Freddie Brazier's heartbreaking 'burden' admission over Jade Goody death as dad Jeff admits own struggle
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJeff Brazier has told how his experience of losing his dad helped his family to cope with Jade Goody's death as his son Freddie spoke about losing his mum at a young age.
The 45-year-old TV star was just nine years old when his dad, Stephen Faldo, passed away, and he believes that experience helped him and his sons - Bobby, 21, and Freddie, 19 - to cope with Jade's death in 2009 following a cervical cancer diagnosis.
Jeff said on the latest episode of Celebrity Race Across The World on Wednesday night (August 28), which he took part in with teenager Freddie: "My experience in childhood probably really lent into how I've parented Bobby and Freddie. READ MORE: Gorka Marquez's emotional five-word reaction to Gemma Atkinson's warning ahead of Strictly Come Dancing "My mum, probably against everyone's opinions, decided to have me even though she was only 15-years-old - so I'm forever grateful for that.
I didn't ever have the company of my biological dad, he died when I was nine. I always obviously regret never meeting him, so when it came to me being a dad I was always going to make sure that they had the experience of me that I would have liked to have had from him." Jeff also recently admitted that he "doubled down" on his parental responsibilities after Jade passed away.
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