues to ramble on for a bit longer before playing a spot of gypsy-esque music on a recorder. Good times, mates.

Imagery: Doherty during a different visit to Paris (Feb. 2 Gigwise)