Freddy Brazier has defined how he was sectioned after getting hooked on medication as a 12-year-old.

In latest months the 20-year-old – who’s the son of TV presenter Jeff Brazier and the late Massive Brother star Jade Goody and youthful brother of EastEnders actor Bobby, 22 – has been on the centre of a battle between his dad and maternal grandmother Jackiey Budden.

Through the years, Jeff and Jackiey have repeatedly come to blows publicly, with the scenario between them turning into so tense that she misplaced contact together with her grandsons for a number of years.

In March, Jeff, 45, additionally launched a authorized bid to stop Freddy from seeing Jackiey attributable to considerations over ‘protecting his son protected’, however dropped the motion earlier this month.

After talking about his shut relationship along with his grandmother previously, Freddy has now claimed it was Jackiey who bought him hooked on medication earlier than he was even a teen.

Talking on his new A Load of Outdated Cobblers podcast, Freddy mentioned that though he didn’t strive medication for the primary time along with his maternal grandmother, she was ‘undoubtedly the individual’ who bought him addicted.

‘No, it wasn’t with my Nan [the first time] though my Nan is certainly the one that bought me hooked. It’s a type of issues, I used to be 12,’ he mentioned.

‘I’ve been smoking since I used to be 12, I’ve been to rehab, I’ve been sectioned, I’ve had manic episodes, I’ve been sectioned. There’s been an actual journey and it’s been a troublesome one.’

Freddy went on to say that he spent years terrified his grandmother would take her personal life if he didn’t ‘prioritise’ their relationship.

‘I really feel like if I didn’t prioritise the connection with my mum’s mum Jackiey, and I didn’t really feel like I needed to be round for her, I used to be scared that if I wasn’t, she’d kill herself,’ he mentioned in a preview of the podcast, which is launched on September 1.

‘And I had that in my head for thus lengthy to the purpose the place I pushed my dad away and I’d keep at my nan’s for months, go on mad ones.’

His feedback come a number of months after they had been noticed ‘smoking a joint collectively’ close to Jackiey’s residence in Bermondsey, south London.

In June, The Solar revealed images that confirmed the pair ‘smoking marijuana collectively’.

‘These photos present precisely why Jeff is so anxious about his son,’ a supply instructed the publication.

‘Jackiey’s affect over Freddy is dangerous to his total well-being. It’s very unhappy {that a} grandmother would wish to encourage her grandson to do one thing that might doubtlessly be so damaging.’

That very same month Freddy revealed he’d been smoking from a younger age and shared plans to go to rehab.

‘I’ve been smoking from the age of 12 and it’s time to cease it was a nasty coping mechanism that turnt into an dependancy one thing I relied on and one thing that made me really feel sane and considerably okay,’ he mentioned.

Nevertheless, he then modified his thoughts and mentioned he wanted a boy’s vacation as an alternative.

Not lengthy after his older brother Bobby addressed his brother’s behaviour and instructed The Solar: ‘Freddy’s very delicate and needs to please. And when he grows up slightly bit that can serve him effectively.’

‘There are issues I don’t like about him and there are issues about me he doesn’t like. Freddy can be OK, I don’t know if he seems as much as me, however I look as much as him in some ways, however he’s a very good boy.’

Freddy was simply 4 years outdated when his mum died aged 27 of cervical most cancers.

Metro has contacted representatives for Jeff Brazier for remark.

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