Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Tats home.. & howay
Gazza tells of flower image on his tackle
EVERYTHING’S coming up roses for Gazza on his TV island after he said he has a flower tattoo on his manhood.
The England football legend was listing his inkings to fellow castaways on the Italian version of I’m A Celebrity.
And he told Youtuber Awed his penis tattoo “turns into a tree” when his pecker is up. “That’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever said to me,” Awed replied.
Gazza, 53, also has the names of his manager Katie Davies, her husband and two children on his wrist. “At least I didn’t get the dog,” he added. But a gobsmacked Awed said: “You have your agent’s whole family tattooed on you? That’s the stupidest thing I have ever seen.” Gazza admitted he had been drinking before some of the marks were made and struggled to remember all of them.
Awed joked: “Were you even there when they tattooed you?” He added: “Can I say these are the ugliest tattoos I have ever seen.”
Other tats include namechecks for his ex Sheryl and son Regan, 25, and model stepdaughter Bianca’s face. And he has Mum and Dad in Chinese – but spelled incorrectly – he said.
The ex-newcastle, Spurs and Rangers midfielder remains a cult figure in Italy following his time with Lazio.
On the show – L’isola dei Famosi (Island of the Famous) – he is in the “peasants” team on the island off Honduras. Gazza will go without booze and cigarettes for up to 10 weeks filming and, if he wins, plans to give the £85,000 prize to a charity honouring his late nephew, Jay Lennon Gascoigne, who died aged 22 in 2016.