Kelsey Parker hails boyfriend for ‘bringing her back to life’ after Tom’s death

Kelsey Parker has shared her delight at sharing Christmas with her new partner, two years after the death of her husband, The Wanted’s Tom Parker

Kelsey Parker celebrates Christmas with new boyfriend almost three years on from becoming a widow

Kelsey Parker has shared her delight at sharing Christmas with her new partner, two years after the death of her husband, The Wanted’s Tom Parker.

The mum-of-two has said that boyfriend Will Lindsay has brought her “back to life” after the devastation of losing Tom in 2022 after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Kelsey was apprehensive about going public with Will, earlier this year, but now she is embracing the love and support there has been for her new relationship.

In an emotional message that she posted on Instagram, the 34-year-old widow shared a blurred image of her kissing her boyfriend underneath her words. Kelsey wrote: “December… but this year with someone who loves every part of me and has brought me back to life after the storm I’ve been through.”

Kelsey Parker hails new boyfriend for ‘bringing her back to life’ after late husband Tom’s death ( 
Image:
Instagram/ @being_kelsey)

Kelsey with her late husband Tom at the 2021 Pride of Britain Awards, taken just months before his passing ( 
Image:
David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)
Kelsey also added a moving message as a caption to the post, in which she told her followers: “December hits differently this year… After the storm, I’ve found someone who loves every piece of me and reminds me what it feels like to be alive again. My first Christmas with love back in my life, and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

There was plenty of love for Kelsey in the comments as many told the Mum’s The Word podcast host that she deserved to be happy after previous devastation in her life. One wrote: “You deserve to be happy. You deserve it all followers.” Another added: “You deserve to be happy kels so happy for you both. He seems a lovely guy xx.”

Kelsey spoke to OK! about going public with Will and the apprehension she had before doing so. Speaking at the Pride of Britain Awards in October, Kelsey said: “I’m very happy. Everyone has been so supportive which has been lovely and wonderful – I was so scared to share it because, you know, trolling is such a big thing. I was thinking, ‘Am I going to get trolled?’ but the support and love has been absolutely incredible.”

Speaking about Will on the latest episode of her podcast Mum’s The Word, which she co-hosts with Georgia Jones, Kelsey said Will was ‘bringing a male energy’ to the house, which the kids love. Revealing they recently went on a family holiday together, Kelsey said: “He’s used to us as a family now. He brings happiness into our house – a different sort of happiness. Obviously, when it was the three of us we were happy, but now he’s bringing that something else in.”