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Jack Tweed: I trashed memory of Jade with sex, Red Bull and vodka

His boozing and partying have made him a national disgrace. Now Jack Tweed finally confesses

LOST AND LONELY? Jack with Carole Malone
LOST AND LONELY? Jack with Carole Malone
HE MISSES FAMILY LIFE: Jack with Jade and Freddie and Bobby, the boys he helped her raise
HE MISSES FAMILY LIFE: Jack with Jade and Freddie and Bobby, the boys he helped her raise
NEAR END: Carole with poorly Jade
NEAR END: Carole with poorly Jade
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By Carole Malone, 16/08/2009

I'D half expected him to come swaggering in like Cock O' the North.

Instead Jack Tweed slips in behind his manager, looking a bit sheepish, a bit scared. But most of all - lost.

"I AM lost," he says quietly "I'm 22, my wife's dead and I don't know what the hell to do. I just don't know how to handle this grief.

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"I know booze isn't the answer but it helps me forget - even if it's only for a few hours. And yes, I know I'm letting Jade down and I've read stories about how I'm dancing on her grave.

"But I don't know what else to do. She's not here to tell me what to do. And she was the only person in the world who could - and who I'd listen to.

"At least after a few vodka Red Bulls I'm not thinking about her. I'm not thinking about how miserable I am, how lonely I am, how empty my life is."

It's four months since Jade Goody died from cervical cancer - four months in which her husband has gone from national hero to national disgrace.

There have been a string of stories about wild nights in clubs, women he's bedded and drunken lads' holidays in Marbella. He's been accused of cashing in on his wife's death and never loving her - only marrying her for the money.

"And that's the stuff that hurts the most," Jack says. "I haven't received a single penny from Jade's estate. I'm not in her will because I didn't want to be. I wanted her to feel safe knowing the boys have everything - and they have.

"And how can people say I didn't love her? I never have and never will love anyone the way I loved Jade.

"Even when she was dying we laughed every day. Yes, before the cancer we had arguments, bad times (including when Jade kicked him out for sleeping with another woman), but I always knew she was The One. And I can't see me ever having what we had with another girl.

Stupid

"I'm sure I'll eventually meet girls I care about. But there'll never be another Jade." I tell him the public won't have much sympathy having read the kiss-and-tells from women he's supposed to have bedded, and having seen the photos of girls leaving his house after an all-night party.

Jack Tweed talks exclusively to Carole Malone - Part 1

"Look, I know I'm not handling this right," says Tweed. "But can someone please tell me what IS the right way to handle losing your wife to cancer at 27? No one I loved ever died before. So I don't know how to do this, to live this life I have now.

"Yes, I sometimes end up doing stupid things. But there's no manual on how to deal with this. People are trying to say I'm an alcoholic because I've been drunk a few times. But YOU try losing your wife at 22 - and see how it feels."

Jack admits that he drinks a bottle of vodka when he's on a bender - but insists he is not a booze addict. However, he adds: "I DO need help. I just don't know what kind of help.

"I know I'm using alcohol as a crutch, I know it can make me do crazy things, but I can't see myself pouring out my problems to strangers, to counsellors. What can they do? They can't bring Jade back."

I'm torn between wanting to smack him and shake him because he's being stubborn in believing he has to do this HIS way. But it IS just 12 weeks since he watched his wife die. How many young men have to cope with that?

His other problem is he doesn't have much to do. Before Jade's death there was the engagement, the wedding, the filming, the boys' christening . . .

But now she's gone, his life has ground to a halt. And there's a void he has no idea how to fill - except with parties, booze and unsuitable women.

I've slept with one girl since Jade. I feel dirty, sick and guilty

He says: "Every day I'm getting slaughtered in the media. And, yes, it's my fault. But it's horrible that my nan and granddad have to read all these stories. They ring me up all upset asking if they're true."

So are they true? "I've slept with one girl since Jade died and that was Lisa O'Connor," Jacks says. "And I did that because she kept turning up at every club and gig I went to. My friends warned me she was after me, so in the end - after too many vodka Red Bulls - I just did it.

"It's no excuse and I'm not proud of myself. I felt dirty and sick and guilty afterwards. But how many men have slept with a woman when they're drunk then regretted it?"

I tell him not many who'd lost their wives just a few weeks before.

"I know, I know," he says. "But what am I supposed to do? I can't stay at home because there's no one there. And when I'm alone I start thinking about Jade so I go out and get drunk to forget. Isn't that what people do when they lose someone?"

Jack can't seem to distinguish between going out for a few beers with his mates and getting legless in some club then bringing hordes of women back to his house for all-night parties, where he knows the paparazzi will be waiting. I find it hard to believe he's only slept with one girl since Jade's death. He says: "I know people are making out that I'm sleeping with every girl I meet. They're saying I'm behaving like I don't give a s***. But they don't know me.

"I AM a flirt when I'm out. But there's nothing wrong with flirting. Do people expect me to stay at home 24/7 and cry? Well I've done that and it's no way to live.

"And just because I flirt with a girl it doesn't mean I'm sleeping with her. When they come up to me I don't want to tell them to get lost because my job is being a club promoter. I'm paid to get people into the clubs."

Do people expect me to stay home and cry? It's no way to live

Jack gets £3,000 a night to turn up at a club. If he's there, the owners know the press will be there too.

He says: "Women do come on to me. I don't flatter myself and think it's because of the way I look. It's because they can make a pound note - it's been happening for years.

"It even happened when Jade was around. And it's always the same kind of girl - the ones who don't wear many clothes but lots of make-up.

"Of course I recognise those girls, and if I was in control I'd steer clear, but I'm not." I say he could tell them his wife had just died. "You think they don't already know that?" he says quietly.

"I don't want to whinge but what WOULD be a respectable amount of time before the public would accept me going out? I always expected this to happen. I knew people would be watching me."

So why not behave better? "Because I won't grieve to order. I won't get over Jade in the way the public want me to, because there is no right way. I just have to get through it the best I can.

"I'm just doing what most 22- year-old lads would do. I'm not very mature, I'm not particularly clever and yes, I'm probably making a mess of it. But that's how it is.

Prison

"I totally understand why people are turning against me. I see how they must see me. But I hate being on my own, I hate coming home to an empty house, so I make sure it doesn't happen very often."

Jack says his mum Mary is desperately worried about him, and he gets phone calls from Jade's friends telling him to cut down on the booze: "They're not happy with me but they understand why I'm doing it."

I don't doubt Tweed is struggling and broken-hearted. But I remind myself that despite his youth he's not so innocent, having already been in jail twice for violence.

I'm lost. I'm 22, my wife's dead and I don't know what the hell to do

He insists: "Prison's changed me, I won't be going back inside. There are people inside who have nothing to come out for - no life, no prospects, no one to love them, so they don't care how many times they get sent down. That's not how it is for me.

"Yes, I've lost Jade but I know that eventually there will be light at the end of the tunnel. And I hope sometime I WILL meet someone to love again - although it won't be for a long time.

"And I have some great business ideas. I want a decent life and I'm working hard to make sure I get it. Jade always told me to grab every opportunity that came up - and that's what I'm doing."

But isn't his wild behaviour a bad example for her sons Bobby, six, and Freddie, four? There have been rumours that their dad Jeff Brazier doesn't want Jack around any more - and that Jade's mum Jackiey Budden is trying to persuade Jeff not to let the kids near him.

At the mention of the children's names, tears spring into Jack's eyes. "Look," he says, "I'd never, ever take a drink around the boys. Not ever. I love them and I'd never do anything that might put them in danger.

"The one thing I do know in all this is that I always want the boys in my life - at least until they don't want me. But I don't believe that'll ever happen. Jeff knows how I feel about Freddie and Bobby. There isn't a problem between me and him. But it's still hard because I'm used to living with the boys, having them every day - feeding them, dressing them. I was the one who got Bobby off the bottle and out of nappies. I helped bring them up.

I hope I WILL meet someone..although it won't be for a long time

"It's horrible being the other person - like Jeff used to be - having to ring up and ask if I can see them.

"But Jeff's been fine. He's never said at any point he has a problem with me. I'm sure he's got his opinions about the way I'm handling things but he and I don't talk about that. We just talk about the boys.

"I don't see them as much as I want to. But I speak to them on the phone all the time and I know they still get excited when I call."

Do they talk to him about Jade? Jack says: "Freddie still talks about Jade but Bobby hasn't said much.

"I was sitting outside Freddie's classroom one day and there was a ledge. He just looked at me and said 'If I jumped off that would I die?' I said he would and asked why he wanted to know. 'Because it means I could go to Heaven and be with Mummy,' he said. I didn't know what to say.

"But I know Bobby misses Jade massively. He's a very shy boy and would never ask for a cuddle but he did ask Jen (Jennifer Smith, Jade's best friend) the other day.

Wrong

"The only person he ever used to ask for cuddles was his mummy."

I ask Jack if he thinks the boys will be disappointed in the way he's handling their mum's death. He wells up again. "I didn't think about that," he says in a whisper.

"But I do care what they think about me, and if I could see them more often it would help me focus.

"It would give me a reason to stay at home if they were with me." I ask why he didn't attend a recent memorial service for Jade, and made a pop video with girl band Bubble G instead. "That's a perfect example of people getting things wrong," he says.

"Jackiey had just come back from Tenerife and wanted to arrange a gathering of Jade's friends and family.

"It was never a REAL memorial service - it was just so friends and family could see her new gravestone then go out for a meal. Jackiey didn't tell us till 5.30pm the night before, and I couldn't let the band down. The crew had been booked for weeks. I wasn't the only one who couldn't go because of the short notice. Max Clifford couldn't make it, two of the trustees (of Jade's estate) couldn't and a lot of Jade's friends couldn't.

"And yes, I should have personally rung Jackiey and said I couldn't be there - but I couldn't face her. I run away from problems and it's best to run away from Jackiey when there's a problem because she can be terrifying.

Thug

"I don't want to fall out with my dead wife's mother but I don't always know how to deal with her.

"Jackiey argues with everyone and if she has a go at me I always text her and say, 'Whatever it is, it's my fault and I'm sorry' because it's the only way to make her calm down."

Jack says if there is a "proper" memorial service, "of course" he will be there. He adds: "I know people have me down as this drunken thug who hits people, who doesn't care about his wife and only married her for her money. But Jade knew that wasn't true, and that's all that matters.

"She knew I loved her and she knew I was there for her when she needed me. My conscience is totally clear on that. I was with her - always - for the simple reason I loved her."

I'm trying to imagine how I'd have behaved in Jack's shoes if, at 22, I'd lost the love of my life. Maybe I would have taken the road he's taken. Maybe a lot of us would. Which is why I really want to believe what he says.

Because the alternative means he's made fools of us all - especially Jade.

PS Within hours of doing this interview, Jack (who'd told me he wouldn't be going out again until next week) was spotted leaving a nightclub with three blondes and taking them back to his Chigwell home.

So are these the actions of a desolate man - or just a very dumb one?

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i dont see y all of you are telling him wht you think of him just let him live his life the way he wants not any1 problem but his own and if he messes up big time he knos its his fault.
just give the bloke a break and let him lead his life and every1 else get on with yours to stop sticking your bloody noses in jacks 4 crying out loud

By davies123.. Posted August 27 2009 at 6:07 PM.

Jack grow up if your 10 or 22 grow up!
You need help so go get it....your young and now dumb on
top of it all. I fell for you B.S. You made a promise.....to Jade and the BOYS....they are still here! Now look in the MIRROR and recomitt....JUST DO IT!!!!! Love yoursef to stop your game!

By lanie.. Posted August 21 2009 at 4:00 AM.

Live him alone. Everyone is so keen to judge. Y'all must be so perfect.Yes, he's not the brightest bulb, but everyone's dealing with grief in their own way, even if it's a way of self-destruction. When my mother died, i went out too. Not for having fun, but just not to be at home alone with the memories. Let him be, he's only a kid.

By Mags.. Posted August 20 2009 at 12:49 AM.

noboby should judge him im a 30 year old who just lost my husband and believe me you dont know how to deal or cope ,going out is a way of tryin to block it out but believe me it doesn work i have 3 young children and they keep you going but if i didn have the children i could see myself turning to drink GIVE HIM A BREAK WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE SITUATION JUDGE HIM THEN .

By sarah.. Posted August 19 2009 at 11:21 PM.

All you have to do is read the very last paragraph - guy is a total waste of space, crying crocodile tears.

Look at the state of him, untidy hair and clothes, all an entire sham.

By CAROL.. Posted August 19 2009 at 1:29 PM.

Well, Jack sure has a good agent! Who's he trying to kid? We've all seen the pictures. Does nobody remember him on celebrity BB, when he never said a word? Nothing to say, no intelligence, no integrity.

By Lesley Smith.. Posted August 18 2009 at 11:31 PM.

He needs to see someone. A therapist, or a grief counsellor so he can discuss his thoughts/feelings and hopefully they will be able to help him with his healing. Going out every night and drinking may help him forget the pain momentarily, but then when he wakes up in the morning he is going to start feeling depressed and lonely once again. Everybody deals with death in different ways but he knows he is in the public eye and he is going to get scrutinized. Do it for the boys and for Jade's memory, if not for anyone else.

By Nat.. Posted August 18 2009 at 11:54 AM.

He is 22 years old and has just lost his wife. I don't think that anybody is in a position to judge him as everybody reacts differently to grief. I think people are being unnecessarily harsh on him. When I lost two people close to me when I was younger, going out and getting wasted seemed like the perfect solution to me. Stop scrutinising the poor lad. He needs help not criticism.

By Becca.. Posted August 18 2009 at 1:09 AM.

this really gets me it seems the only people who actually DONT have a bad word to say about jack are the ones who have lost family or friends to cancer,i lost my dad at 19 yrs of age and i went totally off the rails,and seriously got messed up about it it was so horrible seeing people hurting around you aND hurting at the same time but also trying to do the right thing i Dont think he was in it for the money at all,jade was a very attractive and determined girl,right up to the end i admire him i think if anything he has done so well some people just cant cope,and i think every body has their own opinion and knows how they may react but in real life it sucks big time like someone has ripped out your heart. i just hope people can try and see it from his point of view and not be so narrow minded x

By lisa m.. Posted August 17 2009 at 8:53 PM.

Kim from Corby, I agree. No one can comment on this until they have seen someone they love die from this awful painful disease. I watched my mum die and have never forgotten the screaming pain she was in. Jack cared for jade in her final days - if he didnt love her there is no way he would stick around. Am sure when he closes his eyes every night he see's her pain all over again. And this is not just a "bad toothache" sort of pain!

By Sue.. Posted August 17 2009 at 2:00 PM.

"...void he doesn't know how to fill"?

How about trying some WORK? Even voluntary work, if this self-styled "part-time model/trainee sports agent/club promoter" is averse to getting an actual job.

By Lutra.. Posted August 17 2009 at 1:35 PM.

jack get over it mate

By johnny.. Posted August 17 2009 at 12:52 PM.

Jack must of thought all his Chistmases had come at once when Jade walked into his life,We all know life has to carry on but he could have waited a while longer to show his true colours! I am sick of reading about his juvenile antics,but it sells newspapers.

By alison.. Posted August 17 2009 at 12:47 PM.

please please don,t fall for excuses of how sad lonely confused unhappy still mautning the loss of his wife rubbish he's a little snot who wants to make money because he married jade couldn,t manage the unveiling of hjis wifes memorial stone, will fight for acces of jaff & jades kids why! bit odd if you ask me they have a dad keep away you freak

By Carol U.. Posted August 17 2009 at 12:33 PM.

Never expected anything better from you, Jack Tweed. No need to feel sorry or shed crocodile tears!

By Olusegun Fakoya.. Posted August 17 2009 at 3:29 AM.

jack tweed is living of jades name he should be so ashamed of himself she realy loved him dont know why he is such a scumbag never deserved her

By kate.. Posted August 17 2009 at 12:06 AM.

I may be wrong but we all cope with things differently and from experience I went off the rails when my daughters dad died, it took me a while to sort my head out! how could he not love her, in her book she says how he cared 4 her i those awful last days, He is only young, give him his due! If he wasnt in the public eye he would get the odd tut!! but as he is things are magnified! Hope he stays off the drink, and sorts himself out but he can only deal with things the only way he knows.

By helwn williams.. Posted August 17 2009 at 12:19 AM.

Yeah,yeah, we hear you blah blah, you have sex to forget,low life, you would be good with Jordan the slag,2 low lifes together

By jackie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:42 PM.

well think everyone who write something bad about jack, need to get a life no one know what jack or jade had or what he going thou or feelin, he had to see jade get really poorly then died and he still young and think he sould get on with life now and be young and somewere down the line be happy your doing ok jack just be happy like jade wented you to xx

By katie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:32 PM.

I'm a widow and a young one as such may I say ( 8 years ago), and my best friend is also a widow younger than me, the way this man acts, is absolutely nothing to do with grieving, his behaviour it appears is the same as it was before Jade died

the only thing I will say is he's a young bloke and a high % of people of that age are still immature and would act in the exact same way, he doesn't get my sympathy but then he doesn't get my scorn either, as someone else said he hasnt got the life skills yet, when he grows up he'll realise the mistakes he has obviously made and grow from that and will probably actually mourn more then

The most important thing I dont understand is what importance is this guy to be again getting stories published in papers. He's a nobody, no worse nor no better than the majority of male 22 year olds

By Si.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:25 PM.

he does need counselling! It is a young age to lose someone i agree, but he has been abit of an arse!
To be honest i never really took to him anyway even before jade had cancer i much prefered jeff ( and i must say his doing a great job, good luck to him and the boys)
But i know his not the only one thats lost someone young my husband lost his friend to cancer at the age of 23! he too was married she was the same age! Then we both had a friend we lost a while ago again to cancer aged 32 she was also married with 3 children! and then nearly a year ago ths month my daughter lost her friend agian to cancer aged just 8! So there are people out there that have lost someone they dont do stupid things! And some are younger than jack! He just needs to get a life!

By claudia.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:23 PM.

Jack you absolutely must see a grief counsellor. I am one but live nowhere near you. See your GP and ask to be referred as soon as you can.

By Carmel Britton.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:45 PM.

JACKASS! TUT TUT TUT

By nicola.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:54 PM.

No one knows how you feel ? then what about the young girls that have lost their young husbands on active service in the middle east ? Get a life Jack, grow up and start acting mature. Grief is hard without the media for anyone but with it is twice as hard you brought this about Jack. Stop the show and see your GP and get family on side then you may get respect like the widows we hear of every day.

By Chris.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:10 PM.

omg he comes out crying and everyone feels sorry for him he did not care untill he realised everyone was mad at him,jades mum is as bad evan jade said her childhood was bad because of her mum,the only person to come out of this with dignity is her ex

By shelly.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:58 PM.

well he is young and he made jade happy and support her it isn't always about money and i dont think he was in it for the money.

the pictures with them all says it all in my opinion people need to get real and leave him alone jade's mum over reacts and should give him a break after all where is she now the Boy's needed her too and where is she living in spain ok good for her but i dont think Jade would be impressed with it . well she was never there for her either. so good luck to you Jack find a girl who you will care for and dont feel guilty , if anybody should judge you tell them to look into the mirror and look at themself . Be happy and i do hope you still keep on seeing the kids

Gwyneth

By gwyneth.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:18 PM.

Please be kind to him. I lost my husband due to a short illness when I was 46. The pain of losing someone you love more than life itself is unbearable. Fortunately in time, it eases-but it's always there. He's very young and if this had happened when I was 22 I don't think I would have handled it well at all. What helped me was to talk to people that had lost a spouse and knew what I was going through. Hopefully he will find something that helps him get through this terrible time.

By Mary.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:00 PM.

I feel sorry him like he said what way is the best way to deal with it..watching some one you love die infront of you of course your heads gunna go and ur going da feel messed up he needs to relax and blow of steam like any one would doesnt matter whether theres cameras on them or not you cant tell some one how to cope think everyone should just leave him alone hes still aloud a life

By Stephanie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:46 PM.

I'm now 35 an ost my husband to cancer two years ago. Without our two sons I hate to think what I would've done, something drastic or perhaps just got in the car and drive..........
I still is him terribly but luckily I can do it in the privacy of my onw home. Until you have nursed someone you love through a terimal llness you have no right, or idea, how someone who has should react and behave!

By Rachel Barnett.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:45 PM.

JACK TWEED THE WASTE OF SPACE.

GET LOST MATE YOU ARE A LOSER!!!

By JPS.. Posted August 16 2009 at 6:56 PM.

Can't people understand that he's gone from having a wife and 2 children to having nothing. No wonder he's completely lost. He's filling the void by surrounding himself with, unfortunately, the wrong type of people. Good luck Jack.

By GMF.. Posted August 16 2009 at 4:50 PM.

jack you need help and coucilling, then you will be ok an become a man jade will be proud of, it isnt goin to be easy and you are so young, but as you get older you will realise that life is too short and go and find a nice lovely women, to love and take care off you. you are so young and can offer so much to the world you just need to get over the grief, i dont blame you goin out. as you get older you will be ready.i lost someone close when i was young and yeah its hard at the time and i look bac and think how did i get through it, but i struggled then made a positive, jade will always be with you. happy or sad ..... the press will always critise you so dont please them, do it for you and you memory ... take care jack .

By kim.. Posted August 16 2009 at 4:27 PM.

For those of you who have said who cares, well you obviously care enough to comment so grow up, you don't know Jaack so you can't have a clue how he feels and I hope you never have to.
I watched someone I love waste away and die with Cancer and its something that haunts me, only people who have sat through it will know the absolute full horror of it and the rest of you on your high horses, GET THE HELL OFF THEM!
He is 22 and he does know better, but what you know you should do and what gets you through the day are two different things entirely. Give him time, let him lash out, he's proberbly scared and angry and doesn't even know where to begin, luckily he seems to have good friends and family and in time he'll need them cause, it may not be today, tomorrow or even this year but it will all catch up with him and he is going to need them.
Good luck Jack, I hope the pain eases and people get bored of annalysing you xx

By RB.. Posted August 16 2009 at 4:25 PM.

Go see a Counsellor to help deal with your grief, quit your job and write an autobiography for money, spend some time with Jackiey and the 2 boys and put some photos of Jade up in your new gaff

By Donna.. Posted August 16 2009 at 4:18 PM.

Why do people keep telling him to get a job? is there anybody who read this that wouldn't take 3000 quid a night to show up at a club?

Give him a break

By czp.. Posted August 16 2009 at 3:40 PM.

@Kim: Sorry Kim but I actually had to live with the grief of losing my sister four years ago. It was an awful time, not only for my sister's four young childeren and her other siblings but more so to see how my parents had to cope with the grief of losing one of their childeren. We all dealt with our intense grief with dignity and helped each other where necessary ... a far cry from Jack Tweed's selfish sobbing and miserable wining!!

By Peter.. Posted August 16 2009 at 3:28 PM.

The only thing that gets me is that when Jade was dying they both said especially Jade on the documentary that she didnt want Jack to go with anybody for 12 months, why has he not respected her wishes and stuck to that! That was all she wanted

By yvonne.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:43 PM.

Fot all the people that are slating jack and these comments, why do you even bother reading the article! He ma not be dealing with things in the right way but can anybody say there is a right way to greive? Just give him a break!

By Laura.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:42 PM.

Hey buddy....get COUNSELING. If you are having a problem dealing with grief then get HELP...!! Drowning your sorrows in booze doesn't help anything or anyone and only makes matters worse.

By Marie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:34 PM.

Jack needs something to keep him busy...why not go back to school, or get some training, volunteer for cancer awareness, etc.....and do something productive with his life?

By Teresa.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:38 PM.

oh grow up jack you new what you were doing.its gonna happen again and again .mark my words.move on

By barbara.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:27 PM.

Aww, poor jack
it must be really hard for you

By Vickie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:56 PM.

Wonderful PR work from the Guru Max Clifford.

Only Max could make a disgrace look tolerable.

By HP.. Posted August 16 2009 at 1:59 PM.

"Message by LC. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:29 AM"

Well said!
It's a sad state we've fallen into in this country.
Whatever happened to compassion?
It makes me nervous for the future to be honest.

By Jinny.. Posted August 16 2009 at 2:05 PM.

Everyone deals with greif in diffrent ways and unfortunatly for jack he is havin shreds ripped off him coz he is in the public eye. Noone seems to be rippein shreds off jackiey who decided to do 1 abroads shortly after jades death and shack up with a fella and sell her story to the papers about havin a baby in jades memory she wasn't a good enough mother the first time round plz god don't let her have another child to neglect. Jack get help and remember the fun times u had with jade. Remember how beautiful she looked when she became ur loving wife

By sho.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:53 PM.

Chris J
Yes he is an adult but he is still only 22..he has not got the life experience of someone who is in their forties for example.
You call me an idiot for having an opinion different to yours. you dont know me.
who really is the idiot here?

By Ann Burton.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:38 PM.

YET AGAIN HE MAKES MONEY FOR BEEN A NOBODY WHO CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING ALL HE IS INTERESTED IN IS MONEY MONEY MONEY.

By JAY.. Posted August 16 2009 at 1:29 PM.


Hit the road Jack and take Jackiey with you.

By j.. Posted August 16 2009 at 1:38 PM.

I think the 'real' Jack will show in say 2 or 3 years, be it the same, worse or not, till then I reserve judgement, anyone who's lost someone young & whom they loved will tell you grieving takes time and we deal with it our own way.

Her own mother deals with it her way does she not?

He was at Jades side when she needed him most the rest,for now, is irrelevant.

By Lilly.. Posted August 16 2009 at 1:36 PM.

UNTIL YOU PEOPLE WHO ARE SLATING HIM HAVE ACTUALLY SAT AND WATCHED SOMEONE YOU LOVE WASTE AWAY AND DIE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE THEN KEEP YOUR OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!!

MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVENT EVEN HAD TO DEAL WITH REAL GRIEF, THE GUT WRENCHING LOST FEELING YOU HAVE INSIDE, THE WANT TO JUST RUN AWAY AND NOT HAVE TO FEEL THE EMPTY FEELING THAT ACTUALLY MAKES YOU ACHE INSIDE!!!

GIVE THE GUY A BREAK HE IS YOUNG AND HAS GONE THROUGH A TERRIBLE TIME, HAVE A FREAKIN HEART WILL YOU!!!

By Kim x from corby.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:17 PM.

What you have been through is awful, but sadly its nothing that doesn't happen to thousands of Mothers and Fathers every year.

Go away and find peace - stop airing your laundry in public - in short, get some dignity!

By simon.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:07 PM.

An Burton, wake up. He is 22 - he is an ADULT and you have made yourself look like an idiot.

By Chris J.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:07 PM.

I think it's hysterical that anyone cares.

By Mark.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:06 PM.

The guy is an absolute disgrace. A chavvy, work-shy non-entity who has been told by his manager (the thought of this guy having a manager is a joke in itself ...) to clean up his act in the public eye. He means nothing of all of this. How can people feel any sympathy for this thug who has been in jail twice at his age and is messing up his life instead of getting a normal job and grow as a decent human being and example to his sons. Where is this country going to??

By Peter.. Posted August 16 2009 at 12:03 PM.

What a pathetic creature. Go away and get a proper job instead of still tying to live off Jade's memory. Do you think you are the only person who ever lost someone. Try losing a loved one suddenly in a car accident for instance with no chanceto say goodbye. So poor Jack has to party, drink and sleep with another girl just weeks after his wife's death, and we should feel sorry for him!! Magazines should stop printing anything about this low life.

By trish.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:42 AM.

What a scumbag

By 2112.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:14 AM.

does any body else think his got a weird mouth lol

By rosie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:11 AM.

I am angry by some of the comments on here. Britain has truely gone down in my estimations big time.

He is 22 years old and all you people who are slating him have lost their wife or husband have you in such a way that they are in constant pain and suffering that you have to lose your loved one like that.

The heart of Britain has well and truely gone.

He is right, there is no right or wrong way to grieve, along with having children it doesnt come with a manual. Everyone is different.

Jack i hope you do see someone to help you with your grief as you cant use drink cos that will lead to another problem hun.

Britain is a disgrace today that they get their kicks out of picking on a young man who is clearly struggling to grieve for his wife. Most 22 year old boys would have run a mile Jack didnt he stayed and watched someone he loved dearly fade away in front of his eyes.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves. I hope none of you have to go through what he has gone through. Cos i am sure its like hell on earth. And he doesnt even have Bobby and Freddie to keep him busy to take his mind off things he is left alone and struggling.

You slate him but he made no money from Jade's estate. He has a job for the ones who have not read this article properly, club promoting which he gets paid for.

Give Jack a break. Paps leave him alone.

By LC.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:29 AM.

Poor old Jack, all that partying, sex & drink, I feel for you ! ! ! Jade knew, that's why she left you out the will.

Why don't you just go out with Jordan/ Katie I have my price? This will see you both get media attention, both get paid, both sleep with rubbish.

Just think Jack . . more money, an extra 15 mins of fame. . . You know it makes sense.

By And C.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:09 AM.

Jack hasn't just LOST his wife, he has had to watch her waste away, in a lot of pain and been unable to do a thing about it. He is young and we know (as he admits) not overly intelligent but he DID sit by Jades side and help her through her final days and that is something that most of the population (including Carole Malone) have not had to do and could never understand. I have, and i wiuldn't wish it on anyone as it brought about a near breakdown for me.
I think it's easy to criticise when the lad obviously needs a shoulder to cry on... cos his has been taken away from him!!!
GIVE HIM A BREAK!!!

By kedge75.. Posted August 16 2009 at 11:08 AM.

I do have sympathy for Jack though even if he is doing what he does deliberately to catch in on cheap publicity. Obviously, profiting on this will be very short lived.

I therefore advise him to seek help - counselling to get back his life on track. Whether it is grief that is pushing him to drink and seek negative attentn it is a bad decision to make.

The fact that he did not dessert Jade when she needed him most; is a plus for him. Low profile life or not, press will still find something to write about, but try and be positive, and not leave a self destructive life. Your family will also be the best people to be around with most now, and not friends.

By Dara.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:59 AM.

I think when you lose someone there really is only two roads you can take. The one where you stay in every day, consumed with grief and unable to let go of the memories, some popping depression pills thinking you will one day get past it all.

The other road is the one which you feel the need to go out most days with friends, keep yourself busy and try to move on a bit and eventually in time you might see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Okay so perhaps Jack has been on the second road a bit too far.

He needs the support of his family and friends and hopefully he is getting it. That said, his friends are the ones going out all the time and the temptation is always there. Well they are young after all so you couldn't blame them but this whole club promotion nonsense means he is being targeted by these money grabbing tarts looking to make a quick buck to pay for their hair extensions.

Now is the time to act like the mature Jack. Heal your rift with Jackie, spend more time with the family and kids, investigate other business opportunities to take you out of the party scene which has given you this awful reputation you have only earned yourself. Wake up smell the roses, grief is only temporarily found in Vodka and Red Bull.
If you really want Jade to be looking down at you smiling proudly then it's up to you to change your ways.

Memories are what tie us to our past. Dreams are what make our future.



By Shar.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:57 AM.

Don't even know who you are. Basically some bloke off the street. Go away zero.

By Bob.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:57 AM.

Jack you need to get over yourself!!!!

By Rebecca.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:45 AM.

Ahhhhhhh - poor Jack! Get over it idiot! Yet another one who's using the papers that showed him for what he is to gain sympathy! Fed up with reading about him he's a nobody - using the old I feel guilty crap! Shame on you!

By nagging mum.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:43 AM.

I feel sorry for Jack. Grief can affect you in so many different ways. And to the people telling him to get a job .... unemployment for his age group is running at about 20%, he has a criminal record and is in the public eye. Who is going to employ him except clubs wanting publicity??

By Jo.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:42 AM.

He was like ths before jade died. He s just showing his true colours. Get a job jack fill your day in with proper work. Jack you are a TOTal complete waste of space. Do us all a favour and disappear we are not interested in you you arew pathetic waste of space and newspapers must be crackers paying you for such ads in this newspaper. Shocking!!!!!!!!
you deserve to be back in jail you are a disgrace,

By Lizzie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:35 AM.

I don't think he would have married Jade if it wasn't for the position Jade was in, sorry but my personal opinion.

This story is to cover his ass. I'm young, how am I suppose to handle it blah blah. He's living his life how he really wants to and because of the bad press, he needs a bail out. I haven't quite fathomed the bad press bit, he really is insignificant.

Let him get on with it, let him do what he likes. He has done nothing to warrant all this attention.

By Coral.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:32 AM.

cut the guy some slack!! he's lost the woman he loves and everyone has to deal with loss in their own way! he's 22, of course he's gonna go out and party and remember hes paid to go clubbing!!!!

By vicky.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:28 AM.

I can't see how being in grief is being afraid of getting a job. One thing has not got anything to do with the other. Jack can get work. Its painful when you lose someone. Those around him are not guiding him correctly. Its very easy to criticise from your broadband network while you are sitting smug.

By Kellie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:23 AM.

We as punters are being taken for mugs, this waste of space gets paid every time he gives interviews and spends it on having a good time.

Only for him to make another mint giving interviews, speaking of regrets, goes on another party journey and comes back for more interview money.

By Red.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:15 AM.

This article makes me so angry.

First of all, I agree with Jack in that this is a whole new experience for him. He devoted all his time to Jade in the end, caring for her, cleaning her teeth, being there for her, marrying her so she could have the day every girl dreams of. He has always been lovely to those boys and yes, he has made some mistakes, and behaves a bit like a idiot sometimes - show me a young cocky lad who doesnt.

He is 22 remember that. He has seen things none of us should ever see. He has watched a young mother die infront of him, and he has been there constantly for her children.

This is just one of the many issues that really annoy me about the media. We rise them up then laugh when they fall.

He could have gone all quiet, had counselling and never be seen leaving the house. But, Is that the Jack that Jade loved? I dont think so. He is a young party boy, trying to find his way and get over grief, and if going out and being the young lad he is is the way he deals with it, then so be it.

Leave him alone. it doesn't matter anymore. Jade has gone and should be allowed to rest in peace. Jack has to make his own choices and deal with the fall out from the choices he makes. I am not saying its right, far from it, but it strikes me that he is just a young heartbroken Essex boy who is being 22. I bet he hasn't felt young for a long time. Leave him alone.

By Lorna.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:06 AM.

leave the poor lad alone

By mark.. Posted August 16 2009 at 10:02 AM.

Jack should be still locked up. His assult on the 16 year old boy with a golf club alone should have seen him locked away for a very long time.

No sympathy here dude. Just shut it and move on.

By Frank.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:48 AM.

GET A JOB YOU WASTE OF SPACE!!!!!!
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU ANYWAY!!!
NOTHING BUT A WORK SHY THUG WITHOUT A BRAIN!
BET JACK COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS LUCK THE DAY JADE WALKED INTO HIS LIFE!
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE YOUR UGLY MUG SO GET LOST!!!

By jamie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:46 AM.

What a fool Jack Tweed is. Gives this interview with tears in his eyes and hours later is spotted leaving a nightclub with three blondes and taking them back to his Chigwell home.

And he expects sympathy from the public.

ROFLMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

By Rose.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:41 AM.

Loneliness is a terrible thing, especially if you have lost someone.

By jane.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:28 AM.

He is just trying to cover his arse. We all know what Jack Tweed is REALLY about, and frankly I couldn't care less what he does, its certainly what I expected. Shame the paps keep putting him in the news.

By Jay.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:22 AM.

Jack Tweed is a disgrace! ONLY reason he is giving this interview is because he does not like the public knowing he is a lowlife.

Jade has gone and Jack knows the publicity with Jade has gone. He has blown it bigtime. He has been living it up since Jade passed away. I bet she is looking down on him ashamed right now.

Thank god the boys are with Jeff there dad who is decent. Just a shame Jade didn't marry Jeff. It was only the illness that made her marry Jack because they certainly never had a great relationship.

Jack is now upset because he can't make more money out of Jade!!!


By Jeanette.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:21 AM.

for god sake what is wrong with some people.

HE IS 22.
HE HAS JUST LOST SOMEONE HE LOVED.
WHEN YOU ARE 22 THAT IS VERY VERY HARD.
ITS SIMPLE, HE CANT HANDLE IT AND HIS HEAD IS SCREWED UP.

GIVE HIM A BREAK AND SOME COMPASSION.

By Ann Burton.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:19 AM.

While I haven't lost a husband, I did recently lose my father to an industrial accident just a few short weeks ago so I know of the grief he's going through. Dealing with a grief like that can be almost unbearable and sometimes I don't know what to do. Drink may make you forget for a few hours but it make matters worse when you turn sober again.

I know this suggestion might make you scoff (it does with most people I know) but going to see a counsellor will go a long way into helping you accept what has happened and move on from Jade's death. As much as we don't want it to, life goes on and we can't dwell on the death of a loved one forever.

As my father would say, 'Keep your chin up, keep smiling and keep moving on. The past is forever in the past, so look forward to the future.' Its bloody hard to follow that I can tell you, but in time, things will be okay.

Lindsay.

By Lindsay.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:15 AM.

Whatever Jack is getting up to now, remember he was there for Jade when she needed him.
We all cope in the only way we can with grief and many people turn to drink - the only difference is that most of us don't have photographers following us 24/7.
Jades loss was tragic and Jack is just struggling to come to terms with his loss- Good luck Jack. RIP Jade.

By jo.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:12 AM.

This is a SCUM BAG of the first order, you can just see the fake workshy idiot lying on the tape as he speaks . He is just playing around to get more of Jades fame and money !!

By Steve Cole.. Posted August 16 2009 at 9:06 AM.

Poor Jade, I wish she'd married Jeff! This guy is a waster and sponger go and live your life all well and good but have some respect for JADE AND YOURSELF!

By Minipeach.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:57 AM.

my husband died when i was 25 and i had two little boys. i was in another country with no family, i got through it all, and you will as well if you grow up and stop thinking poor me.

By pat.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:52 AM.

Leave him alone!!! Carole that was such a bitchy interview and you made him out to be an idiot. Your supposed to be interviewing him not parading pictures of yourself, get off your high horse! I was a great fan of Jade and after reading her diaries I deeply respect Jack. Hes 22, just lost the love of his life and no he didnt get any money from her, she kept telling him to take some money and keep her houses but he refused. Both him and her know hes immature and girls are throwing themselves on him all the time, of course they know hes just lost his wife but they are tramps. And just because he leaves a club with them does not mean that hes slept with them.
If you have read any of Jades books instead of sticking to tabloid news you will know that she will be very happy looking down on him.
So have any of you guys, or Carole, ever been a 22 year old male in the spot light with a wife of 27 just died of cancer? No? Your opinions count for nothing!!

By Kay.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:50 AM.

what a sad little parasite!...i should've put that bet on,comes in a dead cert that this moby would do anything on his release to keep the story alive,i for one could'nt care less what this idiot has to say,i care even less about what he get's up to!

By eddy.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:47 AM.

I'm in defence of everyone today, leave the guy alone for goodness sake, he has been through more than most 35 year olds have, I'm sure it's not easy at his age, prison, marriage, death, it's more than I could cope with in such a short space of time, maybe he just needs to lie low for a while and let the dust settle.

By Demi.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:34 AM.


How many of us have lost a partner at the age of 22? Everyone deals with grief differently. You just don't know 'til you've been there yourself, so please lighten up and give the man a bit of breathing space.

He's 22 for heaven's sake. Remember what YOU were like at that age? I doubt I would have handled something like this very well when I was 22.

He's not beholden to any of us. We don't own him. He's not public property so what right have we got to chastise him. Just let him deal with it his own way. He'll come out the other end.

By Jinny.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:30 AM.

Why do u have to lie jack,

By leagraa.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:19 AM.

Please stop giving him media coverage! He says one thing then does another. He can do all he likes for all I care, but stop doing the interviews about how tough you are finding it. Jade's boys have coped better then you and they lost their mum, grow up!!! If you hate being on your own as much as you say you do then maybe you should have stayed living with your mum and dad for a bit longer. Your poor mum must be out of her mind with worry!

By Julie.. Posted August 16 2009 at 8:03 AM.

He needs to stop working as a club promoter, as being around alcohol and cheap women are causing most of his problems. Wasn't he a model before? He could certainly go back to this work and still make a lot of money. He would also earn more than money, maybe respect.

By katee.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:57 AM.

If you're that genuine Jack, then how about you donate the fee for this interview to charity? :)

By AbbyNormal.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:47 AM.

Out on the razz within hours of saying you would not. Says it all really. Get a proper job, only then will you find some self respect.

By Carol.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:33 AM.

Does anyone believe this? Thought not. Why does he have "a manager"? Oh yes - to remind him if he forgets any of the 'script' they have prepared.
Go away - work hard - and we'll believe you.

By Mark.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:10 AM.

This man Tweed s nothing more than a workdhy
layabout who cons the world with his phony grief.

A criminal petty and stupid and does not give a damn for anybody. What a lying scumbag he is with out an ounce of decency.

He is and always will be a lazy workshy bully
who lives off the fame of his late wife.For goodness sake get a real job and learn not to lie you are an excuse for a Human Being.

Stop trying to hoodwink the Public is just does not work ok.

By bazz.. Posted August 16 2009 at 7:07 AM.

stay out of the papers! get a real job! and keep your mouth shut.

By pam pam.. Posted August 16 2009 at 6:18 AM.

Yes we all believe him.. Surely his 15 minutes of fame is over by now ?

By Hamad Lone.. Posted August 16 2009 at 6:16 AM.

Poor me, poor me - Pour me a drink! We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable.

The only requirement for AA membership is a DESIRE to stop drinking.

By Jonas.. Posted August 16 2009 at 4:59 AM.

i think he there for the money makeing and thats all, and hes doing it now with more storys.

By shirley.. Posted August 16 2009 at 3:33 AM.

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