Bobby Brazier's family feud as dad Jeff and brother show up for Strictly final
Bobby Brazier's family feud has been laid bare ahead of the hotly-anticipated Strictly Come Dancing final.
The 20-year-old has been in the middle of a fiery fallout between his dad and gran Jackiey Budden, who is the mother of Jade Goody. The 66-year-old took aim at Jeff in furious tirade earlier this year, as she cruelly called him a “c***” and accused him of being mean to her “for nine years”.
Jeff and Jade welcomed two boys, Bobby and Freddie, during their two-year relationship, and following the Big Brother star’s tragic death from cervical cancer in 2009, the brothers have lived permanently with their dad. Not much is known about the bitter family feud, as Jeff has refused to discuss it, and Bobby has opted to simply ban his gran from watching him in the studio to avoid any more drama.
Proud dad Jeff has watched Bobby dance every week (BBC)Jeff has been in the audience every week to see his son perform, but of the 22 tickets that the EastEnders star has been allocated to his family, not one had gone to Jackiey. A source told The Sun that there has been “a lot of friction” between Jeff and Jackiey “for several long-standing reasons”, and Bobby has decided to avoid creating more drama by offering up the tickets to dad, Jeff’s wife Kate Dwyer, and little brother Freddie, 19.
The fallout between Jeff and Jackiey intensified after the National Television Awards in September, as she claimed she had to buy her own ticket to the bash to see her grandson Bobby win the Rising Star award. When quizzed by reporters following her arrival at the NTAs, Jackiey was asked about her relationship with Jeff, to which she simply replied: “He’s a c***.”
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Jackiey is furious she's been banned from attending (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Jade passed away in 2009 (Getty Images)She then doubled down on her comment, and said she didn’t have a problem calling Jeff that because “he has been one for f***ing nine years”. Jackiey fumed: “When I came out for the NTA Awards, I'm loud and it's the drink and someone went 'oh I bet you're really proud' and 'how do you get on with Jeff Brazier' and I said 'he's a c***'. Next minute I'm on the internet and all over the papers.”
She added: “Bobby doesn't need that stress on his head. He's my grandson.” Meanwhile, her son-in-law Jack Tweedy has waded in on the argument, and pleaded with everyone involved to make amends in honour of Jade’s memory.
“Jade would not want [this]. She would just want peace for everybody. That is what is important,” he told MailOnline. He went on to warn Bobby about being scammed by people in showbusiness, and added: “I know he has good people around him and he has a good head on his shoulders and his dad Jeff is looking after him... I found people constantly trying to turn you over and out to get you for their own benefit.”
As Bobby prepares to compete in the Strictly final, Jackiey was photographed visiting her daughter’s grave, and left a photograph of him and Dianne on her headstone. The couple are set to perform their favourite dance on Saturday, which was a tribute to Bobby’s late mum, and Jackiey is reportedly furious that she’s been ‘banned’ from watching him dance. “Jade loved her mum and would have wanted her to be there to support Bobby,” a source revealed.
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