Tom with wife Kelsey
(Picture: Tom Parker/Instgram)The Wanted star Tom Parker has asked his fans to pray for him while lighting a candle during the new moon after his cancer diagnosis.
The singer posted a heartwarming photo with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and said to fans: “Let’s all heal together”.
The 33-year-old was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in October 2020 and is undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Parker asked fans to join him in lighting the candle at 6pm on Wednesday, while praying: “I let go of what no longer serves me for the highest good and in divine order. all that I am and all that I will ever be!
“May I be strong. May my body return to health and completely free from disease.
“I call on angels, guides and ancestors to help support me in this healing journey and please awaken my heart and mind to give me the power, strength and healing that I need on this journey to complete health.
“May my family be adorned with the love and strength that they need to enable them to support me too.”
After six rounds of chemotherapy and 30 radiotherapy sessions, Parker was able to say at the end of last year that his condition was “stable”.
He wrote on Instagram in November: “I’m sat here with tears in my eyes as I tell you. We’ve got my brain tumour under control”.
The improvement in his condition meant he was able to join his bandmates on last month's Strictly The Real Full Monty.
Doctors had previously told him the life expectancy for those suffering with the disease was 12 to 18 months.
The Bolton popstar, who has a daughter Aurelia, two, and son Bodhi, 11 months, said in TV documentary Inside My Head in October: “You’ll always be classed as terminal.”
However, he added: “Now, we’re aiming to be cancer free by March. That’s the aim. This disease is always there.
"You might have residual cells but just not active. So, we’ll just carry on, just crack on and see where we get to.”
