Paul Gascoigne has shown that he still has what it takes to be the star of the show as he made quite an impression on L'Isola dei Famosi.
The legendary footballer is starring in the Italian version of I'm A Celebrity and upon his arrival on the 'Island of the Famous', has already proved a hit with the viewers.
The 53-year-old had previously spent three years in Rome playing for Lazio during his illustrious career.
His introductory video tape on Monday's show was enough to remind his fans in the country that he is still a comic genius who will give his all for the cause.
He entered the show by plunging into the sea from a helicopter and he became a quick favourite for the show's crown as his language attempts left viewers laughing, as he misunderstood host Ilary Blasi.
Gazza has been brushing up on the language ahead of the show in the hope that all he learnt while living there will come back to him.
When asked about how well he is doing with the language, Paul couldn't hide his strong Geordie accent as he replied: "It's OK. It's only the first day, I'm hoping to improve it."
He did admit: "I'm not speaking perfect Italian."
It was from there though that his language skills started to unravel and he suffered a bit of a gaffe when he replied to a question asking what he is looking forward to by saying repeatedly: "Serpente" (snakes).
Undeterred, Paul added in Italian: "Fishing good me, very good me.
"Hands fish my, team hungry me. Confidence, first day, better speak, soon."
He added: "I'm here for a laugh and the experience," before finishing off in English: "I'll see you all on the f******g island".
The Sun reported that the show's presenter said: "Paul Gascoigne made us laugh with his pidgin Italian.
"Nonsense words, wrong words but to be fair he managed to make himself understood."
Paul has taken his preparation for the show seriously and a source told The Sun : "Paul has a basic grasp of Italian and he can make himself understood. But what we really want to avoid is having subtitles too often as that would ruin it.
"The idea is to get him up to a good conversational level so he can talk with the other competitors. We are expecting some exciting TV from Paul."
Gazza also told The Sun about what he feels he will bring to the camp and his 14 fellow campers.
He said: "My best quality is that I can make people laugh and I’m always laughing."
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