Paul Gascoigne is crowned Scared Of The Dark winner! Former footballer says he’s ‘a better person’ after being electrocuted and ‘shot in the b******s’ during the show’s emotional finale
Paul Gascoigne was crowed the winner of Scared Of The Dark during the series finale on Thursday night.
The former footballer, 55, survived eight days living in complete darkness and credited the experience for making him ‘a better person’ after he was electrocuted and shot in the ‘b******s’ during the show’s tough finale.
He beat fellow celebrities Scarlett Moffatt, Chris McCausland, Donna Preston, Chloe Burrows, Max George and Nicola Adams, after they voted him deserving of the title.
Speaking after he win, Paul broken down in tears said: ‘People always question my mental strength but my success on this series proves that I am strong.
‘I was nervous going in there but having got this far on the series made me the happiest man around. I’m so happy. It’s unbelievable. I’ve got my smile back.’
Congratulations: Paul Gascoigne, 55, was crowed the winner of Scared Of The Dark during the series finale on Thursday night
Well done: He beat fellow celebrities Scarlett Moffatt, Chris McCausland, Donna Preston, Chloe Burrows, Max George and Nicola Adams, after they voted him deserving of the title
He added: ‘I’m a better person. I got electrocuted and got shot with a cannonball in the b******s. I f*****g fell backwards. I thought I was 50 foot up in the air and I went through all that.
‘So to come out the other side and to be smiling, is such an amazing achievement and to win it is like the most unbelievable feeling, it’s just fantastic.
‘I’m really honoured to have won but in my eyes, all my fellow Scared Of The Dark celebrities are winners.
‘They all did really well and I really enjoyed spending those eight days getting to know them in the dark. We worked so well as a team.’
In the dramatic finale, the seven remaining celebrities faced challenges that tested their fears and strengths as they battled to remain in the bunker.
One final challenge saw Paul, Scarlett and Chris take a leap of faith into the unknown, as they plunged off a ledge, not knowing how far off the ground they were.
Other tasks saw the sportsman get electrocuted as he battled to find a box in the dark during a previous episode and even shot by a cannonball.
After hearing the news, the other contestants were elated, with Donna saying: ‘This journey for him has been really, really hard and I think he just needs to be really proud of himself.’
Proud: Speaking after he win, Paul said: ‘People always question my mental strength but my success on this series proves that I am strong’
Amazing: ‘I was nervous going in there but having got this far on the series made me the happiest man around. I’m so happy. It’s unbelievable. I’ve got my smile back,’ he gushed
Chris added: ‘He just opened himself up and laid himself out for everyone to see,’ while Nicola said: ‘Paul you got my vote buddy.
‘The way that he has been so open about his emotion and talking about you know his mental health, I feel like that’s probably the most remarkable thing that’s happened,’ Chloe explained.
Host Danny Dyer joked: ‘Oh let’s have a little cuddle and all. Come here, I’ve been dying for this.’
The final episode of Scared of the Dark aired tonight at 9pm on Channel 4. Catch up on all five episode via All4.
Source: Read Full Article
