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Bobby Brazier's life at 18 heartbreak over mum Jade to blossoming modelling career
Jade Goody's eldest son Bobby has turned out to be a model son since losing his reality star mum to cancer when he was just five years old
By Victoria Johns
10:15, 3 JUN 2021
BobbyBrazier has just turned 18 and we think his mum Jade Goody would be extremely proud of the man he's become. Bobby lost his reality star mum to cervical cancer when he was only five years old when Jade died on Mother's Day aged 27, just seven months after receiving her diagnosis. The fashion model and his younger brother Freddie have been brought up by their father, TV presenter Jeff Brazier, who met the reality star in 2002. Even though their relationship hadn't worked out, the pair worked hard to stay on good terms for the sake of their two young sons. Proud dad Jeff treated his now-grown up son to a very special surprise as he celebrated his milestone 18th birthday this week. The photogenic star woke up to a stunning display of helium balloons, with the letters one and eight on show, alongside a table covered in photos of his best memories over the years. Jeff's wife Kate videoed the incredible display for her Instagram Story, captioning it: "As if he is 18."
A stack of presents were also piled high, as Bobby had been spoiled rotten by his father. Bobby also received another sweet message from his step-mum. She wrote on Instagram: "And just like that he's 18. I can't work out how it happened but I'm sure glad it did."
Since turning 16, Jade's lookalike son has taken the modelling world by storm making his catwalk debut for fashion giant Dolce and Gabbana in Milan last year. And the star reconfirmed his model credentials in November in his first international cover shoot for the appropriately titled Man About Town. After featuring as the cover star for the popular men's mag, Bobby's career has gone from strength to strength. Bobby, who lives with his father, brother Freddie, 16, and Jeff's wife Kate, previously told The Sun how he believes his mum 'would love' him 'trying my best to make something of my life'.
He said: "Like every boy, you want to think your mum would be proud of you. I hope she's looking down on me and smiling, probably laughing, thinking, 'Look at Bobby lying in a field in his designer gear'."
Bobby's mum Jade burst onto our screens as the breakout star of Big Brother in 2002 where she won the nation over with her South London charm. However, her life was tragically cut short when the devoted mum-of-two was diagnosed with cervical cancer just seven months before she lost her fight for life with her family at her bedside. Since her death at such a young age, Jade has inspired hundreds of thousands of women to make sure they have their smear tests and no doubt will have saved many lives. But for the ultimate reality star, by the time she was diagnosed it was too late for anything to be done to save her. Jade worked right up just two weeks before her heartbreaking death in August 2008, securing pictures and interviews to put money in the bank for her sons. Jade was determined, even though she would no longer be by their side, that her boys would have the start in life she hadn't been able to: a private education. Speaking about his future, Bobby has said it will be a while before he makes an appearance on any reality TV shows as he wants to 'make a name' for himself first. The model revealed how he would 'definitely' agree to I'm A Celebrity in the future but his 'dream job' would be as a judge on Britain's Got Talent.