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26/02/2015

Jeff Brazier On Being A Single Parent

Jeff Brazier has opened up about life as a single parent.

The television personality has two young sons – Bobby and Jack – with his former partner Jade Goody. Goody passed away from cervical cancer in May 2009, at the age of 27.

Speaking out about adjusting to life as a single parent, Brazier revealed in a new blog post for The Huffington Post, that he has since reached out to Goody's mother, Jackiey, to try and reunite her with her grandchildren. The meeting was not without its problems, however, the 35-year-old admitted.

He said: "I called their grandmother Jackiey and invited her over to ours in my absence in order to spend some time with the boys and even stay the night, something the boys get extremely excited about seeing as they almost always visit her at her home.

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"Sadly the visit wasn't without incident, but seeing that this week has ended in such a satisfactory manner I don't feel the need to drag it up."

He then went on to praise his friends, who have helped support him as he raises his sons, explaining: "It's so important for parents, especially single parents, to have a strong and reliable support network around them.

"Nothing induces guilt like parenthood but we all have to work. As a presenter, I travel fairly often... [but] I entrusted the boys with my best friends Dean and Dawn, as warm and caring a family as you'll meet.

"Knowing the children are having fun is exactly what you need when you're out working to alleviate the sense of feeling like you should be somewhere else."

Goody and Brazier were in a relationship from 2002 to 2004. Their first son, Bobby, was born in June 2003 and their second son Freddie was born in September 2004. In 2008, Goody was diagnosed with cervical; and she died in her sleep in March 2009. Following her death, she left Brazier full custody of their sons.

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