FREDDY Brazier has bravely opened up about his mental health struggles in a new TikTok video.
The 21-year-old model and TV star, who is currently getting ready to welcome his first child, took to the social media platform today with a video sharing moments of his life over the past three years.
Using an AI voiceover, Freddy made a number of startling claims, including alleging that he spent his 18th birthday “in a psychiatric ward” after “wanting to end it all”
Videos connected to the clip include showing Freddy blowing smoke at the camera, walking the streets in a dressing gown, and mirror selfies of him looking thin.
Text across the photo says he was “starving himself and replaced food with green” – a slang term used marijuana – and had deliberately crashed his car.
Another photo shows his grandmother, Jackiey Budden, poking her tongue out at a store iselling wheels of “weed cheese”.
He wrote on the picture: “Prioritised my relationship with my mum’s mum not knowing she has been lying to me for years!” – though didn’t clarify what he meant by the allegation.
However, the video then takes a positive turn, with photographs sharing he had started focusing on bettering himself once he realised “something needed to change”.
As the video continues, new pics show him sharing pictures of salad, videos of boxing at the gym, surfing and attending events with his loved ones.
“Something clicked in my head,” the text on the images read. “I needed to change.”
Among the list of things he credits is a small circle of friends, getting out of London more, training at the gym, skincare and self-love.
In the caption, Freddy wrote: “It’s been a bumpy journey and it’s still ongoing! HEALING IS THE NEW HIGH.”
He added hashtags for “sobriety”, “addiction recovery” and “healing journey”.
Freddy is the second son of Jade Goody, who died from cancer when he was just four years old, and Jeff Brazier.
His older brother, Bobby, is now best known for his role on EastEnders.
He has openly spoken in the past about his mental health, admitting in August he had spent time in a psychiatric facility and been to rehab.
He’s also admitted to smoking marijuana as a teenager.
Earlier this year, he had a public fallout with his father, but they have since reconciled amid the news he is set to become a dad for the first time.
He has since stepped out with girlfriend Holly, who showed off her baby bump at the Pride of Britain Awards.
If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans for free on 116123.
