JADE Goody’s widower Jack Tweed is set to be a dad for the first time.
The 37-year-old excitedly shared his news with The Sun, revealing his long-term love Ellie Sargeant is pregnant.
The very happy news comes 15 years after the death of his wife Jade Goody, who tragically miscarried their baby before she fell ill with cervical cancer.
Jack, who has been very open about his struggle to come to terms with the loss, told us: “I’ve always wanted kids. I am so excited.”
Ellie is currently eight weeks pregnant, and Jack has been desperate to tell people after finally finding happiness in his life.
“I’ve always felt guilty all my life about it, even talking to other girls and stuff like that.
“I’ve always felt guilty, but now I finally I think I’ve accepted it, and I don’t feel that guilt anymore, really, about it.
“I feel like it’s acceptable to move on, and I think she’d want the same thing as well,” he explained.
But while it’s an incredibly exciting time, it’s also tinged with sadness – and fear.
Recalling losing his first child with Jade, Jack told us: “Obviously that was horrible, because I obviously loved Jade to absolute pieces, and I was so excited we were having a kid together.
“And have, like, a proper family, cos obviously I know we had Bobby and Freddie, but they wasn’t my kids.
“I still treated them like my own kids, but it just felt like it was complete in the family sort of thing.
“And then obviously it didn’t happen, so, yeah, it was not a very nice time. So it is a bit scary to think something like that could happen again. Hopefully not.”
Jack’s girlfriend Ellie – a PA from Essex who he has been dating for two and half years – surprised him when he got home from work one day, but it took him a while to work out what was going on.
“I got in from work, and she gave me a little present. It was, like, a little box. For some reason, I thought it was a posh cakes that you get in bakeries. I thought it was a cake. I was like, yes, I’m starving.
“But it was, like, a little baby outfit saying, I love Daddy, or something like that. And some other card saying, congratulations, and all that.”
He continued: “It took me a while. I was looking at it, thinking, where’s my cake?
“I didn’t know what was going on for a minute, and then it finally hit me, and I was like, yes!”
Electrician Jack is now looking forward to concentrating on parenthood after battling his daemons in his twenties as he came to terms with Jade’s death.
At his lowest, Jack turned to drink and drugs but has now turned his life around and he’s ready for his next chapter.
“I think just everything about me has sort of grown up. Like when you’re younger you care what a lot of people think, and think I don’t want to do that because everyone’s going to think I’m an a****hole and feel like I’m doing something wrong on Jade,” he shared.
“But you finally just get past everything, don’t you? And just I need to make myself happy. I can’t just keep shutting myself away from everyone.”
And he believes Jade would have been “buzzing” about his news because she always knew he would be an amazing dad.
CERVICAL cancer is most commonly diagnosed in women in their early 30s, with around 3,200 new cases and 850 deaths each year in the UK.
According to CRUK, the five-year survival rate is around 70 per cent – and the earlier it is caught, the better.
Cervical screening programmes and HPV vaccines have reduced rates and save 4,000 lives each year.
It is vital you attend your smear test and get jabbed when invited, and that you know the symptoms of cervical cancer to look out for.
These aren’t always obvious, and they may not become noticeable until the cancer has reached an advanced stage.
But you might notice:
Women are invited to have regular cervical screenings between the ages of 25 and 64. How often depends on your age.
The HPV vaccine, which helps protect against the virus, is recommended for children aged 12 to 13 and people at higher risk from HPV.
Source: NHS and Cancer Research UK
Jack is hoping his journey can now inspire others who are going through what he did.
“Hopefully it helps a few other people that have lost their partners, knowing that you can – eventually you can move on and you can be happy again,” he said.
“It just takes time. It’s just – you will not get over it. You’re never going to get over it, but you just learn to just get – live with it and get on with it and you can still be happy with what you go through.”
