Wild child Peaches Geldof is fed up with being compared to her mum, who died from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 41. Skip related content
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Paula Yates, who was married to Bob Geldof for ten years, struggled to kick her addictions and tragically passed away in 2000 after an overdose on heroin - when Peaches was just 11.
Now the 20 year old has drawn comparisons to her mother for her partying lifestyle - but she insists she doesn't share the same substance abuse problems.
She says, "The only problem I have about comparisons is when people say, 'Is she trying to be like her mother?' I am not trying to ape my mother because I go out because I’m young.
"You can’t compare partying to someone with serious problems like that. It doesn’t make sense. But by all means compare my TV presenting and writing to hers.
"Apart from her problems with addiction, which isn’t an admirable quality, she was an amazing woman.
"She was like a light bulb who would light up anywhere. She had this quality so different to anyone else, it was a magnetic thing.
She was an amazing presenter, very provocative and flirty, and a really funny writer."
Geldof's comments were made in an episode of ITV2’s Fearne And... Peaches Geldof, scheduled to air next Wednesday.
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