London, June 5 : Football legend Paul Gascoigne a. k. a Gazza's plan to redeem himself in the public eye with his appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has reportedly received a setback.

The 42-year-old is said to have been axed from the series after ITV bosses declared he was `mentally unfit'.

The news comes following his girlfriend's revelation that he had called her during a massive booze bender and said: "I'm going to kill myself."

Gazza signed a big-money deal last month to go on I'm A Celeb but a source has said that bosses got cold feet following Susan Boyle's meltdown over Britain's Got Talent.

"Paul Gascoigne was given a psychiatric test to see how he was, but he failed it. It was such a shame considering bosses had been trying to get him on the show for years," the Sun quoted a source as saying.

"However they realised it was just too much of a risk for him to enter the jungle and be under such intense public scrutiny," the source added.

ITV chiefs are negotiating with other ex-footballers to take Gazza's place in the Aussie jungle in November. (ANI)