Freddy Brazier seen in public for first time since rehab admission
Freddy Brazier has been spotted in public for the first time since revealing that he would be going to rehab.
Jeff's youngest son with late Jade Goody, 20, appeared to be in a positive mood as he appeared at the VIP launch of Jurassic World: The Experience at Neon, Battersea Power Station, on Saturday.
It comes after Freddy revealed on Friday that he has been addicted to "smoking" from the age of 12 and will be seeking treatment to 'get clean.'
Regardless of his addiction struggle and family issues, Freddy seemed to be very upbeat as he arrived in a chequered £2,000 Louis Vuitton monogram denim jacket and khaki linen drawstring trousers.
Posing in front of a realistic raptor statue as he held a can of Sprite, Freddy was among a variety of other famous faces including Made in Chelsea's Louise Thompson, Fearne Cotton and ex-PM Boris Johnson.
Countdown star Rachel Riley was also spotted with her Strictly husband Pasha Kovalev as they dug inside a fossil pit.
The night out follows a difficult time for Freddy as his relationship with dad Jeff is said to have strained to the point he left the family home and moved in with his maternal grandmother Jackiey Budden.
Last week, Freddy wrote on his Instagram page that he's decided to take action in a bid to feel happy again and mend his relationships. He said: "I've decided that I will be cutting down and I want to go to Rehab In Marbs as I feel if I'm in England I won't take getting clean seriously.
"I've been smoking from the age of 12 and it's time to stop. It was a bad coping mechanism that turned into an addiction, something I relied on and something that made me feel sane and some what OK
"I've found a boxing club and a rehabilitation centre. Ive found someone I want to get to know and I'm happy. I got a good bunch of friends and I [want to] get out and enjoy myself.
"I want to be clean so I can live happily and have healthy relationships with people and be there for all of my family rather then feeling like I'm in the middle and have to choose a side."
He continued: "I haven't been able to feel loved properly as I have never loved myself and it starts now. I want to play football and take up boxing I want to be happy and be in a healthy relationship and have a healthy relationship with my Nana and my father
"Every day is a new story about me and my Nana and father. It's getting boring now. Mind your business and have a good rest of the week x," he finished.
Concern has grown for Freddy after it emerged he had left his dad's family home to spend more time with his maternal grandmother Jackiey.
Freddy and Jeff had been known for their sweet bond, which was shown to viewers on BBC series Race Across the World last year. But it seems relations between the two have soured with Freddy getting closer to his late mum Jade's mother.
The move is said to have devastated dad Jeff, who was reported to be taking legal action to stop the two hanging out.
Defying his dad's orders, Freddy has been posting pictures with his gran, but worried fans with one post this week as he listed 'all the things he hates' about himself.
Freddy wrote that he hates his "relationship with weed", "step parents" and said "I don't know how to love because I've never felt loved" and said he had "family issues".
"Ah man this is gonna be sad to watch," one TikTok user wrote underneath Freddie's post. "Go home son, this is not what mum wanted for you sweetheart," another suggested as a third wrote: "Sending you love Fred! Watched you in Race Across the W orld & you're such a decent lad with so much potential."
It looks like Freddy has a strained relationship with his big brother too, skipping Bobby's 22nd birthday festivities on Monday. According to The Sun, the party felt an air of "sadness" after Freddy's absence, where Bobby is said to have spent time with Jeff and stepmum Kate instead.
Freddy was just four years old when his mother Jade died of cervical cancer in 2009. In the wake of Jade's death, Jeff threw himself into raising Freddy and Bobby and doing all he could to give his boys a stable childhood after suffering such a trauma.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Herald Scotland
3 hours ago
- The Herald Scotland
Destination X review: Rob Brydon's star vehicle is a bus
*** It has been called the new Traitors, but what hasn't? The BBC hit has generated so many wannabes, I half expect Songs of Praise to be next for a Traitors makeover. In the meantime, here's Destination X, a blend of game show, coach trip and geography lesson. What will they think of next, sighs the viewer. Rob Brydon took the Claudia role, welcoming the 13 contestants to an airport in Baden-Baden. After a Traitors-style quick fire elimination round, the ten remaining were introduced to the luxury coaches that will be their home for the duration. Though kitted out nicely enough, a coach is a coach (with an inevitably small, shared toilet). Not quite The Traitors HQ at Ardross Castle. Players are given a series of clues and at the end of each episode have to guess where they are. The person furthest away is sent home. Whoever is left at the end of the ten weeks scoops a very nice £100,000. Take that, Race Across the World with your measly 20 grand. It sounds easy enough given a basic knowledge of geography, but there's a catch. Of course there is. Producers control what the players see via goggles that go on and off and coach windows that switch from opaque to clear. There's some faffing in a big box besides, plus shoals of red herrings, and a dash of Traitors-like skulduggery. To be fair, Destination X, a hit in its native Belgium, is not just The Traitors on wheels. There are so many other competitive reality shows referenced, from Race Across the World and Coach Trip, to Big Brother and Challenge Anneka, it would be wrong to single out just one. Every reality show relies on a few 'characters' emerging from the mix. Among the contenders here are a London cabbie who has climbed Kilimanjaro and rowed the Atlantic but who took 14 years to do The Knowledge; a nuclear engineer; a pilot; a historian; and a multiple-marathon runner. No Scottish accents in case you were wondering. Read more Deborah the crime writer, 62, was looking good till it emerged she doesn't like lying. Once the friendliness of the first week is over, that could prove a drawback. Dawn, a 34-year-old care assistant from Northern Ireland, whose prep for the series was buying a children's atlas from TK Maxx for a fiver, could be one to watch. It wasn't much of a vote of confidence in the show when one of the younger contestants, Mahdi, quit because he was missing his home-cooked meals back in Tottenham. Will there be others? Not if Brydon has anything to do with it. Though sporting a navy blazer, the Gavin & Stacey star went full Butlins Redcoat early doors and did not let up. He's a naturally friendly sort, so there are no mountains of likability to climb. How different it would be if the producers had opted for Steve Coogan, Brydon's oppo in the sublime The Trip. Now that would be a trip.
Scottish Sun
10 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Fans stunned as THREE Destination X contestants are immediately axed in brutal opening twist
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TV FANS were left feeling stunned as three Destination X contestants were immediately axed in a brutal opening twist. Forget Barry Island, Rob Brydon has set off on a new adventure – this time to Destination X. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 TV fans were left feeling stunned as three Destination X contestants were immediately axed in a brutal opening twist. 3 Chloe-Anne, Claire and Ashvin were axed from the show in a shock twist 3 Only ten of the thirteen players were able to gain boarding passes for the game Destination X is a show based on a Belgian series, which sees contestants sent to a random destination before they have to try and work out where they are. They all travel on a blacked out bus and will have to take on challenges and games along the way which will give them clues as to where they are. At the end of each episode the contestant who places an X on the map the furthest away from their actual destination will be sent packing. It is a promising cross between The Traitors and Race Across The World, which each command six million viewers and the BBC has invested millions in the show. In tonight's launch, a group of thirteen travellers met each other at a busy airport. But there was a shock twist in store - only 10 players would make it through to continue the game. Host Rob called the players towards him and said: "The game is observation, deduction and alliance building. "And all the time you should have one question in mind - Where in the world am I?" He added: "There are 13 of you in front of me but only ten of you will be progressing beyond these doors. "There are numerous suitcases strewn around, I would like you each to bring me one that weighs the maximum hand baggage allowance of 10kg." Destination X tipped to be BBC's new reality show which is 'better than The Traitors' The contestants scrambled about to weigh various suitcases and chaos reigned as clothes were discarded from pieces of luggage. Rob then remarked that only the first six people would be given an exclusive lounge access card. Once six had been successful, Rob then told the remaining contestants that only another 4 would go through and that three would go home. The first four of them to bring him a trinket or souvenir from one of the passengers previously mentioned at the airport - would be their key to a boarding pass. As the contestants searched keyrings, mugs, and gifts in the airport and tried to remember the passenger names - the pressure was on. Until, Retired Detective Sergeant Claire, Economics Graduate Ashvin and Historian Chloe-Anne were left waiting behind. Rob said: "Claire, Ashvin and Chloe-Anne, I'm afraid it's goodbye. Please leave the airport." Then he added: "Well that doesn't feel nice." Fans of the show flocked to social media and one wrote: "We can't lose the retired detective so early on?!" Another added: "Hate early eliminations in games like this - all the players will have taken time out of their lives to play, seems harsh to boot them day one. "Unless there's a twist involving the players removed." "3 gone already? Damn," stated another viewer. While a fourth said: "They're going to do a traitors and bring those 3 back aren't they?" "This is a perfect mix of The Traitors, Coach Trip and Race Across The World," said another fan. "Very harsh twist," added another fan of the show. Destination X airs Wednesday and Thursday's at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
Metro
13 hours ago
- Metro
BBC releases its ‘new Race Across The World' – don't judge episode 1
It's been tipped to rival The Traitors, and at least on paper, Destination X has all the potential. It's a cocktail of Claudia Winkleman's cloak-and-dagger reality TV series and Race Across the World — currently the two brightest jewels in the BBC's crown. Like many of the most promising formats before it, Destination X has already been a huge hit internationally. It first launched in Belgium, and a US version just aired with a cast featuring a mix of 'regular people' and celebrities I've never heard of, hosted by a smouldering The Walking Dead star, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Rob Brydon takes the reins in the UK version – easily the most popular star in the most popular show on British television since Only Fools and Horses, Gavin and Stacey. Needless to say, expectations have been high — but have they been met? Not quite. At least not yet. I've seen the first three episodes, and while the start is rougher than an eight-hour delay at Euston in a heatwave – only to find you're stuck on a train with Nigel Farage – it does start to show signs of promise. The concept is definitely intriguing, but ultimately far too convoluted in practice. Thirteen contestants begin the journey of their lives at an unknown airport before boarding a train to Destination X – an undisclosed location that could be anywhere in Europe. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video They have no idea which direction they're heading. They're only allowed to look out the windows for brief moments and must rely on cryptic clues to uncover where they are and where they could be going. At each checkpoint, the train stops and the cast must individually guess their current location. The one furthest from the truth is immediately booted off the train to fend for themselves in the middle of nowhere. At least, that's how it's presented – if only it were true, there might actually be some jeopardy. Episode one falls flat. The cast isn't interesting enough to draw viewers in, and the game feels painfully muddled – reminiscent of ITV's most expensive flop, The Genius Game with David Tennant, which proved far too clever for its own good and well beyond the grasp of the average viewer. Destination X isn't quite as much of a misfire – it doesn't require a literal genius to play or enjoy – but it does fall into the same trap. Viewers are encouraged to play along via a QR code, guessing where the cast is with just as little information. Since I watched the show before its official release, I couldn't try the interactive features, but I doubt they resolve Destination X's biggest issue: when it comes to reality TV, most viewers don't want to work too hard. I certainly don't. Netflix openly designs shows for doom-scrolling. In contrast, Destination X throws out the modern television rulebook. While that's bold, I'm not convinced it will pay off, especially when the game takes far too long to get going. Once it does, though, things improve significantly. The opening episode has almost no tension. The contestants all get along so well, it feels like they've been inducted into a friendly cult. One even leaves early without so much as a goodbye – they insist they've had a great time and simply vanish, like it's no big deal. In an episode where little else happens, the show misses an opportunity to at least dramatise its one potential bombshell. That changes later in the series. Reality eventually kicks in: there's £100,000 on the line, and only one person can win it. After initially promising to be truthful and work together, cracks begin to form. The team spirit fades, and suddenly, there's a game worth watching. Once the niceties are thrown out of the blacked-out windows, the lies begin, trust breaks down, and the show finally heads in the right direction. But the best reality TV lives and dies by its casting, and Destination X lacks standout personalities. One contestant brags about running a marathon in every country in the world; another is a 28-year-old nuclear engineer. More Trending The only instantly likeable figure is London taxi driver and devoted family man, Daren. Others eventually come into their own, but it takes more time than I fear most viewers will allow before tuning out. The further down the tracks we go, the more promise the format shows. Tears are shed, stakes rise, the twists are meaty, there's a rug pull that's genuinely quite shocking, and by episode three, my interest had definitely piqued. Hopefully, enough viewers stay on board long enough to feel the same. Destination X airs Wednesdays and Thursdays on BBC One and is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. View More » MORE: Watch this terrifying film tonight – it might change your life MORE: The Osbournes 'changed TV forever' and no reality show will ever compete MORE: Supernatural thriller fans insist 'give it a chance' after BBC drops 16 episodes
