Jeff Brazier begged fans for a ‘parenting guidebook’ on ‘unconventional early adult years’ as he shared a cryptic Instagram post addressing the news his son Freddy is to become a dad at the age of 20.
Freddy is preparing to welcome the baby with an ex-girlfriend, which would have been the late star Jade Goody’s first grandchild.
Taking to social media on Sunday, Jeff, 46, asked his followers for help as he posed for a photo with his youngest son.
Freddy was seen curled up with his dad on a blue sofa as Jeff snapped a selfie.
He wrote: ‘If someone could send me that parenting guidebook, particularly “early adult years the unconventional path” that would be really helpful, thanks [kiss emoji and laughing emoji].’
Freddy has spent months at war with his television host father Jeff but this surprise news has ensured their reconciliation.
Jeff Brazier begged fans for a ‘parenting guidebook’ on ‘unconventional early adult years’ as he shared a cryptic Instagram post addressing son Freddy’s baby news
Freddy, 20, is preparing to welcome the baby with an ex-girlfriend, which would have been the late star Jade Goody’s first grandchild
Following Freddy’s baby news, Jeff seemed in good spirits as he took to his Instagram Stories to share a beaming snap with a pal who had come to watch him in his current theatre show, 101 Dalmatians.
The TV star used the song Life Will Be by Cleo Sol alongside the picture, which includes optimistic lyrics such as ‘Life will be / just you, believe in you’.
The song continues: ‘If you’re alive, there’s no excuse / Get out of your mind, you cannot lose this one time / It could be right’.
Sources close to the Braziers say Freddy has discussed his forthcoming fatherhood with his father – This Morning’s parenting expert.
Jeff is said to be ‘extremely supportive’ alongside other close family and friends who have vowed to help him in any way they can.
It would have made Big Brother star Jade, who died of cervical cancer in 2009, a grandmother for the first time.
The news will also delight the millions who fell in love with Freddy when he and his father appeared on Celebrity Race Across the World last year.
The pair were seen arguing about his and brother Bobby’s upbringing during the 30-day trek.
Freddy has spent months at war with his television host father Jeff but this surprise news has ensured their reconciliation
Jeff’s ex and Freddy’s mother Jade Goody died in 2009 after a battle with cervical cancer (Jeff and Jade pictured in 2003)
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Freddy Brazier set to be a father at 20: Model and ex-girlfriend to welcome baby which would have been Jade Goody's first grandchild
In one scene Jeff stormed off after Freddy claimed they were ‘not open as a family’, prompting his father to reply: ‘What have I done for the last seven or eight years? You need to take responsibility, that is part of this.’
A friend told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It has blindsided him and has been one of the things that has really brought him and his dad back together but it’s so devastating that Jade isn’t here to see it.
‘Jeff was one of the first people he decided to confide in to ask for advice, and he stepped up straight away and wanted to help in any way he could.’
Freddy’s brief relationship is understood to have ended acrimoniously following a string of rows – which even saw him and his now-ex make allegations to the police.
But they have since discussed reconciling their differences if possible, if they are to become parents together.
Freddy has endured a turbulent few weeks following a high profile battle with his father over the last six months – who had launched legal action in a bid to prevent the aspiring model from seeing his grandmother, Jade’s mum Jackiey Budden.
This week in a bombshell U-turn, Freddy accused his grandmother of getting him hooked on strong cannabis when he was just 12 – having previously insisted she had never been responsible for his drug use.
But on his new podcast, he said: ‘My nan is definitely the person who introduced me to reefer and got me hooked. It’s one of those things, I was 12.
‘I’ve been smoking since I was 12, I’ve been to rehab, I’ve been sectioned, I’ve had manic episodes, I’ve been sectioned. There’s been a real journey and it’s been a tough one.’
His comments prompted Jackiey to blast back, insisting she is not responsible for his cannabis use.
She said: ‘I’ve read all these things he’s said about me and I just can’t believe he’d say them. It just isn’t true at all – I can’t believe it.’