Paul Gascoigne breaks down in tears on GMB as he recalls 'they died in my lap'

On Monday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, presenters Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid welcomed Paul Gascoigne onto the ITV show.

Emotions were at an all-time high during the most recent episode of Good Morning Britain as Paul Gascoigne broke down in tears.

While speaking to ITV stars Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, the 58-year-old detailed watching someone close to him die.

When the former footballer was a child, he was looking after the younger brother of a friend, who was tragically struck down by a car and killed.

Speaking about the harrowing incident, Paul commented, "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."

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Paul told Richard and Susanna that the younger boy went in front of him and was suddenly hit by a car.

Overcome with emotion, he added, "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 recalled picking the young boy up out of the coffin and was startled by how cold he was. He continued: "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 asked whether he believes that the experience traumatised him so much that it resulted in multiple issues later on in adult life.

Paul agreed, saying he was taken to a psychiatrist by his mum at the age of 10. He said, "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."

Elsewhere in the interview, the 58-year-old issued an apology to viewers after swearing on-air while recalling how he believed his parents were leaking stories to the press while discussing a particular passage in his book.

He commented: "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 said, "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 replied: "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 added: "We apologise too for the language there, but obviously it's very emotional, we understand."

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