For many, turning 18 is all about getting their first legal pint. But for Bobby Brazier, it is also time to face a more bittersweet milestone.
For Dad Jeff is confident Bobby, who was 18 last week, will soon be ready to watch late mum Jade Goody on Big Brother – for the first time.
It’s been 12 years since the reality star, also mum to Freddie, 16, died from cervical cancer aged 27. And it’s taken until now for them to be ready to see the Jade the nation fell in love with in 2002.
Jeff, a qualified life coach, knew he couldn’t show the boys until they were both able to talk about their grief. “Freddie was always the one that was open to [talking],” says Jeff, 42. “Yet for Bobby, it was too much for him.
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