{"id":5268,"date":"2025-08-31T23:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2025-08-31T23:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T23:52:34","slug":"hooked-since-12-betrayed-by-his-own-nan-and-torn-between-love-for-his-dad-and-fear-of-losing-his-grandmother-freddy-braziers-heartbreaking-confession-is-as-raw-as-it-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5268","title":{"rendered":"Hooked since 12, betrayed by his own nan, and torn between love for his dad and fear of losing his grandmother \u2014 Freddy Brazier\u2019s heartbreaking confession is as raw as it gets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Brazier\u2019s youngest son Freddy has shared a raw and emotional account of his battle with addiction, revealing he first began smoking at just 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old aspiring model admitted, \u201cI\u2019ve been to rehab, I\u2019ve been sectioned, I\u2019ve had manic episodes. It\u2019s been a real journey and a tough one.\u201d He explained that his turbulent relationship with his dad Jeff stemmed partly from his fear of losing his grandmother, Jackiey Budden \u2014 the mother of his late mum, Jade Goody. \u201cI felt like if I didn\u2019t prioritise my nan, she might kill herself. That thought stayed with me for so long that I pushed my dad away and stayed at hers for months,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking admission, Freddy also said it was his grandmother who first introduced him to cannabis. \u201cMy nan was definitely the person who not only introduced me to weed but got me hooked,\u201d he claimed<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1287\">Despite the painful past, Freddy and Jeff appear to be reconnecting. Recently, Freddy posted a heartfelt message after watching his dad perform in\u00a0<em data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1192\">101 Dalmatians: The Musical<\/em>. \u201cI just love watching my dad at work, smiling and having fun. It makes me smile,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10027 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/espn.newsonline.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-27-at-19.00.15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"924\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Men's mental health books\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1289\" data-end=\"1597\">Earlier this year, Jeff even launched legal action to limit Freddy\u2019s time with Jackiey over concerns about his wellbeing. But Freddy later moved in with his nan, sparking further tensions. Now, however, he has revealed plans to attend rehab in Spain, hoping to finally quit smoking and repair family bonds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10030 td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/espn.newsonline.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-27-at-19.01.07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1724\" height=\"1120\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Grief counseling services\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1761\">\u201cI want to be clean, happy, and have a healthy relationship with both my Nana and my father,\u201d Freddy said, signalling a new chapter in his turbulent young life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Brazier\u2019s youngest son Freddy has shared a raw and emotional account of his battle with addiction, revealing he first began smoking at just 12 years old. &nbsp; The 20-year-old aspiring model admitted, \u201cI\u2019ve&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5270,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions\/5270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}