{"id":98551,"date":"2023-09-06T19:08:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98551"},"modified":"2023-09-06T19:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:08:39","slug":"bobby-braziers-bond-with-dad-jeff-and-how-he-raised-sons-after-jade-goodys-tragic-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/lifestyle\/bobby-braziers-bond-with-dad-jeff-and-how-he-raised-sons-after-jade-goodys-tragic-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Braziers bond with dad Jeff and how he raised sons after Jade Goodys tragic death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bobby Brazier left his doting dadJeff in tears last night when he accepted the award for Rising Star at the National Television Awards. <\/p>\n

As he took to the stage to accept his award at the glitzy event on 5 September,the EastEnders actor thanked his dad for all of his support of the past two decades. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis actually has very, very, very little to do with me and everything to do with my dad,\u201d 20 year old Bobby explained. \u201cOver the course of the last 20 years I've consistently heard him say, 'Because I can', it was a mantra or a motto of his, and him just saying that, 'Because I can!' you know, why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bobby\u2019s mum Jade Goody tragically died from cervical cancer in 2009 when she was just 27 years old andBobby and his brother Freddie have since been raised by their dad Jeff. At the time of her death, Bobby was only five years old and his brother was four. <\/p>\n

Throughout the years, 44 year old Jeff has opened up about the experience of losing his ex-partner and has praised Jade for the \u201cstrength\u201d and \u201cselflessness\u201d she had to tell her sons what was happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat's strength. To tell the truth and to actually be able to say, not just for her benefit, but for theirs as well,\u201d he told Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast in 2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe needed to say that for them. It was the most selfless thing that I think I have ever seen anyone do.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the wake of Jade\u2019s death, Jeff qualified as a grief counsellor and later wrote the book The Grief Survival Guide: How To Navigate Loss And All That Comes With It to help others going through bereavement – something he says has affected how he parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives you a bit of a toolbox you can apply in certain situations. It doesn\u2019t change who you are but it changes your approach to conflict, to difficult situations with your children or your partner,\u201d he toldMetro in 2021 when asked about becoming a life coach and counsellor. <\/p>\n

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Jeff has also opened up about the realities of parenting his two sons andin 2020 he shared his pain that his sons wouldn\u2019t be able to know their mum \u201cin the same way\u201d other people did. <\/p>\n

\u201cOf course they were so young when she died and it pains me to think they never knew Jade in the same way we all did,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen Bobby landed his first fashion magazine cover he said he hoped his mum was looking down on him and smiling. And I\u2019m sure she was.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the dad to Bobby and Freddie, Jeff has spoken about the \u201cresponsibility\u201d to keep Jade\u2019s memory alive, and the former Shipwrecked star often takes to social media to mark the anniversary of her passing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me I will go so far as I feel there is a responsibility for me to keep her memory alive, for everyone, not just necessarily of the boys,\u201d he once told theDaily Star. <\/p>\n

Even as his sons approach young adulthood,Jeff is ever the doting dad and recently gushed over Bobby after it was announced that he\u2019d be joining this year\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing line-up. After the news was announced, the dad-of-two reshared a the video to his Instagram account alongside the caption: \u201cGo on the boy [red heart emoji]\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n