Bobby Brazier said his late mum Jade Goody would be "proud" of his acting debut in EastEnders.
The 19-year-old appeared in the BBC soap for the first time on Tuesday as Freddie Slater, son of Maureen ‘Little Mo’ Slater. Bobby admitted he felt nervous about his new venture but the cast had made him feel "comfortable straight away".
Speaking to Good Morning Britain from the Walford set, he said he knows his mum would have been supportive of him finding his feet in the acting world. He said: "She’d be proud. Why wouldn’t she be?