Strictly Come Dancing's Bobby Brazier asked 'are you mad' as he returns to modelling roots for 'first' and talks 'attention'
04.10.2023 - 15:27
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Bobby Brazier has been flooded with praise and compliments from both his EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing co-stars as he was seen returning to his modelling roots for a magazine 'first'. The actor has appeared on the front cover of the latest Grazia magazine and looks worlds away from Albert Square and the Strictly ballroom.
He could be seen almost pouting for the camera as he posed in a white best which had been tucked into a pair of smart navy trousers while his naturally curly locks had been slicked back. Bobby, who joined EastEnders last year as Freddie Slater and picked up her first award for the role last month, also spoke to the publication about how he was 'desperate' for fame and 'attention' as a young teenager.
"I think that as a kid that's all I wanted. I was desperate for that when I was younger," he said of being in the spotlight, which has been since a child as he appeared in his late mother Jade Goody's Sky Living reality series from 2004 until 2009 alongside his brother Freddie, now 19.
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He went on to say that he was so determined to find fame that he prepared for it, saying: "I made myself ready. I spent so much time making myself ready because I started to believe that it could happen and I could have that. Because I wanted it so much. When I was 14, 15, even when I was 12, I remember having thoughts like that, desires like that."
Jade died at the age of 27 in March 2009 from cervical cancer, with Bobby and Freddie then being kept away from the public eye afterwards by their dad, Jeff Brazier. However, when Bobby was