Bobby Brazier has broken his silence for the first time about becoming an uncle after the shock announcement his younger brother Freddy, 20, was to become a father.
The EastEnders star, 22, and eldest son of the late Jade Goody told MailOnline: ‘I’m excited to become an. Uncle, it’s going to be a team effort, like raising anything is. My dad has been super supportive and we’re going to raise the baby together.’
But when asked if it was going to be a healing force between his family who have recently been experiencing a rift after his brother fell out with his father, Jeff Brazier, Bobby said: ‘I’m not sure about healing but we’re going to raise it together.
‘At first I thought it could have been a prank when I heard about it,’ Bobby admitted.
The Strictly star revealed he first heard about it when the Mail on Sunday broke the story last month and he called up his father who confirmed the revelation.
Jeff and Freddy have spent much of the last year estranged, only to be reunited some weeks ago after the baby announcement.
Bobby Brazier has broken his silence for the first time about becoming an uncle after the shock announcement his younger brother Freddy, 20, was to become a father
Freddy is preparing to become a dad as an ex-girlfriend of his is expecting their baby.
‘There was only one person that Freddy could have turned to,’ a source told the Mail on Sunday. ‘His dad.’
While relations had been strained for some time, particularly when Jeff hired lawyers in a bid to stop Freddy seeing his notoriously unstable grandmother, he always knew that his father would be there for him if a crisis arose.
The source continued: ‘He has been in close contact with Jeff ever since, and has been taking his advice.
‘It came as a shock to Freddy that he is going to be a dad and he needed some help navigating it. Jeff has been amazing and is helping him so much.’
Sources revealed that Freddy would like a DNA test to be conducted on the child to ensure that it is actually his before he gets too involved in arrangements for the baby’s future.
‘The relationship was quite short lived and he wants to be certain before he plans the rest of his life around it,’ said one friend.
When asked if it was going to be a healing force between his family who have been experiencing a rift after his brother fell out with his father, Jeff, Bobby said: ‘I’m not sure’
Freddy’s brief relationship with the woman is said to have ended acrimoniously following a string of rows – which even saw each of them make allegations to the police.
It is perhaps no surprise then that, as a source says: ‘Jeff wants to meet the girl’s family so that they can all deal with this together.’
