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Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'He was a massive life force' - bandmate remembers Tom Parker
One of Tom Parker's bandmates has remembered him as a "massive life force". The Wanted star Tom, who was from Bolton, tragically died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his diagnosis with an inoperable brain tumour. Now, his bandmate Jay McGuiness has spoken out about the late star as part of BBC Two's Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, which sees celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs walk together through the Austrian and Swiss Alps. The 34-year-old reflects on Tom's death in the reality programme and told ITV's Good Morning Britain that grieving publicly can come with feelings of 'shame'. He said: 'Especially with grief, there's often quite a lot of shame grieving publicly, and it's easy to feel like 'I don't want to cry' and all that sort of thing, and 'I hate the idea of crying'. 'I also am considering Tom's family and friends, wife and kids, every time I'm talking about him, whether I'm asked about him or not, that's a reminder about something that could be painful, that could be on the wrong day for them to hear about. Read more: Widow of Tom Parker's moving message to other women who have lost a partner Read more: Tom Parker's widow Kelsey reveals she's pregnant 3 years after The Wanted stars death Read more: The Wanted singer, Tom Parker, remembered with memorial bench by Bolton charity The Wanted 'I want people to remember that, man, he was a massive life force. He was hilarious. I want people to remember the good as well as just remember how things ended.' Speaking about Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, McGuiness said he was 'never convinced that anyone knows' where people go after they die and added: 'I think maybe we don't find out until you're gone.' Tom disclosed in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma and had begun radiotherapy and chemotherapy. He married his wife Kelsey in 2018, and the couple had two children, Aurelia and Bodhi. The Wanted formed in 2009, comprised of Parker and McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes, and had two UK number one singles and four UK top 10 albums, with best-known songs including All Time Low and Glad You Came. McGuiness is currently playing William Shakespeare in the UK and Ireland tour of musical & Juliet.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Traitor Harry seems like a nice guy - but will he stab everyone in the back? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews BBC2's Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps
Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps (BBC2) Unfair though it is, every time I hear ex-Traitor Harry Clark speak, my guard goes up. His lips are moving — he must be lying. The 24-year-old former lance-corporal in the Royal Artillery scooped the £95,000 jackpot in last year's series by convincing everyone he was a nice guy, before stabbing them one by one in the back. He seems like a really nice guy on Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps too. I'm just waiting for him to push the other six celebrities off a mountain pass. Maybe, like Moriarty, he's biding his time until they reach the Reichenbach Falls. 'Celebrity' is the loosest of terms here. There's a former boy band member called Jay-from-The-Wanted, actress Helen Lederer, and Paralympian Stef Reid. Jeff Brazier is on the trip, of course: it appears to be a contractual obligation that he appears on all BBC reality shows. No one knows why he's 'famous' but he's been on Celebrity Race Round The World, Celebrity Masterchef, Celebrity Who Dares Wins and I'm A Celebrity — so I think we can be certain he's a celebrity. As for the other two, search me. Nelufar Hedayat is a journalist and podcast presenter, according to the press release, and Daliso Chaponda is a stand-up comedian from Malawi who featured on Britain's Got Talent. It's reassuring to know that Daliso is a comic. As the seven trekked towards the snowline on the Austrian border with Switzerland, he hooted, 'We're like proper pilgrimmin' right now, innit!' — and that had better be a joke because, if he really meant it, I might have to become an atheist. This is the seventh series of Pilgrimage and the format is unvarying. The celebs take it in turns to buttonhole each other and ask searching questions about faith, God and the meaning of life. The pretence is that these are intimate and private moments. In reality, they're surrounded by a camera crew, and the soul-searching is staged, though some of the confessionals were clearly heartfelt. Stef's description of how she lost her right foot, aged 15 while waterskiing, was horrendous — Jay looked like he was going to pass out. Harry asked Nelufar, who refuses to wear the hijab and whose husband is not a Muslim, whether she ever feared she was going to Hell. 'Am I damned?' she mused. 'Yeah, I think so. But I don't know if I believe in the version of God that would damn me for living the life I pick.' There's a fair bit of jostling for camera time. Jeff stripped off for a dip in an alpine lake, taking care not to get his hair wet. Gelled perfection like that doesn't happen accidentally, you know. Harry and Jay also got their kit off to double up in an outdoor tub at a Swiss chalet. The hostel owner, a rosy-cheeked frau named Christine, bustled over to sluice them off with a shower hose. The smile on her face told us that this is one of the perks of her job.
RTÉ News
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
The Wanted's Jay McGuiness remembers Tom Parker as 'massive life force'
Singer and actor Jay McGuiness has remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker as a "massive life force" who was "hilarious". Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his diagnosis with an inoperable brain tumour. McGuiness, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, is among seven well-known personalities featured in BBC Two's Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, which sees celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs walk together through the Austrian and Swiss Alps. The 34-year-old reflects on Parker's death in the reality programme and told ITV's Good Morning Britain that grieving publicly can come with feelings of "shame". "Especially with grief, there's often quite a lot of shame grieving publicly, and it's easy to feel like 'I don't want to cry' and all that sort of thing, and 'I hate the idea of crying'", he said. "I also am considering Tom's family and friends, wife and kids, every time I'm talking about him, whether I'm asked about him or not, that's a reminder about something that could be painful, that could be on the wrong day for them to hear about. "I want people to remember that, man, he was a massive life force. He was hilarious." He added: "I want people to remember the good as well as just remember how things ended." Speaking about Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, McGuiness said he was "never convinced that anyone knows" where people go after they die and added: "I think maybe we don't find out until you're gone." Parker disclosed in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma and had begun radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The Wanted formed in 2009, comprised of Parker and McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes. McGuiness is currently playing William Shakespeare in the UK and Ireland tour of musical & Juliet.
BreakingNews.ie
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
The Wanted's Jay McGuiness remembers Tom Parker as ‘massive life force'
Singer and actor Jay McGuiness has remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker as a 'massive life force' who was 'hilarious'. Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his diagnosis with an inoperable brain tumour. Advertisement McGuiness, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, is among seven well-known personalities featured in BBC Two's Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, which sees celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs walk together through the Austrian and Swiss Alps. Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran of The Wanted (Yui Mok/PA) The 34-year-old reflects on Parker's death in the reality programme and told ITV's Good Morning Britain that grieving publicly can come with feelings of 'shame'. 'Especially with grief, there's often quite a lot of shame grieving publicly, and it's easy to feel like 'I don't want to cry' and all that sort of thing, and 'I hate the idea of crying'', he said. 'I also am considering Tom's family and friends, wife and kids, every time I'm talking about him, whether I'm asked about him or not, that's a reminder about something that could be painful, that could be on the wrong day for them to hear about. Advertisement 'I want people to remember that, man, he was a massive life force. He was hilarious.' He added: 'I want people to remember the good as well as just remember how things ended.' Speaking about Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, McGuiness said he was 'never convinced that anyone knows' where people go after they die and added: 'I think maybe we don't find out until you're gone.' ⛰️ Our seven celebrity pilgrims reflect on their "emotional" Pilgrimage journey and reveal what they learned about themselves on The Road Through the Alps Learn more ➡️ — BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) April 17, 2025 Parker disclosed in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma and had begun radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Advertisement He married his wife Kelsey in 2018, and the couple had two children, Aurelia and Bodhi. The Wanted formed in 2009, comprised of Parker and McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes, and had two UK number one singles and four UK top 10 albums, with best-known songs including All Time Low and Glad You Came. McGuiness is currently playing William Shakespeare in the UK and Ireland tour of musical & Juliet.
The Independent
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
The Wanted's Jay McGuiness remembers Tom Parker as ‘massive life force'
Singer and actor Jay McGuiness has remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker as a 'massive life force' who was 'hilarious'. Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his diagnosis with an inoperable brain tumour. McGuiness, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2015, is among seven well-known personalities featured in BBC Two's Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, which sees celebrities of differing faiths and beliefs walk together through the Austrian and Swiss Alps. The 34-year-old reflects on Parker's death in the reality programme and told ITV's Good Morning Britain that grieving publicly can come with feelings of 'shame'. 'Especially with grief, there's often quite a lot of shame grieving publicly, and it's easy to feel like 'I don't want to cry' and all that sort of thing, and 'I hate the idea of crying'', he said. 'I also am considering Tom's family and friends, wife and kids, every time I'm talking about him, whether I'm asked about him or not, that's a reminder about something that could be painful, that could be on the wrong day for them to hear about. 'I want people to remember that, man, he was a massive life force. He was hilarious.' He added: 'I want people to remember the good as well as just remember how things ended.' Speaking about Pilgrimage: The Road Through The Alps, McGuiness said he was 'never convinced that anyone knows' where people go after they die and added: 'I think maybe we don't find out until you're gone.' Parker disclosed in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma and had begun radiotherapy and chemotherapy. He married his wife Kelsey in 2018, and the couple had two children, Aurelia and Bodhi. The Wanted formed in 2009, comprised of Parker and McGuiness, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran and Nathan Sykes, and had two UK number one singles and four UK top 10 albums, with best-known songs including All Time Low and Glad You Came. McGuiness is currently playing William Shakespeare in the UK and Ireland tour of musical & Juliet.
