Why did Jeff Brazier and Jade Goody split and what is he up to now?

JEFF Brazier launched into the spotlight successful the aboriginal noughties erstwhile helium appeared connected the deed Channel 4 world show, Shipwrecked.

During his aboriginal days of fame helium met the late Big Brother prima Jade Goody, who herself had conscionable go a celebrity. Here we instrumentality a look astatine their clip unneurotic and what Jeff is up to now.

Jeff Brazier started dating Jade Goody successful 2002, soon aft she came 4th connected Big Brother 3.

The mates became parents to Bobby Jack successful 2003, and past Freddie successful 2004.

After 2 years together, the mates divided up.

They ne'er confirmed the reasons for their break-up, but speaking successful the Channel 4 documentary Jade Goody: The Reality Star That Changed Britain, Jeff suggested that paper reports played a part: "Things that were idiosyncratic to america kept appearing successful the papers.

"[We’d ask] however bash they cognize that? We were convinced that [each other] oregon radical astir america were selling stories and making wealth connected things that were precise contentious for us.

"'You sold a story', 'no I haven’t you indispensable person done it', 'I haven’t done it indispensable beryllium your mate', 'they haven’t done it indispensable beryllium your mate', and spot disintegrated to nothing."

Raising Bobby and Freddie

Jeff gained afloat custody of their 2 sons, aft Jade tragically died of crab connected March 22, 2009.

Speaking astir her death, helium said: "I deliberation astir radical cognize that for the past 10 years, I've been bringing up my children Bobby and Freddie aft they mislaid their mum, Jade, to cervical cancer.

"It's insanely unfair that they were robbed of idiosyncratic that was specified an unthinkable mum. I retrieve erstwhile Jade precise bravely told them that she was going to beryllium successful heaven.

"For six months aft that they were perfectly each implicit the place. From the infinitesimal your children are calved and you clasp them successful your arms and you realise however tiny and fragile they are, I deliberation you instantly go their protector.

"I precise rapidly realised that I was going to beryllium liable for the boys, for the remainder of their childhood."

Jeff's sons person followed successful their celebrated parents footsteps.

Bobby is simply a Strictly and EastEnders star, portion Freddy joined his dada connected the Celebrity Race Across The World successful 2024.

Marrying Kate

Jeff began dating Kate Dwyer successful 2013, and the brace were unneurotic for 4 years earlier they got engaged successful Ibiza successful 2017.

In September 2018, the mates got married successful a spectacular cliff-top ceremonial successful Portugal.

Jade and Jeff's children, Bobby and Freddie were champion men for their begetter connected his wedding day.

Jeff said successful an interrogation with Hello! magazine: "This isn't conscionable immoderate wedding, this is simply a truly peculiar one.

“It doesn't conscionable correspond Kate and I putting rings connected each other's fingers. It represents the information that we won astatine thing truly tricky. We won astatine becoming a family.

“Before it was conscionable 3 boys rattling astir successful a location connected our own, trying to get done life. "Then Kate came on and worked truthful hard astatine making america complete."

Jeff Brazier now

Since Jade's death, Jeff has regularly campaigned to rise consciousness astir cervical and testicular cancer.

He besides fights for much young radical to person the HPV jab, which would person stopped Jade getting the HPV infection that yet led to her crab diagnosis.

Jeff writes and lectures astir coming to presumption with grief, alongside tv presenting work.

He published a publication called The Grief Survival Guide successful 2017.

Jeff has besides campaigned to promote radical to spell to the doc regularly, be cervical smear tests, and conquer the Fear Of Finding Out (FOFO) that you whitethorn person cancer.

Speaking to The Sun Online, helium said: "Jade had warnings, she had letters from the doctors and successful her mind, she hoped that if she conscionable ignored it, it would spell away.