Paul Gascoigne in tears live on GMB over childhood tragedy 'he died in my lap'

Feelings ran incredibly high during the latest instalment of Good Morning Britain as Paul Gascoigne became overwhelmed with emotion.

Whilst chatting to ITV presenters Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, the 58-year-old recounted witnessing someone dear to him die.

When the ex-footballer was young, he was caring for a mate's little brother, who was tragically knocked down by a vehicle and killed.

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Discussing the devastating incident, Paul remarked, "Yeah, his younger brother wouldn't go to the boys' club, and I said I'd look after him. He was only eight and I was 10."

Paul told Richard and Susanna that the younger lad went ahead of him and was suddenly struck by a car, reports Wales Online.

Overwhelmed with feeling, he continued, "I ran down and he died in my lap. I thought he was still alive because his lips moved a bit. I went, 'He's ok, he's breathing,' but he wasn't. That was his last movement."

Paul remembered lifting the young lad up from the coffin and was shocked by how cold he felt.

He went on: "When the coffin left, I went and stayed with them again, in that same room for a week.

"I was only 10, I was staying in the same room with a coffin, it was horrific."

Richard questioned whether he reckons that the ordeal traumatised him so severely that it led to numerous problems later in his grown-up life. Paul concurred, revealing that his mother took him to a psychiatrist when he was just 10.

He shared, "I ended up with noises and twitches, and I said I refused to go and see him anymore. It wasn't until I really started getting involved with football that it started getting my mind off of everything."

In another part of the interview, the 58-year-old apologised to viewers for using foul language on-air while discussing how he thought his parents were feeding stories to the media, a topic covered in his book.

He remarked: "When I first tried it (drugs) it was only because of the phone hacking, I fell out with my mum and dad for three months.

"That destroyed us, I couldn't hack it and then I took the drugs and then my dad sectioned me."

Susanna queried, "The reason that you are so upset is because you became paranoid, didn't you? During the phone hacking scandal, because you didn't know who was spilling the beans."

He responded: "The only people I spoke to were my mum and dad, and it kept coming out in the newspapers.

"So I fell out with them. I ended up having six mobile phones. I'm thinking, mum and dad what are you f****ng doing? Sorry for that swearing."

Richard chimed in: "We apologise too for the language there, but obviously it's very emotional, we understand."

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