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Kelsey Parker insists late husband Tom would be ‘happy’ if she finds love again
TOM Parker's widow Kelsey has insisted that The Wanted star would be "happy" if she finds love with a new man.
Kelsey, 32, lost Tom to cancer in March this year and has been documenting her grief in her own reality show.
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In the latest episode, the mum-of-two was seen visiting a widows' group at a local pub.
Kelsey was chatting to the women - who were all elderly - about their losses when she was asked about finding love again.
She replied: "We didn't really have those conversations but, knowing Tom, I feel like he would be happy for me. He'd just want me to be happy. And I'm so young."
One of the widows told her: "He would want you to live a full life."
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Kelsey and Tom were together for 13 years before he passed away from an aggressive brain cancer aged 33.
The pair met in a west London night club in 2009 when The Wanted's Tom was 21 and Kelsey was 19.
They were married for almost four years and are parents to daughter Aurelia, three, and two-year-old son Bodhi.
During episode three of her reality show, Kelsey Parker: Life After Tom, Kelsey admitted she was almost "jealous" of the widows who had spent up to 60 years married to their husbands.
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But after chatting to the ladies over coffee, she concluded that losing a partner was heartbreaking at any age.
"I don't think there's any age for it to be easier to lose a partner," the grieving actress and influencer concluded.
"Some of them had been together for 60 years. You lose that partner and I guess that must be absolutely heart-wrenching.
"There's never a good age to lose your partner, your best friend and the love of your life."
The latest episode of Kelsey's ITVBe show comes after was romantically linked to electrician Sean Boggans.
The 39-year-old was apparently by her side at a pal’s wedding in Greenwich, South London, last month after the couple were introduced through mutual friends.
A guest said: “It’s early days and she has a lot on her plate, but he’s shown her so much support.
“He was with her on what was a tough day. They were kissing and looked loved-up.”
In April, Kelsey opened up to The Sun about Tom's final moments.
She said: "I got into bed with him. We were in bed together for two hours, I just wanted that time with him.
"It was romantic even then. Yes, we were in a hospice but that was Tom as a person, it never mattered where we were.
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"I said, ‘You know Tom, I will be OK, the kids will be OK. I will make sure that everything you want them to know, the things that you’ve taught me over the years, I promise to teach them it all’.
"He said, ‘I know you’re going to be OK’. He then took off his wedding ring and put it on my finger."
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