Freddy Brazier announces he’s entering rehab to have a ‘healthy relationship’ with dad Jeff

Freddy Brazier has shared that he’s going into rehab due to becoming ‘addicted’ to smoking.

The 20-year-old is the youngest of Jeff Brazier’s two sons. He also has 22-year-old Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier, whom he shares with the late Jade Goody.

Freddy, who was just four years old when his mum died from cancer at age 27, was recently photographed allegedly ‘smoking a joint’ with his grandmother, Jackiey Budden, after his father ‘launched legal action’ to keep the pair apart.

Now, in an attempt to rebuild his relationship with Jeff, Freddy will be seeking treatment in Spain.

Taking to his Instagram Story with a lengthy message, he admitted to starting to smoke at the age of 12.

‘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,’ he began.

‘I’ve been smoking from the age of 12 and it’s time to stop it was a bad coping mechanism that turnt into an addiction something I relied on and something that made me feel sane and some what ok.

‘I’ve found a boxing club a rehabilitation centre and a boxing club I’ve found someone I want to get to know and I’m happy I got a good bunch of friends and I get out and enjoy myself.

‘I want to be clean so I can life 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 love 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’.

The youngster concluded: ‘Desire everything that is going in new story about me my Nana and father every day ffs it’s getting boring now [sic]’.

‘Mind your business and have a good rest of the week x’, he signed off.

Freddy’s post comes just days after it emerged that he was living with his nan in her Bermondsey home.

A source told the Daily Mail that Freddy and Jackiey have ‘always had a strong bond,’ hence ‘Jeff was never going to keep Freddy away from his nanny for very long’.

‘Jeff may hate her for all sorts of reasons going back many years, but Freddy loves her very much,’ added the insider.

‘They had a great time together, playing with her dog and catching up at her flat, where he has often stayed over the years.

‘Whatever Jeff hoped to achieve with his legal efforts, it hasn’t worked.’

After the pair were reportedly spotted smoking marijuana together in South London, it’s believed Jeff’s concerns were only amplified.

With the TV presenter said to have a court date to prevent Jackiey from seeing Freddy, another source claimed he believes her influence over him is ‘harmful to his overall well-being.’

‘It’s very sad that a grandmother would want to encourage her grandson to do something that could potentially be so damaging,’ they added.

Meanwhile, Jackiey herself has made her thoughts clear when it comes to Jeff.

In a previous explicit rant, she branded him the C-word several times.

She added to MailOnline” ‘I know what this is all about. It (the situation with Jeff) doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter.

‘Do I want to see Freddy? Of course I do. I see Freddy all of the time. I will see him.’

Speaking to the publication, one of her neighbours added: ‘I feel sorry for Jackiey. She’s been through so much. It’s a complex situation. I just hope they can be all together again as a family. Her grandchildren mean the world to her.’

While neither Jeff nor Freddy has publicly addressed the rumoured family feud as father and son, it was previously said that Freddy ‘stormed out’ of their home.

Then, while appearing together on Celebrity Race Across the World, Jeff admitted that Freddy ‘isn’t at home loads.’

Freddy added of their relationship: ‘At times where I’ve pushed him away, he has pulled even harder to pull me back in.’

‘I don’t think I praise my dad enough for everything he has done for me but he knows the love,’ he said.