Kelsey Parker sat down with Christine Lampard on ITV’s Lorraine this morning as she opened up about the tragic death of baby Phoenix and how she’s navigating grief

Kelsey Parker sat down with Christine Lampard on Lorraine this morning, as she opened up about the tragic death of baby Phoenix – and how she shared the devastating news with her two young children.

The podcast host and widow of The Wanted’s Tom Parker sadly announced her third child was born stillborn at 39 weeks in June.

Kelsey was looking forward to welcoming her third child, and first with partner Will Lindsay, who she met two years after The Wanted star’s tragic death from an inoperable brain tumour in 2022.

Now, Kelsey is ready to share her story, telling Christine that she wanted to be honest and open about the devastating ordeal. “I am strong,” she said.

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Kelsey is mum to Aurelia, six, and Bodhi, four, with The Wanted singer, who were just four and two when Tom tragically passed away.

“My kids are my everything, and they’ve got me through the darkest of times. I can’t believe I’m back here three and a half years later, I’m dealing with such a loss and devastation.” she told Christine.

On how she navigated grief with her two young ones, Kelsey said she’s done nothing but be honest. “It’s being honest. It’s telling them facts. Because I never want them to feel like I’ve not been honest and years later they say, ‘Oh but mum, you didn’t tell me this and you didn’t tell me that!’”

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“They’ve lost their dad, they know their dad’s with the angels now, so we told them, ‘Pheonix has gone with your daddy,’” Kelsey revealed she told her children as she shared the devastating news.

The star then emphasised how important she felt it was to talk about grief, after she took time off social media to spend time with her family and allowing herself to grieve.

In January, Kelsey took to Instagram to announce she was expecting her third child, but five months later broke the devastating news that the little boy who they had named Phoenix, was stillborn.

She told her son that “you will forever be loved” in a heartfelt poem posted on her social media page.

Speaking on the poem to Christine, Kelsey said: “That suited us to share our news. It was such hard news to share.”

“Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you will forever be loved”, she wrote alongside a moving poem, entitled For Phoenix, Born Sleeping, Forever Loved. The poem read: “The world grew quiet as you arrived, So loved, so longed for, yet not alive. Our precious boy, our angel light, Born with wings, took silent flight.

“We named you Phoenix, brave and bright. A soul of love, of warmth and light Though we never heard you cry, You’ll live in hearts that won’t ask why. No breath you drew, no eyes to see,

“Still, you mean everything to me. You’ll journey with us, softly near, In every sigh, in every tear.”