In tonight’s fifth consecutive episode, after the celebrities spent 180 hours in the dark, Danny Dyer finally revealed footballing legend Paul Gascoigne to be the winner of Scared of the Dark. 

Dyer said:  “It’s time to announce the winner.  The person you have chosen as the winner of Scared of the Dark is… Paul ‘Gazza’ Gascoigne.

On winning Scared of the Dark, Paul Gascoigne 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.  I’m a better person. I got electrocuted and got shot with a cannonball in the bollocks. I fucking 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.”

After hearing the news, some of the other celebrities commented on his success on the series:

DONNA PRESTON said: “This journey for him has been really, really hard and I think he just needs to be really proud of himself.”

COMEDIAN CHRIS McCAUSLAND added: “He just opened himself up and laid himself out for everyone to see. “

NICOLA ADAMS: “Paul you got my vote buddy.”

CHLOE BURROWS: “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.”

DANNY DYER added “Oh let’s have a little cuddle and all. Come here, I’ve been dying for this.”

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