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'''Jeffrey Carl Brazier'''<ref>[[Daybreak (ITV)|Daybreak]], 11 January 2011</ref> (born 27 May 1979){{citation needed|date=January 2011}} is a [[British people|British]] [[television presenter]] and [[reality TV]] star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a [[assocation football|footballer]] on the books of [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury. He looks like me.. |
'''Jeffrey Carl Brazier'''<ref>[[Daybreak (ITV)|Daybreak]], 11 January 2011</ref> (born 27 May 1979){{citation needed|date=January 2011}} is a [[British people|British]] [[television presenter]] and [[reality TV]] star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a [[assocation football|footballer]] on the books of [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury. He looks like me.. https://www.facebook.com/pacmanftw?ref=ts |
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| Born | Jeffrey Carl Brazier 27 May 1979 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Reality TV contestant Television presenter Former footballer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | Father of Jade Goody's sons TV personality |
| Television | Shipwrecked Wife Swap The Farm Celebrity Wrestling Call Me a Cabbie |
| Partner | Jade Goody (2002–2004) |
| Children | Bobby Jack Brazier Freddie Brazier |
| Parent | Stephen Faldo (deceased) |
Jeffrey Carl Brazier[1] (born 27 May 1979)[citation needed] is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury. He looks like me.. https://www.facebook.com/pacmanftw?ref=ts
Career
In 2001 Brazier took part in the Channel 4 reality TV show Shipwrecked, in which he and fifteen other people had to stay on a tropical island without any creature comforts. This series was noted for a number of conflicts and factional squabbles during which Brazier appeared to be an amiable and conciliatory figure. After this he took part in the ITV programme Simply the Best, as well as presenting the programmes Dirty Laundry and Big Brother Panto alongside June Sarpong. He then became a reporter for OK!TV.
In 2003 he appeared in Celebrity Wife Swap with his then girlfriend Jade Goody, alongside Charles Ingram (the man who was implicated in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing episode). In September 2004, Brazier won the five reality TV show The Farm. He also appeared in the Living TV programme I'm Famous and Frightened!. Brazier performed as Aladdin in the pantomime at Chatham, Kent in 2005 and 2006. Prior to this he competed in the ITV wrestling competition Celebrity Wrestling and presented on Challenge TV.
In 2006 he started presenting the revival of the CITV programme Finders Keepers. Brazier was a panellist on the now defunct ITV talk show Loose @ 5.30!, a spin-off show from Loose Women. He has also appeared in The Match and Celebrity Soccer Six on Sky One, where he played for England as well as appearing on Call Me a Cabbie with Carol Thatcher and Janet Street Porter. He has also been a This Morning showbiz presenter.
In November 2006, Brazier joined the presenting team of ITV2's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now, alongside Kelly Osbourne in Australia, with Mark Durden-Smith hosting in the London studio.
On 16 December 2006 he was a guest reporter on The X Factor final live from contestant Ray Quinn's home town of Liverpool, and live from contestants Same Difference's home town of Portsmouth on 15 December 2007. He was the guest reporter at JLS's home town on 13 December 2008 and at Stacey Solomon's home town of Dagenham on 12 December 2009.
In 2010 he was a celebrity guest team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound, Joe Swash and Sara Cox on Watch. Brazier took part in a celebrity version of Total Wipeout which aired on 18 September 2010.
Brazier hosted The X Factor live tour in venues all over the UK & Ireland since he hosted the show in 2005 to the present day.
He presented a documentary, My Brother and Me, which broadcast on BBC3 on 17 December 2010.
He is a contestant in the 2011 series of Dancing On Ice with Isabelle Gauthier.
Personal life
Brazier's father, Stephen Faldo, was the skipper of The Marchioness, which sank on the River Thames in 1989, killing him.[2]
Brazier has two sons from his relationship with Big Brother contestant Jade Goody, whom he was with from 2002 until 2004. They were both born in Harlow, Essex: Bobby Jack (born 2003) and Freddy (born 2004).[3] Brazier resides in the Newhall area of Harlow, Essex. They appeared in Wife Swap in 2003 and Brazier was occasionally seen in Goody's LivingTV shows. She died on 22 March 2009[4] and left Brazier full custody of their sons. He did not attend her funeral in April 2009, but instead took their sons away from the media spotlight to stay with relatives in Australia.
He presented a documentary on Living TV called Superdaddy where he uses his experiences of being a single father to help other families learn to communicate with regards to their children. He insisted his sons, Bobby and Freddie, were not involved in filming and revealed during the show he has a privacy order banning any unauthorised images of the boys since Goody died, stating he prefers them to have a normal upbringing away from any media spotlight.
References
- ^ Daybreak, 11 January 2011
- ^ Fletcher, Damien (October 22, 2004). "Farm winner Jeff's real dad was captain of disaster boat." Daily Mirror
- ^ Births England and Wales 1837-2006
- ^ "Reality TV star Jade Goody dies". BBC News. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
External links
- Jeff Brazier at IMDb