Kelsey Parker, the wife of the late singer Tom Parker, has shared the sad conversation she has regularly with her daughter following her dad's death. Bolton-born Tom tragically died in March, aged 33, 17 months after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour.
Tom, who shot the fame as one-fifth on Glad You Came and All Time Low singers The Wanted, shared the news of his diagnosis to fans in October 2020 when Kelsey, was pregnant with their second child, Bodhi, who is now one.
Kelsey has been applauded by fans of the band and her followers for sharing an honest and candid account of her grief since losing Tom, who was laid to rest in a celebration of life service in April.
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Her latest TV appearance saw her appear on Lorraine on ITV to chat to host Lorraine Kelly. It comes after Tom's memoir, released last month, had spent two weeks at the top of the Sunday Time's best sellers list.
During the conversation, Lorraine mentioned an adorable video clip Kelsey posted to Instagram which showed Aurelia, two, getting very excited when she saw the book with her dad's face on the front in a shop when it was released and they went to pick up a copy.
"Whenever she sees her dad, she's like, 'that's my dad!' Kelsey commented. "I've been really honest but she does still talk about him every day and she doesn't quite understand that he's not coming back. So I have to be really blunt to say, 'he's not coming back, that's it, he's dead and he's not coming back'.
"Because she doesn't really understand. Obviously, where the book's out and she's seen him in store, she's a bit like, 'well he's been on tour so is he gonna come back from this?'
Kelsey continued: "So she's just really confused by it, but then we do talk about him every day. She does ask me every day about him and obviously we have little things around the house of Tom's, so she'll see like his wallet and be like, 'Oh that's daddy's wallet'.
Talking generally about her two children with Tom, who she married in 2018, Kelsey said: "They wake up happy, they wake up in a good mood so then I can't be sad. And he wouldn't us to be sad and mourning. Don't get me wrong, I get my bad days, of course I do.
"At night it is lonely, I am lonely, but this is my life, I have to get on with it." She also added: "I find it hard that I can't text or call him to tell him things. I have lost the love of my life."
