Jeffrey Brazier (born 27 May 1979) is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
on the books of
Leyton OrientLeyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football team from east London, currently playing in League One of the Football League. The team is known by its fans as Orient or simply The O's....
for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury.
In 2001 Brazier took part in the
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
reality TV show
Shipwrecked, in which he and fifteen other people had to stay on a tropical island without any creature comforts.
Jeffrey Brazier (born 27 May 1979) is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a
footballerAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
on the books of
Leyton OrientLeyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football team from east London, currently playing in League One of the Football League. The team is known by its fans as Orient or simply The O's....
for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury.
In 2001 Brazier took part in the
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
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
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
programme
Simply the BestSimply the Best was a game show broadcast on the UK terrestrial network ITV in 2004.Filmed in Jersey as a co-production of Channel Television and Carlton Television, it was hosted by Phil Tufnell and Kirsty Gallacher, and featured the cheerleaders from the American football team the Scottish...
, as well as presenting the programmes
Dirty Laundry and Big Brother Panto alongside
June SarpongJune Sarpong MBE is an English television presenter of Ghanaian descent.-Education:She was educated at Connaught Girls School in Leytonstone and Sir George Monoux College in Walthamstow in the north eastern end of London....
. He then became a reporter for
OK!OK! is a British weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly, its first issue was published in April 1993. In September 2004, OK! publishers Northern and Shell launched in Australia as a monthly title – the magazine went weekly in October 2006...
TV.
In 2003 he appeared in
Celebrity Wife SwapWife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by UK independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert...
with his then girlfriend
Jade GoodyJade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction.In...
, alongside
Charles IngramCharles Ingram is a former British Army major and novelist who made headlines in the United Kingdom after he was accused of cheating in the television show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001...
(the man who was implicated in the
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television quiz show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 12 or 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by the Japanese production company Sony Pictures Television International....
coughing episode). In September 2004, Brazier won the
fiveFive is a television channel that broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland
[Manual tuning may be required as on Sky Digital in Ireland to receive Five.]. Launched in 1997, it is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch...
reality TV show
The FarmThe Farm is Five's version of the international TV format The Farm, produced by Strix. It had a number of B-List celebrities appearing on it.- Series One :Series one aired in 2004 and was presented and narrated by Ed Hall...
. He also appeared in the Living TV programme
I'm Famous and Frightened!I'm Famous and Frightened was a Living TV reality TV show in which 8 celebrities stayed for three nights in a "haunted" castle. They had to then do terrifying challenges in order to raise money for charity; each one was evicted until only the winner was left.The first series aired on Friday 12...
. Brazier performed as
AladdinAladdin is one of the tales of medieval Arabian origin in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland .-Synopsis:The original story of...
in the
pantomimePantomime is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in Great Britain, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is usually performed during the Christmas and New Year season.-History:A pantomimos in Greece was...
at
ChathamChatham is a large area within Medway, Kent, in South East England.Although the dockyard has long been closed and is now being redeveloped, into a business and residential community, its major buildings remain; so that, in addition to that more modern usage, the historical importance of the...
,
KentKent , originally Cantia, is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
in 2005 and 2006. Prior to this he competed in the ITV
wrestlingWrestling is an ancient martial art that uses grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, generally between two people, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
competition
Celebrity WrestlingCelebrity Wrestling is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events. The series was presented by Kate Thornton and Roddy Piper...
and presented on Challenge TV.
In 2006 he also started presenting the revival of the
CITVCITV is the brand name used for the majority of children's television output on ITV's television stations, including the ITV Network, breakfast broadcaster GMTV and the ITV plc-owned CITV Channel as well as non ITV plc owned regions...
programme
Finders Keepers. Brazier was a panellist on the now defunct
ITVITV is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK...
talk show
Loose @ 5.30!Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, which was first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip and sexism...
, a spin-off show from
Loose Women. He has also appeared in
The MatchThe Match is a reality TV show on Sky One in which a group of celebrities form a football team to compete against a team of former professional footballers . The show begins with a large squad of celebrities who train and live together, all aiming to be selected for "The Match" against the team of...
and
Celebrity Soccer Six on
Sky OneSky1 is a British Sky Broadcasting entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The channel first launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, and is the fourth-oldest TV channel in the UK, behind BBC One , ITV and BBC Two...
, 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 MorningThis Morning is a British daytime television programme created by Granada Television and broadcast on ITV. It first aired from Granada's Albert Dock Studios in Liverpool on 3 October 1988. It features celebrity guests, entertainment, advice on health and well-being, competitions, cookery and more...
showbiz presenter.
In November 2006, Brazier joined the presenting team of
ITV2ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms...
's
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! Now, alongside
Kelly OsbourneKelly Michelle Lee Osbourne is an English media personality, fashion designer, singer, actress, and model, best known for being the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne. She was thrust into the limelight after appearing on reality series The Osbournes with her famous family...
in Australia, with
Mark Durden-SmithMark Durden-Smith is a British television presenter. He began his presenting career as host of Sky Sports live rugby union coverage, which included weekly English Premiership fixtures, domestic and European cup competitions and Internationals Tests, including the English home Six Nations matches...
hosting in the London studio.
On December 16 2006 he was a guest reporter on The X Factor final live from contestant Ray's home town of Liverpool, and was also a guest reporter live from contestants Same Difference's hometown of
PortsmouthPortsmouth is a city located in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the United Kingdom's only island city and is located on Portsea Island. The City of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Football Club are both nicknamed Pompey...
on 15 December 2007 he was also the guest reporter at JLS's hometown on 13 December 2008.
Brazier has two sons from his relationship with Big Brother
contestantA contestant is someone who takes part in a competition, usually a professional competition or a game show on television. The participants competing against each other have to go through rounds...
Jade GoodyJade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction.In...
. They were both born in
HarlowHarlow is a former new town and now a borough town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley. The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt...
,
EssexEssex is a county in the East of England region of the United Kingdom. The county town of Essex is Chelmsford.-History:In pre-Roman Britain the territories of Suffolk and Essex were home to the Trinovantes tribe, which had grown wealthy through intensive trade with the Roman Empire, contemporary...
: Bobby Jack (born 2003) and Freddy (born 2004).
He was with
Jade GoodyJade Cerisa Lorraine Goody was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction.In...
from 2002-2004 and in that time had two children together Bobby Jack & Freddy.They appeared in
Wife SwapWife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by UK independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert...
in 2003 and Jeff was occasionally seen in Jade's Living tv Shows. Goody died on 22 March 2009 and left Brazier full custody of their two children. He did not attend her funeral in April 2009, but instead took him and his two children away from the media spotlight to stay with relatives in Australia. Brazier now lives with his two children in one of Jade Goody's houses in Harlow, Essex.
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