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DOCUMENTARY: Gazza boozing with a local in Portugal
OUT OF IT: Mason, left, kisses boy pal in Facebook pic
SPEAKING OUT: Chelsey
TROUBLED Gazza's stepson is throwing away his life by bingeing on COCAINE and BOOZE and GAMBLING heavily, the News of the World can reveal.
Estate agent Mason Gascoigne, 19, suffers from the same demons as his fallen footballer stepdad, according to his ex-girlfriend.
Chelsey Lewis's shocking account of Mason's problems comes after millions of TV viewers saw the teenager tearfully pleading with booze-addict Paul Gascoigne to sort out his life.
But pretty Chelsey, 18, said: "He laughs at his dad and calls him pathetic. It's pure hypocrisy, he's like a mirror image of him. It's Mason who's the pathetic one-he's got as many problems as Gazza."
She also revealed how wild-boy Mason:
- LIVES off his famous stepdad's name but laughs at him behind his back;
- SNORTS cocaine then uses sleeping pills to "come down";
- DRINK-DRIVES despite his motoring ban;
- THROWS his mum's money away on the roulette wheel at casinos; and
- DEMANDS sex six times a day.
His only goal, says Chelsey, is to be a celebrity like his stepdad and glamour model sister Bianca, 22.
Talking about his appearance on Channel 4 documentary Surviving Gazza in January, Chelsey said: "The Mason the public saw is not the real Mason. He lied and acted like he cared on TV because he wants fame.
"He would be a great actor. I couldn't believe it when I saw the programme. It was an Oscar-winning performance.
Cocky
"He said he did the documentary because he wants to be famous like Bianca. He hoped he'd get interview requests like her but he didn't."
The programme showed Mason persuading his family to travel to Portugal to offer support to Gazza, 41, who was drinking heavily and infamous for his booze and cocaine binges.
But Chelsey said: "Whilst they were doing the documentary, Mason was doing cocaine and drinking heavily-he was drunk every other night on Guinness, white wine or beer.
"He was a nice guy until he started getting boozed up and he would get cocky, boast about his dad, act like a smartass and get people's backs up. He's very unpopular because of it.
"He loved living off his dad's name but when he wasn't showing off he'd say in a really bitter way, 'He isn't really my father.'"
Chelsey, who started seeing Mason last June but has known the family for years, recalled how his usual morning routine would include reading newspapers with mum Sheryl, 44, Gazza's ex-wife.
She said: "Mason would be on a come- down (from cocaine) and they would look through the papers for Paul and laugh at pictures of him drunk."
Mason was regularly up and down from taking the class-A drug, Chelsey said. "One night I was with my friends and he was with his at The Bull in Broxbourne," she recalled.
"When he came to collect me he couldn't stop talking. I begged him to stop taking cocaine. He became emotional and promised to stop. But he didn't.
"When he emptied his pockets there would often be a wrap of cocaine in there. I'd have a go at him but he'd ignore me and start chattering away. Taking sleeping tablets was the only thing that shut him up. He had blue and yellow ones. Some were stronger than others."
Mason even tried to get Chelsey to take cocaine with him but she refused.
"Last October my friend was in a car accident and I asked Mason to wait with me at A&E," she recalled.
"When he arrived he was out of his head. He'd got drunk and been in a fight- his front tooth was knocked out and he had a black eye.
"He went up to reception, shouting, 'Do you know who I am, I'm Gazza's son.'
"He asked me to go out to the car park. When we got to his friend's van, Mason got in and said, 'Do you want some coke?' I said no because I don't take drugs.
"He got out a CD and put it on the dashboard then got some white powder from his pocket, rolled up a note and snorted it off the CD.
"I was shocked and confronted him. He said, 'I've had a drink, so why not?' as though that made it acceptable. That night he went outside about five times and came back sniffing."
When they left Harlow Hospital, Mason drove them to the home he shares with his mum, sister and 12-year-old half-brother Regan (Gazza's son with Sheryl) in Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
Chelsey said: He was drugged up, over the limit and already on a ban for drink-driving. I know it is wrong but I was tired. When he walked through the door he fell over . . . then he opened a bottle of wine and poured himself a glass. Sheryl has a separate fridge for booze and every night I was there they would drink white wine.
"They didn't get roaring drunk but they always had at least a glass. If Sheryl caught Mason drinking before teatime, she'd say, 'It's a bit early isn't it?'
"Mason said they didn't even stop when his dad went home for a while-surely that wouldn't have helped him dry out?!"
On social networking website Facebook, there are photos of an intoxicated Mason at parties, including some where he is kissing a MALE pal for a joke.
But Chelsey wasn't aware of the full extent of Mason's outrageous behaviour until a close pal told her. The friend, Jade Croke, 17, revealed to the News of the World: "Mason is a regular cocaine user. He turned up at one friend's house just before Christmas with a bag of cocaine.
"I saw him walk in with it, show it off then go into the dining room to start taking it on his own. He was snorting lines off the dining room table and didn't care who saw him.
Money
"He did line, after line, after line. He was there for hours."
Mason would also get highs from gambling and sex. Chelsey said: "He lost a fortune playing roulette in a casino. I asked him why he did it and he said, 'When I see the wheel spin I just can't stop.'
"His mum found out and was furious. Last New Year he borrowed £700 off a friend to play poker. And if we were going out he would take money off his mum to bet on the horses. I realised Mason has more problems than Gazza does." She continued: "Mason was a good lover but would want to have sex about six times a day and was furious if I didn't want to. He was a noisy lover, too, even when we were at his mum's house. He didn't care if she heard us."
Chelsey said the relationship between mother and son was strained, adding: "She wanted to control him, stop him going out. I think she worried about his drinking, like any mum."
The morning after Mason lost his tooth, he had a huge row with Cheryl over who would foot the £700 bill for a replacement.
"They started shouting at each other," recalled Chelsey. "He said he couldn't pay for it himself because she had all of his money.
"He claimed she'd used money from a trust fund Gazza had set up for him to buy their house. It was tens of thousands of pounds." Chelsey added: "Gazza was generous. Mason showed me a gold bangle and a Brietling watch his dad had got him. But Mason said he bought him things and then would take them off him when he was drunk."
Eventually Mason's behaviour got too much and Chelsey left him in December.
She said: "It was because of his gambling and drugs and his flirting. I got sick of him flirting with other women while we were out together and the final straw was when another woman answered his phone.
"I feel sorry for him. He needs help, urgently. Maybe it should be Gazza helping him and not the other way round."
Last night Mason's spokesman confirmed his drink-drive ban and that he had carried on driving.
He said Mason had been involved in a volatile relationship with Chelsey and added: "Mason doesn't walk to talk about the other stuff. His view is you can run with it."
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This article has 24 comments
gazzas brilliant well funny on soccer am, but its a shame for mason he clearly missed paul the most but as for drink n drugs hes pob only doing wot most young lads do, get wasted n have a good time, no blood ties so unlikely to lead to addiction, hes just gotta be careful who sees him cos itll always be big news and prob hurt his family mre than him
By greg.. Posted April 21 2009 at 3:23 PM.
Well well well!I am not even going to grace them with a surname that isnt even theirs!The Empire that was Sheryl and Co is crumbling fast...its about time.So what is she going to do now then make another documentary instead of helping people?!!Maybe,just maybe she can get a job,sell your house,buy something smaller.May that be a lesson to them.As for the kids,who is to blame for the mess they have got themselves in?I feel sorry that Mason is leading this kind of life,but everyone makes their own choices,ones they have to live by.Paul was not there a lot of their childhood so how is it implied that he is to blame?Maybe the blame should be placed at the door of his mother and her family,as for reading the papers every day to see what Paul has done is just incredibly sad and something that obviously has been the norm to him!I as a mother would not allow my kids to see what was the demise of a brilliant man, let alone someone who regardless should be respected as a father and a person!Personally I have no time for them,the documentary was the last straw,how Evil!Ask yourself have Pauls REAL family always been there for Paul Yes!Thank god is all I can say!Paul is looking after himself he has people around him that love him unconditionally.Good luck Paul and your family,your doing great and looking wonderful keep it going.Ive never seen your family smile so much as what they have when you returned home to them safe and well.
By Jackie.. Posted April 20 2009 at 11:22 AM.
Gazza is a waste of space.
By Trisha.. Posted April 20 2009 at 12:11 AM.
hey news of the world, come on where is the real father, whats the story on the o so sweet cheryl (butter would,nt melt)the thing is they were so fast to call gazza
By cazzi.. Posted April 20 2009 at 12:16 AM.
I know Paul and I was there when all this started and saw what went on first hand...
They are LEACHES
Paul was easily led out of "wanting"
H e lent me money whan I was on the dole and I posted it back thru his letter box and he hugged me for it and told me nobody had done that before!
He is a TOFF.
His brother in law hated me and made up stories I was after shooting Gazza even !!
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD'T THROW STONES
By Andy.. Posted April 19 2009 at 11:32 PM.
Where is my earlier post? Gazza has paid for their bloody lifestyle hasn't he? They had nothing before they started living off his name! I have no time for Gazza BTW, but even less for this bunch of fame-seeking money-grabbing no-hoping gits
By Jay.. Posted April 19 2009 at 9:31 PM.
I am so mad but glad at the same time.The truth has come out about that family that call themseves Gascoyne. Paul I hope you have read this report and stay away from them, its them to blame for your illness., you are a real canny lad and dont deserve the bad publicity, we know you, us in Newcastle, get yourself a canny lass to settle down with, not a wag, like the one you married...Good luck, get well soon xxxxx
By vera.. Posted April 19 2009 at 5:09 PM.
the problems paul has had with addictive substances is well documented and only he can find peace,and do what he needs to do and and recover, but this family has a lack of dignity and a lack of respect for the family of gascoigne in repeating every waiking minute bleeting how ill paul is when there seems to be issues closer to home
By terence.. Posted April 19 2009 at 4:52 PM.
It's no wonder why Gazza drinks!!! This family is enough to cause a sane person to go crazy.
By Katee.. Posted April 19 2009 at 1:59 PM.
Its great that Chelsea has come forward and perhaps it will encourage other people who have been exposed to this scum bag family and now the majority are starting to see the truth. This woman only lived with Paul for approx 3 months over a 20 year period. And she and Her offspring have made a living most good and honest people in this country work hard for. Lets stand up and help one of Britain's (and the worlds) heros instead of believing the lies she has been spouting over the years.
By Michael .. Posted April 19 2009 at 1:12 PM.
I would think they are the family from Hell.
By Jonathan.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:32 PM.
Why are some people blaming Gazza. He has been out of their lives for many years. When these children were young, Gazza gave them a life of luxury and they pay him back by bad-mouthing him behind his back and yet they used him whenever if suits them. Mason and his sister are nothing without the Gascoigne's name. And their mother made lots of money selling her sob story.
By mari.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:10 PM.
If he is the stepson of Gazza why should he be taking after Gazza they are not blood so he won't have any addiction in his genes. I like Gazza I feel for him and wish him all the luck in world. These people seem to be grasping at anything to get their 2bit of press coverage. Sort if out and let Gazza recover not for him to pick up the paper to read yet another story, it'll could send back to the demon drink. And they know that!!!!!
By Alison.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:20 PM.
Gazza has obviously been a generous but how can a mother take her son's trust fund and spend it on herself.... im a mother myself and I would use every penny at my disposal to help my child.
By Bear.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:05 PM.
all of them are living off the gazza name...where is there real father in all of this???were has he been in the upbringing of theses kids.?at least gazza who earned the big money brought them up..ok he has had his problems but these sponging kids still live and incase of bianca,earns off his name...that documentry made them look like toe rags...pretending to care and milking an oportunity to get on tv...shame on them.
By Liam.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:00 PM.
Wow what a revelation....I can only say thank god Gazza is now finally away from that family. They have used him to gain fame and fortune, laughing at him while all the time sponging from him. Maybe if masons mother had set a good example her son would'nt be the man he is today.
By Anita.. Posted April 19 2009 at 11:59 AM.
In reply to Lorna Wanstal, you need to get your facts right, Gazza and Sheryl split up 10 years ago. The only parent to blame is Sheryl, she is the constant parent...Read the story again, Sheryl has her own fridge for booze and together her and Mason drink and laugh at pictures of Gazza in the papers. Why poison kids against absent parents in the end its the kids that suffer at the hands of bitter vindictive woman who should protect their children not use their children as a weapon.
By Ami Kerrigan.. Posted April 19 2009 at 11:30 AM.
What a shame my heart bleeds NOT
I not surprized Mason has turned out like his stepfather after all he grew up around it, Gazza's the one to blame for the mess this kid is in.
By Lorna Wanstall.. Posted April 19 2009 at 11:20 AM.
Im sick of hearing that family say Gazza is our dad hes only got 1 child, the others want to stop trying to live of his fame, they ruined him and now they are ruining themselves..... but as the saying goes what goes around comes around.
By Debbie.. Posted April 19 2009 at 11:00 AM.
Well, they say the apple never falls far from the tree don't they!
By Travis Bickle.. Posted April 19 2009 at 9:26 AM.
it seems as though the parents need to get tougher instead of making it easy for him to get hold of cash hence the drugs and alcohol, he is just a cocky little teenager who thinks the world revolves around him and i think once he is shown it doesnt he will come crashing back down to earth
By craig williams.. Posted April 19 2009 at 8:57 AM.
It's all true what this girls says and it sounds like a act of concern her going to the paper ..
I heard this story from one of his mates about the hotel and him shouting his head off and the coke etc ..
before living with Gazza came out.
The boy need help .. like most of the people that are around him.
Truth comes out in the end..
By ragger barnes .. Posted April 19 2009 at 2:27 AM.
I don't know why Mason wants to be famous like Bianca. She's done nothing noteworthy except get her kit off at every opportunity.
By Emma.. Posted April 19 2009 at 1:34 AM.
Gazza is better than this scummy little step family of his. I wish him luck.
Mason needs to get a life.
By Timmy 7 Bellies.. Posted April 19 2009 at 12:37 AM.