Footballing legend Paul Gascoigne has revealed he failed the I’m A Celebrity...
Get Me Out Of Here! psychiatrist test not once or twice, but five times. Later this month, the likes of Danny Jones , Maura Higgins , Coleen Rooney , Tulisa , and Oti Mabuse are rumoured to be heading into camp for the hotly anticipated new series. Gazza, 57, has been due to head Down Under with Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly on several occasions; however, the medical assessments ahead of the series placed obstacles in his path.
He has been open about his addiction battles since retiring in 2004, having struggled with alcoholism for years. Speaking in a new interview, the sports icon even confessed to taking cocaine right before his Jungle medical exam. ‘You had to see a psychiatrist.
If you pass the psychiatrist’s test, you’re in. I failed five f***ing times!’, he told The Sun . ‘And to be honest, the first time I went to see her, I was on cocaine, so she must have f***ing knew.
‘Second time, I told her to f**k off. Third time, never wanted to f***ing see her again so didn’t really go down too well.’ However, it’s probably for the best that Gazza hasn’t headed to Aus for the reality series, as he would likely be screaming his way through every Bushtucker Trial.
‘When I say I’d like to go in there...
once it starts...
f**k me, I’m sh*t scared,’ he said. ‘I hate f***ing snakes ’cause I met f***ing plenty in my career!’ Gazza also said he suffers ‘badly’ fr.