Jeff Brazier has shared his experiences from Celebrity Race Across the World, admitting that the BBC One travel show was much “harder” than his stint on military training show Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
The 45-year-old TV presenter participated in the popular show with his son Freddy, 20. The duo spent five weeks traversing South America on a shoestring budget, without a phone or wallet and under a tight deadline.
Despite the incredible opportunity, Jeff admitted that there were stressful moments during the journey. “I actually found it harder [than Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins]. People think I’m being silly by even suggesting that a travel show can be harder than being interrogated, hosed down and screamed at, but it’s the five weeks of constant challenge and pressure,” Jeff revealed.
He further to OK! Magazine: “The relationship is under scrutiny because throughout Freddy’s childhood, if there’s any stress, Dad takes over. But you can imagine that Fred doesn’t want to be seen as Dad’s plus-one here, so it creates an unnatural reaction sometimes where Fred fights for something that isn’t necessarily important to him.”
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Jeff took on the first celebrity series of SAS: Who Dares Wins back in 2019, competing with celebrities like Sam Thompson, AJ Odudu, Andrea McLean, Louise Mensch, and Jeremy Irvine. The challenges were set in the Andes Mountains in Chile, where Jeff didn’t make the cut, leaving footballer Wayne Bridge as the only star to complete the course.
During their adventure on Celebrity Race Across the World, navigating through Chile and Argentina proved contentious for Jeff and his teammate. Jeff admitted that Freddy used “complete guesswork” a lot of the time because that’s his way of thinking. He claimed his methods, however, used logic.
“You have to find a system that works for you sometimes we would go with Fred’s unpredictability and it would end up being a quicker or more enjoyable route,” he went on. Freddy couldn’t help but chime in proudly to say he always ends up getting where he wants to.
Coping with the blistering South American weather was a feat in itself. Sharing about their crude shower experiences, Jeff divulged: “The most luxurious shower we had was at a bus garage,” He compared this to past reflections about truckers’ showers saying. The duo were ip against DJ Scott Mills and his husband Sam Vaughan, presenter Kelly Brook and her husband Jeremy Parisi, and Ted Lasso’s Kola Bokinni and his cousin Mary Ellen on the show, as they all vied to be the first pair to journey from the Amazon Rainforest to the Andes.
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