It was announced earlier this week that he has signed up to join the cast on an Italian I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! style show, which is not affiliated with the UK show in any way.
And Paul Gascoigne gave a glimpse of just some of the entertainment he’ll be providing, when he was seen dancing up a storm in a recent fun-filled video.
The football legend, 53, who enjoyed chart success in 1990 with his cover of Fog On The Tyne, also posed on the streets of Milan in a cheeky Michelangelo apron.
Got the moves like Gazza: Paul Gascoigne was seen dancing up a storm in a recent video
In his video, the former Tottenham Hotspur ace was seen dancing and gliding his way across a smart apartment to Riton x Nightcrawler’s nostalgic dance hit Friday.
Wearing a grey T-shirt with navy check pyjama bottoms, the star appeared to be in his element as he put on the energetic and rhythmic display.
He then stepped out onto Milan’s famous Duomo Square sporting his racy apron, which showed the naked body of a sculpture.
The sportsman is enjoying some downtime in Italy before his weekend flight to Honduras, where he will quarantine before descending into the jungle in March.
Catching the eye: The football legend, 53, who enjoyed chart success in 1990 with his cover of Fog On The Tyne, also posed on the streets of Milan in a cheeky Michelangelo apron
His signing is something of a coup for bosses of Isola de Famosi – Italian for Island of the famous – though he’s set to face tropical storms and poisonous spiders.
According to local reports, among those set to join him in Central America is stunning Miss Italy 2019, Carolina Stramare.
England hero Gazza, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction, will be heading to the Hog Cays, a small archipelago 18 miles off the northern coast of Honduras.
Known in Spanish as Cayos Cochinos, it consists of two small islands and 13 other coral cays. They can only be reached by boat and there are no roads, car or bikes.
Boogie nights: In his video, the former Tottenham Hotspur ace was seen dancing his way across a smart apartment to Riton x Nightcrawler’s nostalgic dance hit Friday
Casually cool: Wearing a grey T-shirt with navy check pyjama bottoms, the star appeared to be in his element as he put on the energetic and rhythmic display
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Shades: Going barefoot for the Instagram video, he rounded out his look with a pair of shades
Contestants on Spanish versions of the show, also filmed on the islands, have previously had to be evacuated because of bad weather.
Programme producers made an emergency decision to pull celebs out three years ago, saying it was done to ‘avoid tragedy’ as torrential rain and high winds battered the area.
Another storm the following year destroyed the makeshift shelters contestants slept in, leaving them exposed to the elements in soaking-wet clothes.
Tarantulas and snakes which release a foul-smelling musk from their tail are among the animals that live in the archipelago, part of a larger group of islands proclaimed as a British colony in 1852 until their surrender to Honduras seven years later after US pressure.
Busy time: The ex-Newcastle and Spurs midfielder was allowed to leave the UK to take part amid the novel coronavirus lockdown as his trip is work-related. Pictured in 1990
Sunshine: England hero Gazza, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction, will be heading to the Hog Cays, a small archipelago 18 miles off the northern coast of Honduras (pictured)
Mexican, Colombian and Israeli reality TV shows have also been filmed in Cayos Cochinos, said to be named after British pirates who visited the area and left pigs to fatten up on the area’s vegetation.
Filming for the Italian hit show starts on March 11 and runs for two months. Gazza will have to quarantine for two weeks after he arrives in Honduras this coming weekend.
The ex-Newcastle and Spurs midfielder will be allowed to leave the UK to take part as his trip is work-related.
He is expected to be dropped into the ocean by helicopter and made to swim to shore to start his island adventure.
The famous chopper drops, a feature of both the Italian and Spanish versions of the famous reality TV show, have sparked panic attacks among some contestants in previous editions.
Emergency: Show producers made an emergency decision to pull celebs out three years ago, saying it was done to ‘avoid tragedy’ as torrential rain and high winds battered the area
Format: Former presenters of the show, Nicola Savino and Simona Ventura, pictured in 2011
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