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HARRY’S Heroes: Euro Having A Laugh on ITV was like an NHS plea dressed up as lads on tour.
Mark Chamberlain, Mark Wright and Razor – needed to shift some pounds.
Razor was the first to be made an example of. “We’re boys on tour. There’ll be loads of getting drunk, let’s have a laugh,” said the 25-stone defender with a serious heart condition. He then said he needed an op and couldn’t play.
As he downed pints wearing his wife’s black bra on his head as “Mickey Mouse ears”, on-the-wagon alcoholic and former gambling addict Merson was furious.
“He’s sat down with the lads and he’s said he’s dying and they’re all drinking with him,” said the ex-arsenal ace. “This is me nine months ago. Not knowing when to stop, seeing no way out.”
The two old friends had a blazing row. They both cried when they made up – and so did the nation.
But there was more. Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie told how the end of his career and going bankrupt led to depression and suicide attempts. “I didn’t see a way out,” said the dad-of-five. So Harry – who morphed into a Yoda mental health fixer – set Hendrie up on a man date with Merson and Vinnie Jones, who has also battled the booze and lost his wife to cancer last year.
Hendrie told them: “I just got up one day, got pissed and tried to kill myself.”
Vinnie, who broke my heart when he said, “I’ve got nothing in my arms right now,” assured Hendrie that he’d be OK.
And later Le Tissier, who revealed a former addiction to fruit machines, played a round of golf with Merson so he wouldn’t feel alone.
They all looked out for each other, lost a bit of weight and had a laugh.
They also won the match 1-0 but it wouldn’t have mattered either way. Conquering old demons was more important than conquering the Germans.
This was a funny tour de force with top blokes talking about real things. A big win all round.
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