Paul Gascoigne cries during reunion with old bodyguard on Italy’s I’m a Celebrity

PAUL Gascoigne wiped away tears during a surprise reunion with his old bodyguard on Italy’s version of I’m a Celebrity. The ex-England star, 53, spoke with his “mystery special guest” Giovanni Zeqireya via video link. Giovanni was his security officer while he played for Italian club Lazio in the early 1990s. He told Gazza, on […]

PAUL Gascoigne wiped away tears during a surprise reunion with his old bodyguard on Italy’s version of I’m a Celebrity.

The ex-England star, 53, spoke with his “mystery special guest” Giovanni Zeqireya via video link.

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The former footballer is competing on the Italian version of the show on the Honduran islands of Cayo Cochinos[/caption]

Giovanni was his security officer while he played for Italian club Lazio in the early 1990s.

He told Gazza, on an island in Honduras: “Remember the crazy times we had together, Paul?

“It was more protecting people from you and your practical jokes.”

Giovanni joined joker Gazza on trips back to his native Newcastle and told The Sun of one night out in Chinatown.

He recalled: “I said ‘Paul, remember I don’t drink’, and he said, ‘Don’t worry, just one beer’.

“Next thing one turned into two, then three.

“I didn’t know he was spiking them with vodka. The room was spinning.”

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Paul’s ex-bodyguard said his job was more about, ‘protecting people from you and your practical jokes’[/caption]

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