A pre-recorded message from Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey was played at the star's funeral service on Wednesday, April 21, and the bittersweet message resonated with the congregation. The Wanted singer died on Wednesday, March 30, having announced in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with an inoperable grade 4 tumour.
The couple had married in 2018 and have a daughter, Aurelia Rose, born in 2019 and son, Bodhi, born in October last year. During the funeral service, Kelsey's message was played, in which she shared anecdotes about how she met "her soulmate" at a nightclub before he shot to fame with The Wanted.
She said: “From that moment I told everyone I wanted to marry Tom Parker.” The congregation erupted into laughter as she said: “Tom told me he was going to be famous and wouldn’t have time for a girlfriend, but he wouldn’t leave me alone
