Paul Gascoigne emotional as his son Regan makes impressive Dancing on Ice debut

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Dancing On Ice after football star Paul Gascoigne was seen close to tears.Regan put on a dazzling performance when he took to the ice for the first time during Sunday night's programme and quickly became top of the leaderboard.Before the dancer took to the ice, video footage of him meeting with his famous dad played to viewers at home.The professional dancer left his father teary-eyed and the sporting star told his son how "proud" he is of him.Seeing the football legend's reaction fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts.One viewer penned: "Gazza got emotional at a yellow card so God knows how he'll cope tonight!! #DancingOnIce."Another said: "Ah, #Gazza heartbreaking."A third wrote: "God bless Gazza."During the video footage that was shown to the studio audience and fans at home, the former England football star said to his son: "The minute you were born, I was proud son."Regan replied: "As long as I’ve got your support."Paul continued: "No doubt when you come on stage I’ll be proud," as he choked up and said: "I’m getting emotional now!"Both father and son began to well up, with Paul adding: "I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you."After coming top of the leaderboard and beating Brendan Cole's score last week, the ice panel and presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were certainly impressed and in awe.

Holly said: "This is going to be a very exciting competition for you, that couldn’t have gone any better!""I want to give it everything!" Regan replied.Fans at home also loved Regan's show-stopping dance and headed to Twitter to share their thoughts.One viewer wrote: "Regan was amazing!