Bobby Brazier previously spent some time with one of his late mum’s Big Brother housemates (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Former Big Brother star Alex Sibley has shared he helped teach former housemate Jade Goody’s son Bobby Brazier to drive.
Back in 2002 the third season of the hit reality series hit screens, featuring Jade and Alex as two of the 14 housemates, who also included Alison Hammond and eventual winner Kate Lawler.
More than two decades on Alex has now recalled how he once spent time with Bobby, now 20, a few years ago.
‘I gave Jade’s son Bobby a driving lesson two or three years ago,’ he said.
‘He didn’t know who I was until I told him I was with his mother in the Big Brother house.’
Alex, who was a 23-year-old model when he entered the Big Brother house, then explained how he was asked to take Bobby out for a drive.
Jade Goody and Alex Sibley appeared on the reality series together in 2002 (Picture: PA)
‘Paul, a friend of mine, told Bobby that I could take him around for a driving lesson as his dad (Jeff Brazier) wasn’t keen to take him,’ he told OK!
He continued: ‘We went for a drive had lunch in Loughton on the way back. He started to loosen up and started to ask me who I was.
‘I told him that I was in Big Brother with his mum Jade. He asked me if I liked his mum, I said yes but it seemed Bobby didn’t want to talk further about Big Brother.’
Alex has said he helped teach Bobby, now 20, how to drive a few years ago (Picture: Hartley/ REX/ Shutterstock)
The former reality star then explained how he chatted to Bobby about his late mum’s reality show What Jade Did Next, with the EastEnders actor and Strictly star sharing something personal.
‘It seemed Bobby didn’t like the cameras following him round as a young child.
‘It seems he didn’t like the whole Big Brother thing and wants to put out it behind him,’ Alex added.
Over the weekend Bobby took some time out with his dad, step mum Kate Dwyer and younger brother Freddie, 19, with the group enjoying an ice bath and sauna session out in the countryside.
The EastEnders actor is currently competing on Strictly Come Dancing with Dianne Buswell (Picture: PA)
Sharing photos and clips from their visit to the Croft Farm Escape in Hertfordshire, Jeff praised his youngest and professional partner Dianne Buswell for a ‘good effort’ when plunging into the ice bath.
‘Great to help @bobbybrazier recover for another week of hard work! (Thanks to those that voted for him ❤️),’ the proud dad added.
Sharing a group photo of them posing in brightly coloured cover-up jackets in the sunshine on the deck, Jeff also posted a clip Bobby sitting in the metal ice bath as he took in the view.
Jeff, who found fame by starring on Shipwrecked in 2001, shares his two boys with Goody, who died of cervical cancer in 2009 aged just 27.
Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Bobby Brazier for comment.
Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.
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‘We went for a drive.’
