{"id":217207,"date":"2023-12-02T22:44:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T22:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217207"},"modified":"2023-12-02T22:44:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T22:44:17","slug":"bobby-brazier-opens-up-about-fans-support-after-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/bobby-brazier-opens-up-about-fans-support-after-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Brazier opens up about fans support after performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Strictly&#8217;s Bobby Brazier is overwhelmed with support from fans following his emotional dance tribute to his late mother Jade Goody: &#8216;There&#8217;s been a lot of letters&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up: All the celebrity contestants\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His emotional tribute to his late mother Jade Goody reduced head judge Shirley Ballas to tears.<\/p>\n<p>And since Bobby Brazier&#8217;s heart-wrenching routine last Saturday, the star says he has been inundated with letters and messages from those who have also suffered the loss of a loved one.<\/p>\n<p>Millions watched as the actor and his dance partner, Dianne Buswell, performed his couple&#8217;s choice dance to &#8216;This Woman&#8217;s Work&#8217; by Maxwell \u2013 a song that reminds him of losing his beloved mum in 2009 when he was just four.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby, 20, told The Mail on Sunday: &#8216;There&#8217;s been a lot (of letters). I haven&#8217;t opened or read a lot of them but I&#8217;ve seen there&#8217;s been a lot of people writing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We connected to a lot of people and communicated and translated something and that&#8217;s what I wanted to do. I think that&#8217;s what happens when you dance authentically and from your heart. I&#8217;m really glad that that happened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/20\/78508655-12818393-image-a-37_1701549476933.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Since Bobby Brazier &#8216;s heart-wrenching routine last Saturday, he says he has been inundated with letters and messages from those who have also suffered the loss of a loved one (pictured with his late mum Jade Goody in May 2006)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/22\/78508663-12818393-Millions_watched_as_the_actor_and_his_dance_partner_Dianne_Buswe-a-54_1701554527070.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Millions watched as the actor and his dance partner, Dianne Buswell , performed his couple&#8217;s choice dance to &#8216;This Woman&#8217;s Work&#8217; by Maxwell \u2013 a song that reminds him of losing his beloved mum in 2009 when he was just four (pictured last week)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a privilege. I knew that my couple&#8217;s choice had to be that. It was daunting before though because that song is perfect. So to touch perfection is daunting, but I&#8217;m really, really glad that I did.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After every dance, everyone&#8217;s always really supportive and complimentary, but especially after last week. I definitely welcomed all the love.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Since he started on Strictly, Brazier has won over an army of young fans who now regard him as a &#8216;sex symbol.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While some young starlets would be shy about such a label, the EastEnders actor confesses: &#8216;I love it!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for the comparisons drawn between him and Sir Mick Jagger. It was in week three when Bobby and Dianne danced a Samba that fans began noticing how similar Brazier is to the wrinkly rocker.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby admitted he is bemused that he is mentioned in the same sentence as Sir Mick, 80, saying: &#8216;People weren&#8217;t expecting my hips to be so hippy, I think that&#8217;s where these crazy claims are coming from.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>For musicals week last night, Brazier and Dianne, 34, danced a Salsa to (I&#8217;ve had) The Time of My Life from Dirty Dancing &#8211; along with the famous lift that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray did in the 1997 movie.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the riskiest lifts the show has seen in its 19 year history and not even professional dancer dIANNE has ever done it before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/22\/78508603-12818393-Brazier_20_told_The_Mail_on_Sunday_There_s_been_a_lot_of_letters-a-56_1701554913043.jpg\" height=\"881\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brazier, 20, told The Mail on Sunday: &#8216;There&#8217;s been a lot (of letters). I haven&#8217;t opened or read a lot of them but I&#8217;ve seen there&#8217;s been a lot of people writing. We connected to a lot of people and communicated and translated something and that&#8217;s what I wanted to do. I think that&#8217;s what happens when you dance authentically and from your heart. I&#8217;m really glad that that happened&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/22\/78284345-12818393-Sharing_his_emotional_two_word_tribute_to_his_late_mother_Jade_w-a-55_1701554913036.jpg\" height=\"1007\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sharing his emotional two-word tribute to his late mother Jade &#8211; who died when he was just five years old &#8211; Bobby said:\u00a0 &#8216;If I could see her again for one moment, I&#8217;d tell her, &#8221;Thank you&#8221; and give her a cuddle&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/22\/78233235-12818393-The_EastEnders_star_and_Dianne_34_danced_a_Couple_s_Choice_routi-a-57_1701554527072.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The EastEnders star and Dianne, 34, danced a Couple&#8217;s Choice routine to &#8216;This Woman&#8217;s Work&#8217; by Maxwell, a song that Bobby chose because it is close to his heart<\/p>\n<p>Bobby, who only had three days to practice for it said: &#8216;It&#8217;s a risk that I really want to take.<\/p>\n<p>However, he did admit that He has dropped Ms Buswell since they have been dancing together.<\/p>\n<p>Bibby admitted: &#8216;I have dropped her in rehearsal. We both went backwards. I fell on my back, and you&#8217;ve been on your front.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During last week&#8217;s episode Bobby has revealed his emotional two-word tribute to his late mother Jade, after she died when he was just five years old.<\/p>\n<p>The EastEnders star shared the moving homage during a candid interview with The Mirror, after leaving viewers in tears with his emotional dance routine.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;If I could see her again for one moment, I&#8217;d tell her, &#8221;Thank you&#8221; and give her a cuddle.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During Saturday&#8217;s Strictly, Bobby and his professional dance partner Dianne, 34, moved judges Shirley Ballas\u00a0and\u00a0Anton Du Beke\u00a0with their heart-wrenching dance tribute to Jade.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Bobby was only five when Jade, who rose to fame on Big Brother in 2002, died of cervical cancer\u00a0on Mother&#8217;s Day in March 2009.<\/p>\n<p>His father, TV presenter Jeff, 44, single-handedly raised him and younger brother Freddie, 19, with the pair both shedding some tears as they watched on from the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby said of his mother&#8217;s death before his performance: &#8216;It changed my life completely, I&#8217;d love to spend a day with her just to see where I get my smile from.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>EastEnders\u00a0sensation Bobby and Dianne danced a Couple&#8217;s Choice routine to &#8216;This Woman&#8217;s Work&#8217; by Maxwell, a song that Bobby\u00a0chose because it is close to his heart.<\/p>\n<p>After the performance, he appeared emotional as his family watched in the audience and judges Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse gave him standing ovations. He received a score of 37 points.<\/p>\n<p>Both Shirley and fellow panellist Anton Du Beke were moved to tears by his tribute dance.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bobby&#8217;s father Jeff was also in tears\u00a0as he called his son Bobby &#8216;a walking tribute to his mum&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/22\/78233223-12818393-Sobbing_Bobby_s_television_presenter_Jeff_Brazier_was_seen_cryin-a-56_1701554527071.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sobbing: Bobby&#8217;s television presenter Jeff Brazier was seen crying in the audience after Bobby&#8217;s performance<\/p>\n<p>In the emotional VT before Bobby&#8217;s performance with his partner Dianne, Jeff paid tribute to Jade and how proud she would be of their son.<\/p>\n<p>He told the camera: &#8216;As a family we are very tight, we have had to be as loss has made us grow closer.&#8217; Bobby added his love for his dad by saying: &#8216;To be someone that my dad is proud of is everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Breaking down in tears Jeff called himself &#8216;the lucky one&#8217;, explaining: &#8216;I&#8217;m the one who gets to bring the boys up I&#8217;m the one who gets to watch him on Strictly and it brings so much joy to my life, I&#8217;m very, very grateful for that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12818393\/bobby-brazier-emotional-mum-jade-goody.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Strictly&#8217;s Bobby Brazier is overwhelmed with support from fans following his emotional dance tribute to his late mother Jade Goody: &#8216;There&#8217;s been a lot of letters&#8217; Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up: All the celebrity contestants\u00a0 His emotional tribute to his late mother Jade Goody reduced head judge Shirley Ballas to tears. 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