The eldest son of the late Jade Goody has shared the heartbreaking reason he doesn't miss his mum 13 years after her tragic death. Jade died from cervical cancer at the age of 27 in 2009.
Bobby and Freddie Brazier, whose dad is TV star Jeff Brazier, were just five and four when their mum passed. Jade and Jeff welcomed Bobby into the world together in June 2003 - just 12 months after Jade found fame in the Big Brother house, aged 21.
The on-off couple went on to have another son, Freddie, before going their separate ways in 2004. Now 18, Bobby has spoken out about the iconic Big Brother star and how he only remembers her public persona.
"I don’t feel like I’ve missed out on a mum. It’s normal life to me," the teen model said in a recent interview with The Face. "I’ve kind of spent more life without her than I did with her."
When asked if he "misses" Jade, Bobby heartbreakingly replied: "I don’t. Because I don’t feel like I was with her long enough to miss her." He then explained: "I miss what could’ve been. I hear all the time she was such a presence, that she was one of a kind.
"What hurts most is that it wasn’t just losing anyone, it was losing Jade. I just would’ve loved to have seen what other people had seen."
Jade had been taking part in the Indian version of the reality TV show when she got a call from her consultant and was told she had cancer. Upon returning to the UK, the then 27-year-old was told the devastating news that she had been suffering from cancer for the last two years and her tangerine-sized tumour had damaged more than half of her womb.
Following her inspiring battle against cervical cancer, working right up until her death to secure enough money for her son' future, Jade sadly passed away on 22 March 2009, which was Mother's Day that year.
Bobby, who lives with his father Jeff, stepmother Kate Dwyer and brother Freddie, recently told in his first-ever interview how he breaks down in tears watching videos of his late mum.
He said: “I’m always being told that she’s a hero and that she was funny and that people see me in her on a daily basis, which is nice. I’m lucky that [her life was] kind of public, because it means that I can watch videos when I’m feeling strong enough to watch videos. But sometimes I can’t. I will cry if I do."
