# Freddy Brazier admits TV budget used for drugs

> Freddy Brazier says he spent Race Across The World TV budget on cannabis during filming.
- Title: Freddy Brazier admits TV budget used for drugs · LADbible
- Summary: Freddy Brazier says he spent Race Across The World TV budget on cannabis during filming. Freddy Brazier admitted using his TV show budget to buy cannabis on…
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- Source: LADbible — https://ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/freddy-brazier-race-across-world-budget-tv-entertainment-089873-20261012
- Published: 2026-10-12T11:42:22.162+00:00
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## Freddy Brazier admits TV budget used for drugs
Freddy Brazier, 22, admitted using Race Across The World TV show budget to buy cannabis during filming.

> I was very selfish, looking back, and reflecting as I’m speaking, I was very selfish to do so because that could have cost us the show.
## Filming on Mother's Day
Freddy and his father Jeff filmed Race Across The World on Mother's Day after Jeff's mother died in 2009.

> Jeff grieved over the loss of his mum who died of cervical cancer in 2009.
## Strict budget for travel
The father and son duo traveled 7,800 miles from Brazil to Chile with a £1,100 per person budget.

> The father and son duo were filmed traveling 7,800 miles from Belém, in Brazil to Frutillar, Chile, with a strict budget of just £1,100 per person on the show, produced by Studio Lambert.
## Mental state during filming
Freddy admitted he wasn't mentally prepared for filming due to drug use and stress.

> I wasn’t in the place mentally. When I knew that we were going to be filming over Mother’s Day, I was like, “Oh [expletive] I’m going to have cameras in my face on Mother’s Day. I want to be alone.”
## Cannabis purchase on beach
Freddy bought cannabis on Mother's Day while on the beach with bracelet makers.

> I’ve gone and bought myself a three five [of weed] in Brazil on Mother’s Day and smoked it with these two bracelet makers on the beach while looking at the stars.
## Mental health history
Freddy was sectioned at 17 after drug-induced psychosis and diagnosed with BPD and bipolar disorder.

> Elsewhere in the interview, Freddy revealed how he was sectioned at the age of 17 after going into 'drug-induced psychosis' from smoking marijuana, later being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder.
## Key takeaway

Freddy Brazier admitted using his TV show budget to buy cannabis on Mother's Day while filming Race Across The World.