Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed has paid tribute to her on the 11th anniversary of her death.
The TV personality, 32, declared he would ‘never ever stop loving’ the Big Brother star, and told how he’ll be lighting a candle to mark the day.
Jade passed away from cervical cancer aged 27 in 2009. She married Jack just one month before her death on Mother’s Day.
Sad loss: Jade Goody’s widower Jack Tweed has paid tribute to her on the 11th anniversary of her death (pictured in 2019)
Speaking to The Sun on her anniversary, Jack said: ‘Many years may have passed since Jade died but the pain doesn’t get any less. I still love and miss Jade as much today as I did the moment went to sleep.’
Referring to government advice that citizen should adopt social distances amid the coronavirus outbreak, he added: ‘It is particularly hard today as I won’t be seeing my own mum as normal so will spend a lot of time on my own.’
He continued: ‘But I’ll be lighting a candle for Jade. It’s the same one each year, a large candle we got on our wedding day. I know I will never meet anyone like her again.’
Jack added that he hoped her memory would live on and that people will ‘remember her smile’ and zest for life.
Forever: The TV personality, 32, declared he would ‘never stop loving’ the Big Brother star, and told how he’ll be lighting a candle to mark the day
He also send out a message to Jade’s mum Jackiey Budden as he admitted they had lost touch since the star’s death.
Jack’s words come days after he revealed his family saved his life after he experienced suicidal thoughts following her tragic death and told how he would be dead if it wasn’t for his loved-ones stepping in.
Speaking to The Sun, Jack told how his brother one day came home to find ‘bottles of tablets’ sitting in front of him.
Gone too soon: Jade passed away from cervical cancer aged 27 in 2009. She married Jack just one month before her death on Mother’s Day (pictured in February 2009)
Discussing the ordeal to the publication. he said: ‘I did have suicidal thoughts for a while, just thought what’s the point in all this?
‘I’ve lost everything and never felt so low in my life, my brother came round one day and found me sitting with bottles of tablets in front of me.’
The TV personality went on to explain that his mental health has suffered in the wake of the star’s death, adding that he lives with ‘acute anxiety.’
He continued: ‘My mental health has suffered a lot since Jade died. I’ve got acute anxiety which is very hard to deal with. I went on medication for a while, but I didn’t really like it. To be honest, I probably didn’t give it a chance. I’m not one for taking tablets.’
Heartbroken: Jack’s words come days after he revealed his family saved his life after he experienced suicidal thoughts following her tragic death and told how he would be dead if it wasn’t for his loved-ones stepping in
Jack went on to say how coping with ‘simple things’ was difficult amid his anxiety, adding that things feel like a ‘big deal’ to him.
Speaking further about the pain he’s endured since her death, Jack added that everyday he wakes with a ‘constant sick feeling’, adding that he used to drink to get rid of that feeling but has since cut down.
He added that the upcoming anniversary of her death on Sunday will be ‘hard’ to deal with, even more so as it falls on Mother’s Day.
It comes months after Jade’s former partner Jeff Brazier admitted the decade since his her death has been ‘tremendously difficult’.
So sad: ‘I’ve lost everything and never felt so low in my life, my brother came round one day and found me sitting with bottles of tablets in front of me’ (pictured in February 2008)
Tough: Speaking further about the pain he’s endured since her death, Jack added that everyday he wakes with a ‘constant sick feeling’, adding that he used to drink to get rid of that feeling but has since cut down (pictured in 2008)
The 40-year-old star also opened up about how their sons Bobby, 16, and Freddie, 15, had grown into ‘wonderful young men’ after adjusting to the trauma of their mother’s death.
Speaking to Barrow-in-Furness based paper The Mail in November, Jeff said the last 10 years had been ‘tremendously difficult – that’s the only way I can really put it. There’s been ups and downs, but we’ve come through it together.’
The star – who wasn’t in a relationship with Jade at the time of her passing – went on that to say that his sons were ‘coming of age’ and ‘have grown into wonderful young men. I’m hugely proud of them.’
Difficult: Jade Goody’s ex Jeff Brazier, 40, admitted the decade since her death has been ‘tremendously difficult’ (pictured: the pair in 2003 during Jade’s first pregnancy)
Heartbreaking: Jeff also opened up about how their sons Bobby, 16, and Freddie, 15, had grown into ‘wonderful young men’ after adjusting to the trauma of their mother’s death (pictured in 2005)
He revealed the anniversary of Jade’s death, which coincides with Mother’s Day is ‘hard’ because of the ‘cruel coincidence’.
The date ‘stirs up a lot’ for his two sons but that the family would never stop talking about Jade because she was their mother.
He added his job was to be ‘respectful’ towards the reality star’s memory by ensuring she ‘lives on’ through her children.
A Struggle: Jeff said the last 10 years had been ‘tremendously difficult – that’s the only way I can really put it’ after Jade’s death from cervical cancer in 2009 (pictured in 2003)