Freddy Brazier’s secret bond with Jade Goody’s mum and why dad wants to end it

Caption: Inside Freddy Brazier’s life including living with Jade Goody’s mum credit: REX / Getty

Jeff Brazier has reportedly taken legal action in a bid to prevent his son Freddy, 20, from seeing his maternal grandmother, Jackiey Budden.

Jade Goody’s ex is said to be taking steps to protect Freddy from what he alleges is an ‘incredibly detrimental’ relationship and has hired a barrister ahead of an upcoming hearing.

As Jade and Jeff’s son hits the headlines, we take a look inside his life, from his emotional TV appearance alongside his dad to his relationship with his grandmother…

Freddy’s early years

The late Jade Goody had two children during her relationship with This Morning presenter Jeff Brazier. Bobby, born in June 2003, and Freddy, born in September 2004.

In 2008, Jade was diagnosed with cervical cancer while appearing on Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss. She was later told that the cancer had ‘advanced’ and was life-threatening and was given a 65% chance of survival.

The late Jade Goody with sons Bobby and Freddy in 2006 (Picture: Joanne Davidson/REX/Shutterstock)

Sadly, on March 22 2009 Jade died in her sleep at the age of 27, with then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown paying tribute to ‘a courageous woman both in life and death and the whole country has admired her determination to provide a bright future for her children’.

Freddy opened up on the loss of his mother while appearing on Celebrity Race Across The World alongside his dad Jeff, leaving viewers of the show ‘heartbroken’.

He said: ‘I lost my mum when I was four and that was on ­Mother’s Day, which is really hard. I don’t really like showing my emotions. I don’t even speak to my dad much about my mum either. I just avoid it. I prefer to bottle it up.

‘I don’t want to feel like I’m a burden to them. A lot of my memories that I have of my mum have come from watching a documentary, YouTube clips, newspapers, they are not my memories.’

While holding back tears, he continued: ‘I don’t really remember being held by my mum. If I had more memories of her, it would have made it a whole lot harder for me.

‘But I think I would rather that than not really remember the things that I had done with my mum. It’s just life really and I’ve kind of accepted that.’

Jeff and Freddy appeared alongside each other on Celebrity Race Across The World (Picture: BBC One/Celebrity Race Across the World) ADHD diagnosis

Freddy emotionally discussed his ADHD diagnosis on the show, saying he felt ‘inadequate’.

Jeff said he was ‘proud’ to see his son persevere with tasks and try his best even if he felt he was ‘no good at it’.

Speaking to the camera, he went on to explain how his son’s strengths were ‘absolutely numerous’, but that he ‘struggled to see it in himself’.

‘A lot of the time I think he sees himself as being inadequate and inferior and not enough,’ he shared.

Speaking about his difficulties while in the classroom, Freddy then admitted he found school ‘tough’.

‘I was that kid in class who struggled, and my concentration wasn’t the best and I was a bit of a joker,’ he said.

Freddy emotionally opened up on his ADHD diagnosis (Picture: Getty)

Freddy then went on to explain how he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder aged 10.

‘I didn’t mean to misbehave, but I didn’t know how to cope with everything that was going on. I don’t think I was bad, but I wasn’t good,’ he continued.

Going on to speak about his son, Jeff said he knew Freddy would ‘go on to do something amazing in his lifetime’.

‘We need the pioneers and the people who give a completely different opinion, and that’s what Fred’s role is going to be. I see it, I’ve always seen it, and I look forward to him realising it one day, where it will all click and fall into place,’ he added.

Relationship with Jackiey Budden

According to reports, Freddy has a close relationship with his grandmother,former Big Brother star Jackiey Budden, 67,  and will often leave the family home to stay with her.

Jackiey was married to Jade’s dad Andrew, who suffered from a heroin addiction until they separated when Jade was just two years old.

Jackiey reportedly ‘comforts Freddy when he argues with his dad’, with a source telling the Mail: ‘Freddy will often turn up on the doorstep, sometimes very unhappy and wanting to see his nan.

‘While Jackiey has her issues – and will be the first to admit she isn’t the most perfect archetypal grandmother – he can share his feelings with her which is something he can’t do at Jeff’s.’

Things are seemingly hostile between Jeff and Jackiey, after she branded him a ‘c**k’ after Bobby’s Nation Television Awards speech after he picked up the gong for rising star for his role in EastEnders.

Freddy and grandmother Jackiey Budden are said to have a close relationship (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

However, Jeff is now reportedly taking action to prevent Freddy from seeing Jackiey, with a source telling The Sun: ‘This is something Jeff and anyone who cares about Freddy hopes will help keep Freddy safe from a relationship that has been incredibly detrimental to his well being for a long time now.

‘The fact that he is going down this route shows how concerned we all our and how our efforts to keep Fred safe are being grossly undermined by other people.’

Metro has contacted a representative for Jeff and Freddy for comment.

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