James Argent was amused during ITVBe documentary Kelsey Parker: Life After Tom on Thursday as he recalled getting a spray tan with the late Tom Parker ahead of their striptease performance for The Real Full Monty.
Tom, who died in March this year at the age of 33 after a year-and-a-half long battle with stage four glioblastoma brain cancer, appeared with Arg on the show in 2018 in aid of testicular and prostate cancer awareness.
And, in a lighthearted moment, former TOWIE star Arg, who was good friends with Tom, was seen laughing with Tom’s widow Kelsey, 32, about the moment they prepared to go on stage and get totally naked for the show.
Looking back: James Argent was amused during ITVBe’s Kelsey Parker: Life After Tom on Thursday as he recalled getting a spray tan with the late Tom Parker
He said: ‘I remember me and Tom got spray tans together. We were about to get naked in front of millions of people watching at home.
‘We looked at each other and I was like, “Tom, are you alright?”‘
‘He didn’t give me much confidence, that’s for sure.’
Tease: Tom, who died in March this year at the age of 33 after a year-and-a-half long battle with stage four glioblastoma brain cancer, appeared with Arg on the show in 2018 (Tom pictured for the show in 2018)
Remembering: In a lighthearted moment, Arg, who was good friends with Tom, was seen laughing with Tom’s widow Kelsey, 32, about his The Real Full Monty appearance
Good cause: Tom appeared with Arg on the show in 2018 in aid of testicular and prostate cancer awareness
Talking of Tom’s 2020 diagnosis, Kelsey said: ‘That’s what you think is crazy, that he did The Full Monty and literally got cancer.’
James replied: ‘You couldn’t write it, could you.
Meanwhile, Kelsey said in the programme that she was unable to look at pictures of Tom or listen to The Wanted’s music.
Sitting by a black and white photo of the singer as she sat in a room she described as ‘Tom’s space’, she glanced up and said: ‘I can’t have any more pictures downstairs of him.
‘I come and look at him before bed. I’ll be like, “Night!” That’s a sad one, isn’t it?
Difficult times: Kelsey said in the programme that she was unable to look at pictures of Tom or listen to The Wanted’s music
Heartache: Sitting by a black and white photo of the singer as she sat in a room she described as ‘Tom’s space’, she glanced up and said: ‘I can’t have any more pictures downstairs’
Getting tearful, she continued: ‘It is just sad though, it is. Sometimes I just have to shut the door on this room because I can’t look at it.’
Viewers took to Twitter during the programme to praise Kelsey for appearing strong in the documentary.
One person wrote: ‘I’m ready to see such a strong and inspirational woman on my screen,’ while another person posted: ‘Watching #lifeaftertom on itvbe. How Kelsey copes as well as she does I don’t know, amazingly strong girl.’
Heartfelt words: Viewers took to Twitter during the programme to praise Kelsey for appearing strong in the documentary
Another viewer wrote: ‘Started tearing up the first few minutes it came on… Kelsey is so strong i really admire her,’ while someone else shared: ‘So much respect for Kelsey! What a woman.’
One other person posted: ‘Such a hard watch but seeing Kelsey’s positivity wow that women.’
‘Just so tragic, how she gets out her bed in the morning I have no idea,’ posted another television audience member.
Another person posted: ‘I feel so awful for her. Can’t imagine how she finds the strength to go on.’
Kelsey has admitted she was ‘worried’ to film, Kelsey Parker: Life After Tom, but it ended up being ‘the best thing’ she could’ve done.
Candid: Kelsey admitted on Thursday’s episode of Good Morning Britain that she struggles with feelings of loneliness and guilt following the death of her husband
During an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Thursday, she explained: ‘It was like therapy for me. I’ve done things in the show that I wouldn’t necessarily have done but it’s massively helped me. It’s pushed me out of my comfort zone.
‘I didn’t really understand what grief was. You can feel so many emotions at one time. There’s so many different elements.’
Kelsey revealed that one issue she faced was dealing with ‘a lot of guilt’.
The businesswoman – who has two children Aurelia, three, and Bodhi, two, with Tom – explained: ‘I know that I did everything for Tom.
‘But even still there’s that guilt process. Guilty that I’m still here and I look at my kids and I’m guilty he’s not experiencing what I’m experiencing with them.’
Asked how she’s coping with ‘moving on with life’ following Tom’s death, Kelsey admitted it was hard figuring out what items of Tom to keep as they are constant reminders of the fact he’s no longer with them.
She reasoned: ‘The memories are here in my heart so getting rid of an object doesn’t really mean anything but you don’t know how hard it is.
‘You don’t want to let go because you’re losing them even more.’
Upsetting: Kelsey revealed that one issue she faced was dealing with ‘a lot of guilt’ that she’s able to make new memories with their two children Aurelia, three, and Bodhi, two
Talk then turned to loneliness that people can feel when grieving, with Kelsey musing: ‘You can be in a room full of people and still feel lonely.
‘People don’t understand how I feel. Christmas is going to be so tough for me. We’re not going to wake up Christmas as a family.
‘Grief ripples through the family and it affects us all so differently.’
Upsetting: Kelsey added that she’s been unable to listen to The Wanted’s music because ‘hearing Tom’s voice breaks my heart’, saying she wouldn’t wish the feeling of grief on anyone
She added that she’s been unable to listen to The Wanted’s music because ‘hearing Tom’s voice breaks my heart’, saying she wouldn’t wish the feeling of grief on anyone.
Kelsey is now dating new boyfriend Sean Boggans, 39, with the couple said to have met when she took a break with friends in Lindos, Rhodes, in September.
‘It’s very early days and no-one knows what the future will bring, but for now, Kelsey is happy that someone else has come into her life,’ said a source.
It was also revealed that electrician Sean was jailed in 2013 killing a stranger with a single punch while waiting for a taxi outside an east London.
He spent time behind bars after fatally punching Shaun McDermott, 44, during a heated argument over a taxi outside the Havering Oak pub in Romford.
Sean was waiting for his then-girlfriend to collect him when an argument broke out with the 44-year-old, who was knocked to the ground during the skirmish. CCTV footage later captured the electrician walking away from the scene.
New connection: Kelsey is now in the early stages of a relationship with new man Sean Boggans (pictured)
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