Peaches Geldof allowed to make mistakes

Peaches Geldof insists "creative people" are allowed to make mistakes.

The 19-year-old, the daughter of Bob Geldof, has dismissed criticism of her partying lifestyle following her reported drugs overdose earlier this month.

She said: "People have preconceived ideas of me - they can be so negative. Creative people can be allowed to make mistakes."

Peaches - whose mother Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2000 - was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by a friend at her London home, before paramedics arrived at the scene.

The TV presenter was brought back to consciousness but refused to go to hospital because she was terrified her father would out. Last week, Peaches insisted her father Bob had no control over her.

The star, who is dating Horrors frontman Farris Rotter, said: "He doesn't come along in the middle of the night and lock me in. He doesn't need to be strict, I'm a woman now you know, I'm not 13. "At almost 20 years old, I'm a woman and I live with two flatmates in Kings Cross while my dad lives in Battersea, so any idea I can be under curfew is a lie."