His youngest son Freddie chose to spend Christmas with his grandmother, so she would not be alone over the festive season.
And Jeff Brazier has now revealed the 13-year-old’s late mother Jade Goody would be very proud of his decision, in an emotional new interview.
Speaking to the Mirror, the 38-year-old gushed of the teen’s ‘big-hearted’ nature, and added that Jade would be ‘immensely satisfied’ to know Freddie had spent Christmas with her mother, Jackiey Budden.
Family first: Jeff Brazier revealed Jade Goody would be very proud of son Freddie (R) for choosing to spend Christmas with his grandmother Jackiey Budden (pictured with son Bobby)
Proud: Jeff gushed of the teen’s ‘big-hearted’ nature, and added that Jade would be ‘immensely satisfied’ to know Freddie had spent Christmas with her mother (pictured together in 2006)
Despite admitting he missed his son on Christmas Day, Jeff explained he felt it was important to let Freddie voice and act upon his concerns regarding his loved ones.
He told the paper: ‘Freddie asked me a week before Christmas and I gave him some time to decide. Freddie is very big-hearted.
‘He didn’t want his grandma to be on her own so it was the two of them together. What matters far more to me is that this young boy can express concern in such a way.’
‘He’s very big-hearted’: Despite admitting he missed his son on Christmas Day, Jeff explained he felt it was important to let Freddie act upon his concerns regarding his loved ones
He then added that Freddie’s mother Jade, who sadly passed away when he was just five years old, would be delighted about his wish to keep Jackiey company during the undoubtedly difficult festive season.
He said: ‘And if Jade was watching then it would have given her immense satisfaction to see too.’
Big Brother star Jade passed away in 2009 following a short battle with cervical cancer, aged just 27.
Good reason: Jeff revealed he would only be spending Christmas with Bobby, 14, in a sweet Instagram snap of himself and his eldest walking along the beach last month (above)
‘Proud’: The TV star shared a snap of him walking with his eldest on the beach and revealed in his caption that his youngest Freddie wanted ‘to keep his nan company’ over Christmas
Jeff revealed he would only be spending Christmas with his son Bobby, 14, in a sweet Instagram snap of himself and his eldest walking along the beach.
He captioned the snap: ‘Just Bob and I this morning. Missing Fred today but his kindhearted desire to keep his Nan company so she wasn’t on her own this Christmas isn’t something I can stand in the way of so must encourage.
‘Proud of him. ❤️,’ he concluded the moody beach snap.
Heartbreaking: Big Brother star Jade passed away in 2009 following a short battle with cervical cancer, aged just 27
Tight bond: In order to keep her memory alive, doting dad Jeff has proved that his young sons are still close to the reality star’s mother, Jackiey Budden
Eight years after Jade lost her battle to cancer, Jeff has now focused on himself and found happiness with Kate Dwyer, who he recently proposed to.
He recently told Mirror Online that his fiance has played a vital part in his children’s grief: ‘[Marriage is] going to happen. I think we’re working our way to it. What’s going to be exciting to me is seeing the kids as older brothers, they’ll be incredible.
‘I’ll get to experience parenting within a relationship and actually be married, because I haven’t experienced that – not even as a child.’
He elaborated: ‘It’ll be like putting things on track, being a real human being who is married and has a child with someone that he loves and stays with.
In love: Eight years after Jade lost her battle to cancer, Jeff has now focused on himself and found happiness with Kate Dwyer, who he recently proposed to
‘I’ll get to experience parenting within a relationship’: He recently told Mirror Online that his fiance has played a vital part in his children’s grief
‘Not that I didn’t love Jade, but to be with someone where the relationship blossoms and goes from strength to strength… it’s what we all try to create.’
Jeff admitted that he felt ‘going solo’ was more of a realistic way of bringing up sons Bobby and Freddie but that he feels he and Kate can now ‘start getting all the rewards that we deserve.’
Speaking to MailOnline, Jeff revealed that his sons’ favourite memory of their late mum Jade Goody is when she heroically helped put out a fire while they were on holiday.
Jade bravely threw buckets of water at a bushfire that ravaged their villa in Trinidad and Tobago back in 2007 and rescued their terrified toddlers Bobby and Freddie from inside.
Grief counsellor Jeff said that the boys, now teenagers, saw Jade as a ‘lifesaver’ afterwards – and plans to take them back there so they can feel a connection to their mum, who died of cervical cancer eight years ago aged 27.
‘Heroic memory’: Speaking to MailOnline, Jeff revealed that his sons’ favourite memory of their late mum Jade Goody is when she heroically helped put out a fire while they were on holiday
Jeff also reflected on how the ‘wonderful, heroic memory’ left its mark on Freddie and Bobby.
‘Their favourite memory is sadly one that I wasn’t a part of, but irrespective it was a very wonderful, heroic memory for them,’ he said.
‘They were in Trinidad and Tobago and somehow she put out a fire. They recall it very fondly how Mummy was very quick to react to the fact that something was on fire and that she put it out.
‘They were young and very impressionable at the time and just thought that was the most incredible thing. They thought ‘Wow, my Mum’s a lifesaver, she’s a firefighter!’
‘That’s a wonderful memory. That’s probably their most valued memory. I’m gonna take them there one day and it will feel special because it was a place that’s very special to their Mum.’