EXCLUSIVE: Kelsey Parker Reveals Pregnancy with Boyfriend Will Lindsay, Says Late Husband Tom ‘Gave His Blessing
Kelsey Parker has exclusively announced that she is expecting her first child with boyfriend Will Lindsay. She shares that she ‘can’t live in sadness’ and believes her late husband, Tom Parker, would have wanted her to find happiness.
The joyful news comes three years after The Wanted singer Tom passed away from brain cancer at 33, leaving Kelsey to raise their two children, Aurelia, 5, and Bodhi, 4, on her own.
Speaking from their South East London home, Kelsey and Will express their excitement about becoming parents together. Kelsey, who runs a performing arts school, had previously hoped to have more children with Tom, but fate had other plans. Now, she believes Tom has given them his ‘blessing’ for this new chapter in her life.
Tom and I always said we wanted four – but life had other plans,” Kelsey says. “So yes, this is amazing but also bittersweet. The joys of finding out I’m pregnant and moving forward with my life, while thinking, ‘My life could have been so different.’ I’ve felt every emotion under the sun. I’m still getting my head around it but I’m so excited. And I know I’m putting myself out there, telling people. I just want everyone to be as happy as I am.”
Kelsey and Will live in the second family home she shared with Tom. “Tom and I had a house before, which we had the kids and got married in. We moved into my current home in September 2021, and Tom only had eight months in this place, but I feel like he picked it for me. Will gradually moved in. There wasn’t a specific date, but he moved in when it felt right for all of us. Right now, we don’t have any plans to move elsewhere and we’ve made this our home.”
Kelsey is philosophical about how life has panned out. “For me, I feel like everything’s meant to be,” she says. “I’m just trying to find joy. I love my children – they’ve got me through the worst times. So I feel like I’ve been blessed with another. “If I dwelled on everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t be here. Tom was my soulmate. I’m still angry he’s gone. But I can’t live in sadness. Tom wouldn’t want that.”
Having previously admitted how lonely she was, Kelsey found love again last year quite by chance, meeting Kent-born Will, 27, on a night out and going public with their romance last September. Kelsey, who is due in June, describes her third pregnancy as a “happy accident” and opens up on the moment she and her partner saw the positive line on the pregnancy test. “It was October 21st, the day after Will’s birthday. He shares a birthday with Bodhi. I was shocked but so happy. Will cried his eyes out!”
Tree surgeon Will couldn’t be more chuffed. “I’m over the moon,” he says. “This is something I’ve wanted for a long time. I couldn’t be happier and I know Kelsey is going to be an amazing mum, as she already is.” Kelsey was “very sick” in her first trimester, but hid her symptoms from everyone as at first just she and Will, her kids and their respective families knew she was expecting.
Tearing up, she says telling her late husband Tom’s family was deeply emotional moment. “Tom’s mum Noreen gave me her blessing instantly. She can’t wait to have another grandchild. All I care about is that both our families and Tom’s family are happy. Noreen is the most amazing lady. After Tom passed, she said to me, ‘As long as you’re happy Kels, whatever you do, we will always support you and be happy for you.’ We’ve all been through so much together. But I’m here and bringing another baby into the world.”