Kelsey Parker has found happiness again with partner Will Lindsay but she still raises money for cancer charities every year in memory of her beloved husband Tom
Kelsey Parker has shared an update four years on from her husband Tom’s tragic death at the age of just 33. The Wanted singer passed away in March 2022 almost two years after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour that was a rare form of cancer.
He left behind Kelsey and their two children, daughter, Aurelia, five, and four-year-old son Bodhi. Though Kelsey has found happiness again with new man Will Lindsay, who she has been dating since September 2024, the 36-year-old still continues to pay tribute to Tom and organises a charity football match each year in his memory.
And this year was no different – with Kelsey raising over £100,000 for charity to date for vital brain cancer research via the Tom Parker Foundation. She was joined by stars including footballer Bradley Dack and MAFS stars John Shepherd and Leah Tyrer for the footie match. While JLS star Oritsé Williams performed on the pitch.
Speaking about Tom pitch side, an emotional Kelsey gushed: “Do you know what, it [the charity football match] means everything to me. I can’t believe we’re four years. People still show up. People still care. And this is for such an amazing cause, so it just means everything. I love you all who have supported.”
Tom’s pal Oritsé also paid an emotional tribute in a video posted on his own Instagram feed. He told fans: “Today was really special, really emotional. I performed at the Tom Parker Foundation charity football match.
“And it’s so deep because all of the memories of the conversations I had with Tom really came rushing back. I was there. I could see how many people were out supporting him. You could see the children and everybody.
“It was very, very beautiful man. Almost 2,000 people there. It was packed out. And so many people just took some time out to celebrate Tom’s legacy. It was just absolutely stunning. “
Oritsé added of his late pal: “What an incredible mark Tom left on the world. It was just unbelievable. Really, really beautiful and I’m so happy that I could be a part of it. I’m humbled.”
Two years after losing Tom, his widow Kelsey experienced more heartbreak when the baby boy she was expecting with new partner Will – who they had already named Phoenix – was stillborn at 39 weeks in June 2025.
At the time Kelsey admitted that she needed ‘space to breathe’ and explained that sometimes, she felt like she had the weight of the ‘whole world ‘ on her shoulders.
In a video, she said: ‘Hi everyone, how are you all? I feel like I’ve been a little bit quiet, but you know what, that’s ok. It’s ok to not be ok all the time. She added: ‘We live in this world where everyone’s just trying to look like they’ve all got it figured out. Strength means smiling for everything, sometimes strength means being still – it means saying, I just need quiet for a little bit.”
After another difficult year, Kelsey shared that she and Will are now trying to have another baby together and she is hoping for better things in 2026.
Opening up on her podcast with Georgia Jones, Mum’s The Word! she said: “‘I just want a better year, it was really really tough, it was s**t. I think to continue the path of, ‘is there a baby this year for me’, I could have one this year, which is exciting, also I think raising awareness and keep doing my charity work.”
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