Paul Gascoigne: when my father died I jumped on the bed and hit him | Football24 News English

Mexico City / 09.02.2021 07:49:40

The former English footballer, Paul Gascoigne, continues to fight a strong battle against addictions every day, disease that made him hit rock bottom A few years ago to the degree that he used to be a frequent customer of the paparazzi, who continually portrayed him in poor condition.

However, today he has managed to get out of addictions, and by way of catharsis has begun to talk about the most complicated moments in his life, even revealing an anecdote more than shocking, same that occurred with the death of his father (John Gascoigne) in 2018 because of cancer.

“When it was just him and me in the hospital bed and he passed away, I jumped on the bed and hit him. I head butted him, I punched him and made up for when I was younger. Then I lay there and hugged him for 45 minutes, “revealed the ex-footballer, who took a grudge against his father because he admitted him to a rehab clinic for their addictions.

However, Paul Gascoigne He assured that he had a good relationship with his father, with whom he had more good times than bad and that he does not even regret the gifts he gave him in life.

“I loved taking him around the world with me when I played. Right now I’m fine, but I’ll be thinking about that, in the good times I had, I probably had more good times than bad. DI must have bought my father about 80 cars and 18 boats and houses“explained the former Newcastle Y Glasgow Rangers.