Jeff Brazier tells sons new girlfriend will replace their mumPA

Jeff Brazier has spoken out about his kids' relationship with his new girlfriend Nicola T - but says she will NEVER replace their mum, Jade Goody.

In an interview with Hello! magazine, the dad-of-two admitted his youngest son Freddy, seven, had 'struggled' when he broke the news he was dating former Page 3 girl Nicola last December.

But he says both Freddy and brother Bobby, nine, are now coping with their dad being in a loving relationship:

"After losing their mum, they don't want another mum," Jeff, 33, said. "I reminded Freddy that Nicola isn't trying to be his mummy - that no one could replace her. That's what he needed to hear and he understood."

The boys' mum, Jade, died after a battle with cervical cancer in 2009, aged just 27. She and Jeff separated in 2005.

Besotted Jeff said he was 'head over heels' in love with Nicola, and confessed they had already discussed marriage - but, the devoted dad added: "Nothing really matters to me more than my children."

Aw, Jeff always comes across as such a fabulous daddy, doesn't he?

More on Parentdish: Jeff talks to us about life with his two boys

Wise words on fatherhood

  • <p> &quot;When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.&quot;</p> <p> <strong>Actor Ben Stiller</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;I cannot understand how I managed to cope without getting cuddled this many times a day.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Actor Russell Crowe</strong></p> <p> </p>
  • <p> &ldquo;Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Actor Bill Cosby</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;Father&rsquo;s Day always worries me. I'm afraid I'll get something I can't afford.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Billy Connolly </strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;I&rsquo;m preparing for the baby, I&rsquo;m busy putting childproof caps on all the bottle of booze.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Talk show host David Letterman</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;There's no pillow quite so soft as a father's strong shoulder.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Writer Richard L Evans</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;A good father needs infinite patience, boundless enthusiasm, kindness, the ability to score a goal, take a wicket, and hit a winning serve, and the strength to say 'NO' every now and again.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>TV star Piers Morgan</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;A father is the guy who's quick to appear with the camera and just as quick to disappear when there's a nappy to be changed.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Comedienne Joan Rivers</strong></p> <p> </p>
  • <p> &ldquo;I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>President Harry S Truman</strong></p>
  • <p> <em>&ldquo;</em><em>Never raise your hand to your kids.&nbsp; It leaves your groin unprotected.&rdquo;</em></p> <p> <strong>Comedian and actor Red Buttons</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;There's a time for being a rock star, on TV, and in the studio, but you've got to put time aside for being daddy, and getting chocolate rubbed in your face&quot;</p> <p> <strong>Musician Noel Gallagher</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;Fatherhood is great but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or ten times, asking for things, singing, calling out.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Tennis star Goran Ivanisevic </strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;When the kids have their friends round, I have to pretend to be Fun Dad so they won't go back to their parents and say: &lsquo;He was really shouty&rsquo;.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>Chat show host Jonathan Ross</strong></p>
  • <p> &nbsp;&ldquo;I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father&rsquo;s protection.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;For a father a home birth is preferable. That way you&rsquo;re not missing anything on television.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Comedian Jeremy Hardy</strong></p> <p> </p>
  • <p> </p> <p> &ldquo;Is there any sound more terrifying on a Sunday afternoon than a child asking: &lsquo;Daddy Can We Play Monopoly.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Top Gear&rsquo;s Jeremy Clarkson</strong></p>
  • <p> &ldquo;<em>One father</em>&nbsp;is more than a&nbsp;<em>hundred schoolmasters</em>.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Poet George Herbert</strong></p>
  • <p> &nbsp;&ldquo;I cannot reckon of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father&rsquo;s protection.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Psychologist Sigmund Freud</strong></p> <p> </p>
  • <p> &quot;I like to dress up as the lead character in whatever story I am reading. This is a little weird because my daughter loves the Disney princesses. But you'd be surprised at how good I look in a ball gown.&rdquo;</p> <p> <strong>Actor Adam Sandler</strong></p>