Jackiey Budden thinks Bobby Brazier was "born to bring" Jade Goody back.
Jackiey Budden is thrilled that her grandson is doing Strictly Come Dancing
The 20-year-old actor is the son of the late 'Big Brother' legend Jade - who died in 2009 at the age of 27 following a battle with cervical cancer - and her former partner Jeff Brazier, and now Jade's mum Jackiey, 66, is looking forward to seeing her grandson on 'Strictly Come Dancing' because it will be like watching her daughter all over again.
She told The Sun: "I was only allowed to talk about it when I saw it in The Sun. But I’m over the moon and he’s just stepped in his mum’s shoes — he’s in Jade’s trotters. He’s been born to bring Jade back as himself, because he’s the spit of Jade — he’s got his daddy’s head. It will be like watching her on telly."
The former 'Celebrity Big Brother' star went on to add that Bobby is just like his 'EastEnders' character Freddie Slater and landed his part in the soap opera after asking her for advice, meaning that she ended up tuning into the BBC flagship for the first time in decades.
She said: "He has to get up at 5am for EastEnders sometimes, so he’s always on the go. We always text though which is lovely. He likes to keep an eye on his nana, just like Freddie does. He’d been doing his modelling for some time and he said, ‘Nan, do you think I can be an actor?’ I said, ‘I dunno, your mum did all that’. So I said, ‘Ring your agent’ and four days later he was in 'EastEnders'.
"How mad is that? I hadn’t watched it for 40 years. I don’t miss an episode now."
Bobby will join the likes of 'Casualty' star Nigel Harman, former 'Coronation Street' actress Ellie Leach as well as TV legend Les Dennis amongst a host of others on the Saturday night favorite and admitted upon the official announcement that he was "so excited" to be hitting the dancefloor when the competition returns to screens in September.
He said: "I’m so excited to be part of the 'Strictly' line up, I can’t wait to start training like a professional dancer and adding a few moves to my locker. I'm looking forward to performing in front of everyone, it's going to be so much fun!"
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