Jeff Brazier
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Jeff Brazier (born 27 May 1979 in London) is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient 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 4 reality TV show Shipwrecked, in which he and fifteen other people had to stay on a tropical island without any creature comforts. After this he took part in the ITV programme Simply the Best, as well as presenting the programmes Dirty Laundry and Big Brother Panto alongside June Sarpong. He then became a reporter for OK!TV.
In 2003 he appeared in Celebrity Wife Swap with Jade Goody, alongside Charles Ingram (the man who was implicated in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing episode). In September 2004, Brazier won the five reality TV show The Farm. He also appeared in the Living TV programme I'm Famous and Frightened!. Brazier performed as Aladdin in the pantomime at Chatham, Kent in 2005 and 2006. Prior to this he competed in the ITV wrestling competition Celebrity Wrestling and presented on Challenge TV.
In 2006 he also started presenting the revival of the CITV programme Finders Keepers. Brazier is a panellist on the new ITV talk show Loose @ 5.30!, a spin-off show from Loose Women. He was recently in The Match and Celebrity Soccer Six on Sky One, where he played for England as well as appearing on Call me a Cabbie with Carol Thatcher and Janet Street Porter. He is also one of three This Morning showbiz presenters.
In November 2006, Brazier joined the presenting team of ITV2's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Now, alongside Kelly Osbourne in Australia, with Mark Durden-Smith 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 Portsmouth on 15 December 2007
Brazier has two sons, Bobby Jack and Freddy from his relationship with Big Brother contestant Jade Goody.
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