Bob Geldof: 'I blame myself for my daughter's death'

Bob Geldof's daughter, Peaches, was found dead in her home from a heroin overdose in April.

15:01 16 October 2014

Boomtown Rats rocker Sir Bob Geldof has claimed that he is the one to blame for his daughter’s death.

 

In an emotional interview, the musician and activist said that he tried to talk to 24-year-old Peaches about her drug use but questioned his own actions repeatedly. 

 

He told ITV News: “You blame yourself. 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.”

 

Sir Bob described his daughter as “super bright, too bright” with 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,” 

 

Sir Bob said performing on stage helps him cope. “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.”