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Bobby Brazier’s jaw almost hit the floor on Thursday’s Loose Women when Denise Welch told him one of the world’s most iconic actors is rooting for him on Strictly Come Dancing.
The 20-year-old appeared on the ITV show towards the end of the week with his dance partner Dianne Buswell and 65-year-old Denise revealed she’d recently had dinner with her pal Sir Michael Caine and the 90-year-old actor shared some kind words about Bobby.
According to Denise, Sir Michael said: ‘That Bobby Brazier, he reminds me of me.’
Denise then asked Sir Michael to elaborate and he hilariously replied: ‘He’s so good-looking.’
The Loose Women panellist then added to Bobby: ‘He thinks you’ve got it,’ and unsurprisingly, Bobby struggled to wipe the smile from his face .
How epic is that?
Bobby’s appearance on Loose Women comes after he hinted his next routine will be an emotional tribute to his late mum Jade Goody.
Of the song he’ll dance to this weekend, Maxwell’s This Woman’s Work, EastEnders star Bobby said on It Takes Two this week: ‘It is the perfect song, sung by the perfect man and it is the perfect tone. The lyrics are just profound and touched me at my core – it is gorgeous.
‘I am going to have to work very hard this week to do it justice.’
He added that Dianne, 34, will take on a special role in the routine.
‘I am a child, well there is me as a child and I come out as me now. I have got Dianne, who replicates a woman let’s say my mother probably,’ he explained.
‘We go on this journey throughout. I don’t know the whole dance yet to tell you completely but it is emotional. I think there could be a few tears.’
When Goody died from cervical cancer aged just 27 in March 2009, Bobby was five, and his brother Freddie was four. They were then solely raised by their dad Jeff Brazier, 44.
Bobby exclusively told Metro.co.uk that Goody ‘would be proud’ of him.
‘And not necessarily for Strictly, I think for everything. My life is a much bigger picture than this and everyone that knows and loves me is proud of me, and I think she’d be the same.’
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