Tom Parker's Widow Kelsey Debuts New Romance on Instagram Two Years After The Wanted Singer's Death

Mar. 15, 2025

Tom Parker and Kelsey Parker in 2016.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty

More than two years after thetragic deathof The Wanted singerTom Parker, hiswife Kelseyhas found love again.

TheMum’s the Wordpodcast host, 33, debuted a new romance on Instagram on Sunday, Sept. 22, two years after Tom died in March 2022 following a diagnosis of stage four glioblastoma.

In the photo, which she captioned with a single red heart, Kelsey wore a floral dress and heels, and laughed as a man in a gray suit held her close.

“Love is always the answer ♥️,” Jay McGuiness, a former bandmate of Tom’s inThe Wanted, commented on the post.

Though Kelsey did not tag her mystery man,The Sunidentified him as a tree surgeon named Will.

“Do you know what? I’m in a better place than I was,” she told the outlet. “I think I just jumped straight back into work, because ultimately, I was thinking, ‘S—, I need to provide for the kids.’ Now I feel lighter and I feel like I can see more clearly."

Tom and Kelsey were married in 2018, and she became a single mom to daughterAurelia Rose, 5, and sonBodhi Thomas, 3, upon his death.

In June, Kelsey shared an emotionalInstagram postabout the difficulty of Father’s Day, writing that both the holiday and her life “will never be the same without” her late husband.

Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Max George and Jay McGuiness of The Wanted in London in September 2021.Mike Marsland/WireImage

Mike Marsland/WireImage

Kelsey first dipped her toes back into the dating pool last year, as she went public with her brief relationship with electrician Sean Boggans.

Tom joined The Wanted — comprised of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, McGuiness and Nathan Sykes — in 2009, and the band found success in the U.S. with hits like “Chasing the Sun” and “Glad You Came,” which peaked at No. 3 on theBillboardHot 100.

Though the group split in 2014, they reunited in September 2021 for an emotional charity performance.

source: people.com