Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey ‘feels guilty’ about giving birth to son Bodhi while husband battles cancer

Tom Parker was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October 2020, when his wife was 35 weeks pregnant with their second child.

And in a new interview, Kelsey Hardwick has admitted she ‘feels guilty’ about giving birth to son Bodhi while her ’emotionally’ late husband battles terminal cancer , as she was ‘not with him’ during labor.

Tom died of glioblastoma brain cancer at the age of 33 on March 30, 2022, leaving behind his wife and two young children: Aurelia, three years old, and Bodhi, 21 months.

Kelsey Hardwick has admitted she ‘feels guilty’ about giving birth to son Bodhi while her late husband Tom Parker battles terminal cancer (Pictured with Bodhi in December 2020)

Kelsey opened up to Giovanna Fletcher about the latest installment of her Happy Mum podcast, Happy Baby, which was released on Tuesday.

When asked about Bodhi’s birth, Kelsey confessed: ‘It was terrible because Tom was so emotional, obviously this time Tom was emotional for different reasons. He’s thinking “How much longer will I have with this baby?”. Oh my God, that’s pretty sad. ‘

‘It was really hard and I remember him going to the bathroom and the nurse saying: “Is he okay?” And I said, “He’s got a brain tumor, he’s just been diagnosed and he’s on treatment now, that’s why.”

‘He’s also very skinny and he’s been losing his hair and obviously this is too much for him.’

Emotional moment: Tom Parker was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October 2020, when his wife was 35 weeks pregnant with their second child (pictured)

When Kelsey revealed that Tom was undergoing treatment while she was in labor and the day after she gave birth to Bodhi, the singer had to leave her and their newborn baby in the hospital to return for treatment.

The mother-of-two continued: ‘I’ve always felt guilty to Bodhi that he didn’t have a good experience for all of that, not that he’s going to remember it…. I think one day he’ll be like “I’m just happy because my dad witnessed my birth”.

‘I just feel sorry for Tom and you know what, because Tom was in this place where he wasn’t Tom at all – like literally I can’t describe it.

Reflection: Kelsey talked about the guilt she felt during labor, confessing: ‘I wasn’t there for him, I wasn’t there for Tom, I couldn’t take care of him for half an hour’

‘By the time he was diagnosed, I had already lost Tom. I felt guilty giving birth because I had to let him take half an hour to actually give birth’.

When it comes to the guilt of labor, Kelsey explained: ‘I’m not there for him, I’m not there for Tom, I can’t take care of him for half an hour.

‘And I just had this massive guilt and I was like “I’m having our baby, I shouldn’t have felt that way but I did,” and I obviously never told Tom that. because I don’t want him to feel that way’.

Keeping it to him: ‘I obviously never told Tom that because I didn’t want him to feel that way’ Kelsey admitted (pictured in 2021)

After the podcast aired, Giovanna shared a clip to her Instagram, where she revealed that they recorded the episode last week.

She added: ‘We both wanted this conversation to be a celebration of her life with Tom and the family they have created together, while also being honest about the heartache of the past two years. .

‘It’s a touching and poignant conversation about love, loss, grief, life and all its unpredictability.

Heartbreak: ‘Tom was in this place where he wasn’t Tom at all anymore. By the time he was diagnosed, I had lost Tom,’ says Kelsey (Pictured January 2021)

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