VIEWERS STUNNED: A week after speaking to Christine Lampard, Kelsey Parker gives BOLD UPDATE in MEMORY of her late son
Aweek after Kelsey Parker spoke to Christine Lampard about the loss of her baby boy Phoenix on Lorraine, she’s remembered her late son with a poignant tattoo.
Little Phoenix was stillborn 39 weeks into Kelsey’s pregnancy earlier this summer. Kelsey Parker was due to welcome her baby with boyfriend Will Lindsay.
Kelsey previously lost her husband, The Wanted singer Tom Parker, to cancer in 2022. The couple shared two children – Aurelia, six, and Bodhi, four. Back in 2023, she shared a reel of a tattoo she’d had done in memory of Tom.
Now, following the d3ath of Phoenix, it has even more significance…
Tattoo tribute for baby Phoenix
Kelsey reposted a clip of herself getting the tattoo on her Instagram Stories earlier today (August 14). In the video, taken in the aftermath of Tom’s d3ath, she is seen getting the inking done on her ribcage.
It features a phoenix rising up towards the sky, with the word ‘Hope’ written on its belly. Two butterflies also feature.
Kelsey captioned the clip: “My little Phoenix with me every day.”
In the original caption, Kelsey explained why she was getting it done. Kelsey said: “I used to send Tom a quote about a Phoenix to encourage him to rise up. This past year has shown me whatever happens I can rise up. So I wanted to get this tattoo for all of us.
“A phoenix. Hope because that’s all we have and had. Two butterflies for Rae and Bo and now that Tom is flying with them. And a star because he always is our star.”
One follower commenting today told Kelsey: “So beautiful how this tattoo links Tom and little Phoenix. He was always meant to be.”
Kelsey reshared a clip of her tattoo this week (Credit: Instagram)
Kelsey Parker on how she told her kids their brother had d¡ed
Earlier this month, Kelsey appeared on Lorraine and told Christine Lampard how she shared news of Phoenix’s d3ath with her young children, Aurelia and Bodhi.
“It’s being honest, it’s telling them facts. I never want them to feel I haven’t been honest with them. I don’t want them to be in separate rooms to adults. Kids listen.
“For me, we are so honest with them. And obviously they’ve gone through this before – they’ve lost their dad. They know their dad’s in heaven with the angels now, so we said: ‘Phoenix has gone with your daddy.’”
Kelsey then revealed how she and partner Will Lindsay are doing. “For me, we just take each day, and each day is so different for both of us. But I’m strong. And the one thing we are guaranteed is that we are going to d¡e. So talking about d3ath and grief is so important.”
‘They understand what d3ath is’
Speaking to the Mirror, Kelsey doubled down on her comments and added: “For the kids, it just breaks my heart for them because obviously we wanted the happy ever after and to have Phoenix but that didn’t pan out for us.
“I spoke about it like I did with Tom, I just told them the truth. I think that’s all you can do with your children, in anything you’re going through, be honest. Because I think people underestimate their children and what their children can cope with.
“I think for them it actually makes it easier because they’ve gone through loss, they understand what d3ath is. We’re sort of almost like the Addams Family because we’ve gone through so much d3ath and darkness. Aurelia likes to tell people that her dad’s d¡ed and her brother’s d¡ed. She will openly say it, but it’s other people’s reactions. They can’t cope with how honest and open we are.”
