Tom Parker's Death Still Confuses Daughter: Toddler Waiting for Singer to Come Home

While the world has been coping with Tom Parker's sudden passing - the same cannot be said of his immediately family, more so his toddler daughter, who still pines for him every single day.

Aurelia Rose Parker, the 2-year-old daughter of the late Tom Parker of The Wanted, still has hope that her father will return home one day.

"She does still talk about him every day and she doesn't quite understand that he's not coming back," Tom's wife, Kelsey Parker, said. Parker made a guest appearance on British talk show "Lorraine."

"So I have to be really blunt [and] say, 'He's not coming back, that's it. He's dead and he's not coming back,'" she added.

Tom, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2020, passed away on March 30 at the age of 33.

According to Kelsey, Aurelia has not yet accepted his passing and believes he will return, just as he did when on tour with The Wanted.

"She's a bit like, 'Well, he's been on tour, so is he gonna come back from this,'" Kelsey explained. "She's just really confused by it."

Kelsey appeared on "Lorraine" on Tuesday to promote the late singer's autobiography, "Hope: My Inspirational Life." The book, written in Tom's own words, was published around one month following his death.

In a devastating scene that aired on the talk show, Aurelia can be seen racing to a bookstand and kissing and clutching Tom's memoir.

Tom was also the father of Bodhi, a one-year-old kid he had with Kelsey.

According to Kelsey, both children, despite missing their dad, "wake up happy." As such, she cannot be sad. She also knows that Tom Parker would not want them to be "sad and mourning."

In another news, Tom Parker's widow claimed that she gave Ed Sheeran crystals as a thank you for helping to pay for her husband's medical expenses, which she says afforded her extra time with him.

The Wanted singer passed away at a hospice close to the couple's home in south-east London on March 30, at the age of 33, from an inoperable brain tumor.

Kelsey Parker told ITV's Lorraine that Sheeran was simply an incredible individual. The singer attended the Summertime Ball over the weekend, and Kelsey gave him crystals as a present. She said it was hard to think of a gift to someone who already has everything. But she cannot not give anything, as she felt extremely grateful to him.

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