The Secret To Dealing With Grief with Kelsey Parker - Part 2
Vicky Pattison: The Secret To
Peter Cowley
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Vicky is joined this week by Kelsey Parker, the wife of The Wanted star Tom Parker, who sadly passed away from a brain tumour in March 2022.
Join us as Kelsey opens up about the challenges and triumphs of parenting in the wake of Tom's passing. She candidly shares her journey of navigating the complexities of grief while being a pillar of strength for her children.
We also go down memory lane and find out how Kelsey and Tom first met on a night out, how Ed Sheeran got in touch during Tom’s Cancer Battle and Kelsey reveal’s her secret to dealing with grief.
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| 0:00.0 | You finish the drinks, you and your day have said you goodbyes and you're immediately on the phone to your best friend. |
| 0:06.0 | Like message on my friendship groups, you're never going to believe what's just happened to me. |
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| 0:14.0 | And I'm Frankie Bridge. We'll be bringing you the most amazing, bizarre and heartwarming dating stories. |
| 0:19.0 | Here's like this girl, is it crazy? |
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| 0:30.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to part two of Eat Your Press in the Secret Two. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm joined by the gorgeous Kelsey Parker. |
| 0:40.0 | Um, Kelsey, can I ask you a quick question? |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.0 | Like, were you with Tom before he was in the wanted? |
| 0:48.0 | I literally met Tom on his first night out in the band. |
| 0:53.0 | No. |
| 0:54.0 | So you didn't, the one that like didn't really, really existed there. |
| 0:58.0 | No, they didn't even have a name. So Vick, so we're outside the club. |
| 1:01.0 | Which actually, I've set a little story because a few nights before I'd gone to the jingle bell bowl. |
| 1:07.0 | And I was sat next to this curly head dude and then this gorgeous like Indian thigh. |
| 1:14.0 | Sure. |
| 1:15.0 | And I was like, and this one with curly hair is like going absolutely mental next to me. |
| 1:21.0 | And I was like, who is this dude next to me? |
| 1:23.0 | Anyway, few nights later, we've gone out and we're outside or a nightclub. |
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