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Freddy Brazier has bravely revealed that he was sectioned amid mental health struggles and claimed grandmother Jackiey Budden got him hooked on drugs aged just 12.
The 20-year-old son of Jeff Brazier and the late Jade Goody told fans In June that he has been addicted to smoking from a young age and would be heading to rehab, before making a shock U turn, shortly after he was seen smoking suspicious cigarettes with his gran.
Now speaking on the A Load Of Old Cobblers podcast Freddy said while he didn’t try drugs for the first time with his Jackiey, she was ‘definitely the person’ who got him addicted.
‘No it wasn’t with my Nan [the first time] although my Nan is definitely the person who introduced me to reefer and got me hooked. It’s one of those things, I was 12’.
He continued: ‘I’ve been smoking since I was 12, I’ve been to rehab, I’ve been sectioned, I’ve had manic episodes, I’ve been sectioned. There’s been a real journey and it’s been a tough one’.
Freddy also claimed that he had spent years fearful that Jackiey would end her life if he did ‘prioritise’ their relationship, amid her ongoing feud with his father Jeff.
Freddie Brazier , 20, has bravely revealed that he was sectioned amid his mental health struggles and battle with addiction
He said while he didn’t try drugs for the first time with his maternal grandmother, she was ‘definitely the person’ who got him addicted, months after they were spotted smoking together
The son of Jeff Brazier and the late Jade Goody told fans In June that he would be heading to rehab, before making a shock U turn (Pictured with late mum jade and brother Bobby 2006)
In a preview of the podcast, which is released September 1, Freddy said: ‘I feel like if I didn’t prioritise the relationship with my mum’s mum Jackiey, and I didn’t feel like I had to be around for her, I was scared that if I wasn’t, she’d kill herself,’
Adding: ‘And I had that in my head for so long to the point where I pushed my dad away and I would stay at my nan’s for months, go on mad ones’.
In June, Freddy announced on Instagram that he was going to a rehabilitation centre in Spain, admitting he had been addicted to smoking since he was 12 and was keen to seek treatment.
He said: ‘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 somewhat okay.’
But days after the admission, Freddy posted again online saying he had changed his mind, writing: ‘You know what I don’t need rehab. I just need a holiday with a good group of boys or a retreat.’
Freddy lost his mother, former Big Brother star Jade, to cervical cancer in 2009 when he was just four years old.
It was previously revealed that Jeff had set up a court date to stop Freddy, 20, from seeing his grandmother, amid rising concerns over his well-being.
And it appears Jeff and Freddy have patched things up as he admitted he is ‘grateful forgiveness is a thing’ and also shared his gratitude for his father.
Now speaking on the A Load Of Old Cobblers podcast Freddy said while he didn’t try drugs for the first time with his Jackiey, she was ‘definitely the person’ who got him addicted
Freddy also claimed that he was fearful his grandmother Jackiey would end her life if he did ‘prioritise’ their relationship, amid her ongoing feud with his father Jeff
He wrote: ‘I’m so grateful. Grateful for my dads advice, grateful that forgiveness is a thing, grateful that I got to see someone important to me, grateful for my boys.’
Jeff has long insisted Jackiey is a bad influence on the troubled youngster – with the pair enduring a series of very public disputes over the years.
Freddy said: ‘I feel like if I didn’t prioritise the relationship with my mum’s mum Jackiey, and I didn’t feel like I had to be around for her – I was scared that if I wasn’t, she’d kill herself,’
