Freddy Brazier U-turns on rehab and says he needs a 'boys holiday' instead

Daily Mirror

12 hours ago

Jeff Brazier's youngest son Freddy has changed his mind on checking into rehab after sharing his ambition to 'get clean'
Freddy Brazier has admitted he's changed his mind on attending rehab and said he needs a 'boys holiday' instead. Last week, Jeff Brazier and Jade Goody's youngest son, 20, shared that he has been addicted to "smoking" from the age of 12 and was seeking treatment to 'get clean.'
Freddy's relationship with dad Jeff is said to have hit an all time low to the point Freddy has left the family home and moved in with his maternal grandmother Jackiey Budden. Freddy said he wanted to be on good terms with his dad and his nan and hoped to check into a clinic in Spain to maintain 'healthy relationships.'
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Freddy shared in an Instagram post on Sunday that he has decided he 'doesn't need rehab' and instead 'needs a boys holiday or a retreat'. Posting a black and white photo of his younger self, he wrote: "You know what I don't need rehab! I just need a holiday with a good group of boys or a retreat."
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It comes after Freddy spoke candidly about his issues and his strained relationship with dad Jeff, 46. 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
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"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.
Over the week, 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.
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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".
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The TikTok was shared on Wednesday, just one day before what would have been Jade Goody's birthday today. The late Big Brother icon, who died at the age of 27, would have been turning 44.
"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.