Paul Gascoigne could team up with Vinnie Jones for TV series about death
Football legend Paul Gascoigne is pitching a series where he and former rival Vinnie Jones travel the world to explore how different cultures tackle the issue of death.
Paul Gascoigne is planning to make a TV show about death with former football rival Vinnie Jones.
The former England player appeared on his pal's Discovery+ series Vinnie Jones In The Country, with the pair's deep conversations leading Gazza and his representatives to pitch a new series where they discover how different cultures address death.
The 58-year-old star – who infamously had his privates squeezed by Vinnie in a match between Wimbledon and Newcastle United in 1988 – writes is his new autobiography Eight, The Real Gazza: "Katie (Gascoigne's agent) has come up with a really good idea for a TV show – me and Vinnie Jones, travelling the world, learning about the rituals which surround death.
"The idea is that we will visit other countries together, and immerse ourselves in different cultures.
"It would be brilliant if it comes off.
"Who'd have thought it, all these years later, exploring death with Vinnie Jones? Back then, I was just happy he hadn't killed me."
Gazza's life away from football has seen him battle with alcoholism and depression and he recently admitted that he will "never stop drinking".
The former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I have not changed, I cannot change, I would not know how to change.
"I will probably die as Gazza. But I have nothing to hide. The whole country knows what I have done now."
However, the ex-footballer insists that he has "no regrets".
He said: "I have had a great life, travelled the world, had everything money can buy."
Meanwhile, Gazza also recalled how he came back from the dead after doctors reset his heart in rehab.
The former Rangers ace was admitted to a clinic in Arizona because of his alcohol addiction in 2013 and "died on the operating table" as he spent 18 days in an induced coma.
Gazza, who won 57 England caps, said: "Looking back at what happened in Arizona, when I died on the operating table, that was really scary.
"The doctors said they were able to get me back. I came around, and I was doped up to f***. I eventually got on the phone to my family and said, 'It is OK, I am through it, I have recovered.'"
