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Jeff Brazier: 'Sons should talk about Jade'

Jeff Brazier: 'Sons should talk about Jade'

Jeff Brazier says he likes to encourage his sons to talk about their late mother Jade Goody, as Mother's Day approaches.

Bobby, six, and Freddy, five, will mark their first Mother's Day without Jade next month on the first anniversary of the Big Brother star's death from cervical cancer.

Jeff told What's On TV: "On Mother's Day. We'll be writing cards to her as we always do. The boys are not really too worried how the cards will get to mum but they're putting their feelings out there.

He went on: "They need to be reminded by me that it is absolutely fine and wonderful to talk about her."

Asked how the boys were coping, Jeff said: "At the moment they seem like they’re doing fantastically well but it may come to a point that they need a little bit of counselling.

"But I look at that as a healthy thing. They've lost their mum, it's a lot for a five and a six-year-old to cope with."

Jeff, who's launching GMTV’s search for Britain’s Best Mum next Monday, says he's managing to juggle being a presenter and single dad quite well.

He said: "My role has changed massively - for now I'm mum and dad. If I do have work, my mum steps in - she's been fantastic!"


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