Darts pundit admits he fell out with Phil Taylor because of ‘jealousy and resentment’
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Most bizarre rants in darts history - from Phil Taylor row to Gary Anderson fart denial Fifteen years on, Mason has recalled his feud, and friendship, with Taylor and says he now has the utmost for the 16-time world champion.“Everybody thinks we’re enemies,” Mason told the PDC’s Darts Show Podcast. “We certainly weren’t rivals because I wasn’t good enough.
What an amazing player.Mason, now a pundit for ITV's coverage of the sport, battled alcohol and drug addiction and spent time in prison before turning his life around.
Recalling his days practising with Taylor, he said: “Tuesday and Wednesday I’d drive to Stoke and, this is terrible I know, I’d sit in the car at nine o’clock in the morning and drink four cans of cider.“I’d knock on the door at 10 o’clock and Phil would open the door to the Cricketers [the pub Taylor owned at the time] in a pair of slippers with a mug of tea [and say], ‘alright m’duck’, and then we’d practice.
Well, he would! What's your favourite darts rivalry? Tell us in the comments section below. “He’d say ‘are you coming back tomorrow?’ And I’d say ‘yup’.
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