Kelsey Parker ‘doesn’t want to think about’ Tom Parker's death anniversary
ok.co.ukIt’s almost a year since Kelsey Parker said goodbye to her husband, The Wanted frontman Tom Parker, who tragically died at the age of 33.
And in an exclusive interview with new, Kelsey, 32, says grief is “so much bigger” than she ever thought it was.Tom died in March last year after an 18-month battle with glioblastoma brain cancer, leaving his wife and their two children, Aurelia, three, and Bodhi, two.Speaking at the Dirty Dancing premiere at London’s Dominion Theatre, Kelsey tells us how she’s coping ahead of the one-year anniversary of Tom’s death. “I’m just taking each day and living through it really,” she says.Kelsey, who joined a five-day trek across the Sahara Desert in November to raise funds for breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel!, has fronted a six-part documentary on her life after her husband’s death.“Tom called us the Positive Parkers and I really hope our optimism shines through because life is for living and we’re here, we’re doing it and I just want to keep moving forward,” she said when she dedicated the documentary to him.
Here, Kelsey tells us about her relationship with grief and what she gained from facing her fear of talking about her emotions…Hi, Kelsey, how are you doing?I’m just taking each day and live through it really.
It’s tough, but you’ve just got to get through it.Will you do anything to mark the anniversary of Tom’s passing?I don’t know yet.
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