Cole: 'Doherty is a waste of fresh air'

Cheryl Cole has branded Pete Doherty "a waste of fresh air" for taking drugs.

The Girls Aloud star - who saw one of her friends die of a drugs overdose - said she is proud she was never tempted herself and blasted Doherty for setting a bad example.

She said: "Pete Doherty is not a poet. He writes s**t. He is a waste of fresh air. Why is he such a genius? Because he went out with Kate Moss? And he gets let off from jail.

"Kids think: ‘Oh, he doesn’t even get locked up’. More deserving people are on the waiting list for methadone every single day."

Cole previously hit out at the Babyshambles frontman last year, saying: "That junkie idiot. I think it’s disgusting. There are enough drug problems going on without him being in the public eye for it and sticking needles in his arm in the press."