It's hard smoking a cigarette when you're Pete Burns...

By Chris Johnson

Last updated at 1:01 AM on 17th November 2009

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Eighties singer Pete Burns shows how smoking a cigarette can be a real drag.

The former Dead or Alive frontman, who has undergone extensive plastic surgery, appeared to struggle to hold it between his pumped up lips as he lit up outside a west London café yesterday.

Pete, 50, was joined by his civil partner Michael Simpson who was sporting a goatee beard and a bandanna.

Pete Burns

Pete Burns appears to struggle to clamp a cigarette between his surgically enhanced lips as he lit up outside a west London café yesterday

The eccentric You Spin Me Round singer wrapped up warm in a sheepskin coat and the pair looked glum as they sat slurping on their drinks.

He revealed in early 2006 in a pre-Big Brother interview that he had spent almost all of his life savings on eighteen months of reconstructive surgery after a procedure on his lips went horribly wrong.

Earlier this year the star was rushed to hospital after collapsing following kidney failure.

Pete Burns

The Eighties singer kept warm against the winter chill in a sheepskin coat

Burns discovered he had seven kidney stones that were so large they would have to be removed via laser surgery.

He seems to be back on track with his husband now, however, following their violent bust-up earlier this year and his subsequent arrest.

Pete claimed that Michael had purposely leaked their sex tape and also insinuated that Michael had been unfaithful throughout their civil partnership.

Pete Burns

He was joined by his civil partner Michael Simpson

 

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I can't stand Pete Burns not because he is a shallow person who is a one hit wonder but because I read that he had worn a monkey skin coat which I find unforgivable. Anyone who wears a coat made from the skin of an animal as intelligent as a monkey, which is one of our closest relatives and an endangered species, has no shame, pity, finer feelings or morals.It probobly caused the animal great suffering to make his illegal coat but what does Mr Burns care about that.

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He would make a good model for a halloween mask, scary.

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Ha ha - I thought it was Jordan.....

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I don't know anything about him...I do know his music though....Did he go through full gender reasignment?

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He ISN'T a freak he's a person, a human being. Why can't folk just respect differences and be a little more open minded about other peoples choices - it would make for a much better world. 6 billion people on the planet and not everyone chooses to follow the same path.

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OMG, I thought it was a pic of Gina Davis. Sorry Gina.

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