Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier's tragic young loss of mum Jade Goody and being brought up by famous dad
23.09.2023 - 17:41
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Bobby Brazier is already a front-runner in this year's Strictly Come Dancing and he hasn't even performed for the judges yet. The 20-year-old, who has been partner with Dianne Buswell in the dance contest, is a British model and actor best known for his role as Freddie Slater in EastEnders.
Bobby joined the BBC One soap last year as the son of Maureen 'Little Mo' Slater. And after just 12 months in the role, the new soap star recently won his first major award at the National Television Awards, bagging the 'Rising Star' gong.
Full of energy and sparkle, with boyish good looks and cheeky Essex charm; he has graced the runway for world-renowned fashion house, Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week, sat front row alongside Lewis Hamilton at London Fashion Week and starred on the cover of acclaimed style magazine, ‘Man About Town’.
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Bobby is also the son of famous mum Jade Goody who sadly passed away aged 27 in 2009 when he was just five years old. She rose to fame on Big Brother and became a household name but tragically died of cervical cancer.
His dad is TV presenter Jeff Brazier who brought him and younger brother Freddie up. Bobby recently praised his dad when he picked up his first major award at the NTAs. Reducing Jeff to tears, the young actor said: "This actually has very, very, very little to do with me and everything to do with my dad.
"Over the course of the last twenty years, I have consistently heard him say 'because I can'. It was a mantra or a moto of his, and him just saying that it's... Because I can!"
But EastEnders wasn't his