Bob Geldof blames himself for daughter Peaches' death

Bob Geldof has opened up about the death of his daughter Peaches Geldof, claiming he blames himself for what occured.

Peaches' body was discovered by her husband Tom Cohen on 7 April earlier this year, after she died from a heroin overdose. Her father Bob told ITV News that he holds himself responsible for what has happened.

"You blame yourself," he said. "You’re the father who is responsible and clearly failed. For anybody watching, who has a dead kid and you’re a parent. You go back, you go back, you go back, you go back, you go back, you go over, you go over. What could you have done? You do as much as you can."

Geldof also admitted he and Peaches had discussed his daughter's addiction to drugs.

"Course I knew about it and we did more than talk about it, yeah," he continued. "She was super bright. Too bright. A very errant mind that could focus intensely on a book which she would consume and just absorb it. But the rest was a franticness. She knew what life was supposed to be and God bless her she tried very hard to get there. And she didn’t make it." 

Geldof said touring with the Boomtown Rats has helped him to deal with the grieving process. "I put on my snakeskin suit and I can be this other thing," he said. "It is utterly cathartic. Those two hours and I am drained. In every sense it empties, it drains my mind. On stage I’m lost in this thing and it’s a very brief respite."

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