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EXCLUSIVE Jeff Brazier: A 21-year-old won't do it for me

Jade Goody's ex tells Now why he isn't looking for a young girlfriend

Jeff Brazier is a family man

Jeff Brazier has told Now he’s happy being single for now – but a 21-year-old girl isn’t going to be first on his list.

‘I am completely single at the moment. It was impossible for me to think about a relationship when everything was all over the place,’ he says.

‘Everything’s finally going the way I want it to and I’m getting all the love I need from my children.

‘In the future, I might be able to start dating again but if a girl had a problem with me being a parent then she’s not the one for me. A 21-year-old isn’t going to do it for me.

‘I’ve got to think, “This person is good enough for my children.”

‘It’s quite rare to find someone you really like. I don’t kid myself I have half a clue when it comes to what I want in a woman, but when I find it will just hit me in the face.’

Jeff, 30, who’s currently presenting a GMTV search for a musical family, The No. 1 Family, says his family is happier since he kept sons Bobby, 6, and Freddie, 4, out of the limelight.

Following the death of their mum Jade Goody, 27, on Mother’s Day, he’s banned photographers from taking their picture.

‘My children deserve a normal childhood,’ he explains. ‘Around the time when everything was going really crazy it just dawned on me that was exactly what I had to do.

‘There was a whole industry making money out of it but all any parent can do is make a decision they think is right. I know it’s right because my children are so happy, relaxed and balanced now.’

•    Jeff’s presenting the No 1 Family on GMTV in the mornings. The winner gets a record deal with Universal, a Christmas single and a management deal with Jonathan Shalit.

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Beth_mcloughlin@ipcmedia.com