Freddy Brazier broke his silence on his relationship with his father in an Instagram post to celebrate Mother’s Day.
The social media post comes as it’s revealed Freddy’s father Jeff Brazier has started legal proceedings against Jade Goody ‘s mum, Jackiey Budden – Freddy’s grandmother.
The influencer, 20, lost his mother Jade when he was just four years old after she died from cervical cancer on Mother’s Day 2009.
Since her death, Jeff has looked after Freddy and his older brother Bobby, 21. In celebration of his father’s efforts for the last 16 years, Freddy paid tribute to both his father and late mother on Sunday.
In his first post shared to Instagram Stories, Freddy uploaded a collection of pH๏τographs of Jade and their family and simply wrote: ‘Happy Mother’s Day’.
He then posted a new picture of him and his dad with their arms around each other, adding: ‘Forever grateful for you and all you do for me.’
Freddy Brazier broke his silence on his relationship with his father as it’s revealed Jeff Brazier has started legal proceedings against Jade Goody ‘s mum Jackiey Budden
Freddy, 20, lost his mother Jade when he was just four years old after she died from cervical cancer on Mother’s Day 2009. He paid trubute to Jade and Jeff on Sunday
The story is the first post Freddy has made about his dad since it was revealed Jeff is planning on putting a legal block on Freddy’s grandmother Jackiey having contact with him.
Jackiey, 68, helped raise Bobby and Freddy following Jade’s death but she and Jeff have clashed multiple times over the years.
It was revealed this month that the TV star is taking action in an attempt to legally block contact between his son and his grandmother, ‘to keep him safe’.
As well as Freddy’s post, Jeff also shared a loving tribute to Jade Goody on Mother’s Day, admitting that he and their sons ‘still need you’.
The TV star also thanked his network of friends and family including his wife Kate for helping him raise his and Jade’s sons Bobby, 21, and Freddy 20, since Jade’s death.
Sharing pH๏τos of himself and Jade, Jeff gushed: ‘To the greatest mother imaginable to be cruelly denied the privilege of seeing her children long into adulthood. Anyone taken from loved ones is sorely missed but I’d have to admit we have needed you ever since and still do to this day.’
‘It was too big a job for me alone but thankfully we have a strong dependable village around us.’
He went onto to thank ‘the hero’s that have picked us up’ but there was no mention of Jade’s mother Jackiey.
In celebration of his father’s efforts for the last 16 years, Freddy paid tribute to both his father and late mother as he shared a collage of his mother
The story is the first post Freddy has made about his dad since it was revealed Jeff is planning on putting a legal block on Freddy’s grandmother Jackiey having contact with him
Jeff posted his own tributes on the special day and thanked friends and family including his wife Kate (pictured) for helping him raise his and Jade’s sons Bobby, 21, and Freddy 20
Jade’s husband Jack Tweed, who she married a month before she died, spoke out on Jeff’s feud with Jade’s mother Jackiey last week.
Reflecting on the feud, Jack – who has stayed close with the two boys – has insisted that Jade wouldn’t have wanted the animosity towards her mother, but added that the late star had been determined that Jackiey wouldn’t raise her sons either.
In a new interview with the Sun, he admitted that he didn’t think that Jackiey was in the ‘right place’ to be raising the boys, but insisted that Jade wouldn’t want her completely cut out.
He said: ‘Maybe at the minute, Jackiey isn’t in the right place to see the boys and bring them up because she doesn’t make the right decisions sometimes and she might let the boys get away with things that most parents wouldn’t.
But he added he was sympathetic to Jeff, as he felt the TV presenter has ‘not really got too much choice’ but to prioritise Freddy’s mental health, rather than Jackiey’s desire to see them.
While Jack confessed that he that he knew Jade would not ‘be over the moon’ about the war between Jeff and Jackiey, as he said she had been determined not to let her sons have the same upbringing that she had.
Jackiey is a former drug addict, who lost the use of her left arm in a motorbike accident, openly admitted smoking crack cocaine while Jade was a child, and in 2010 a video emerged of her taking cocaine.
Jack said: ‘It’s hard because I’d never ever sit here and slag Jackiey off because I wouldn’t ever do that to Jade.
‘Jade wouldn’t like that. Obviously, she’s not going to be over the moon about what’s going on, but at the same time she knew she struggled with her childhood with Jackiey, so she knew she wouldn’t want the same for her boys.
Jeff then thanked ‘the hero’s that have picked us up’ but did not mention Jade’s mother (pictured in 2019), who he has launched legal action against to block her contact with Freddy
‘Her whole life the main thing was she didn’t want her boys having the same upbringing as what she did, which obviously they haven’t, they’ve had a nicer upbringing with Jeff, but she wouldn’t want Jackiey doing things that she wouldn’t have with the boys.’
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While he’s stayed in touch with both the boys over the years, Jack explained that Freddy previously struggled to see him because it stirred up memories of Jade.
However, he said they have been speaking a lot more lately and making plans to meet up, after Freddy recently revealed he has been diagnosed with bipolar in a candid video about his ‘serious’ mental health.
Jack said: ‘With Freddy, I haven’t seen him for a while because I think it was tough for him. Where I’m mostly connected to his mum, I think it was a bit tough for him to see me because it would bring back a lot of memories. It was hard for him, but I think he’s ready and in the right place for me to see him’.
Until very recently, Freddy regularly stayed with Jackiey in her two-bedroom council flat – where Jade grew up.
After a recent three weeks stay there, he returned to his father’s home in EsSєx two weeks ago and it is understood that this was the last straw for Jeff, who is now taking legal advice as to how to keep them apart, permanently.
It’s been reported that he has sought the advice on the grounds of keeping Freddy ‘safe from a relationship that has been incredibly detrimental to his well being for a long time now’.
But Jackiey has insisted to the Mail this week that her flat is a place of sanctuary for Freddy, and the two get on well, saying: ‘My house is safe for Freddy, and it always has been since he was little.
‘The boy is an adult now, and Jeff treats him like he’s ten. It made sense seven years ago when Freddy was still 13 when Jeff first tried to stop him from seeing me, but now he’s 20 years old.
‘What possible basis does he have? And do you know what? He’s a clever boy Freddy. He’s not stupid.’
After Jeff hired a leading barrister for the upcoming hearing, Jackiey hit out at the proceedings, telling MailOnline on Monday: ‘I know what this is all about. It [the situation with Jeff] doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter.’
She asked: ‘Do I want to see Freddy? Of course I do. I see Freddy all of the time. I will see him.’
In 2021, Bobby confirmed in an Instagram video that he was back in contact with his nan after losing touch.
Jade’s husband Jack Tweed, who she married a month before she died, spoke out on Jeff’s feud with Jade’s mother Jackiey last week (seen with Jade in 2006)
He said: ‘I didn’t see her for ages – for way too long – but I went to see her twice recently.
‘And honestly if there’s one woman you shouldn’t underestimate it’s my nan. Honestly, she’s like a wizard! It’s nuts.’
Friends of the family said Jackiey and Jeff, who has looked after the boys since Jade’s death, fell out some years back and have not been able to repair their relationship.
In 2023 Jackiey was banned from attending the Strictly final, where Bobby was pipped to the post by Ellie Leach, amid her ongoing feud with Jeff.
