Tom Parker's memoir is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. A new excerpt published by the Sun showed that the singer did not have it easy. He and the success of the band he was with "The Wanted' did not happen overnight. Growing up, he was bullied almost everyday.
He wrote, "I learned the hard way that the key to a more fulfilling lifestyle is to just be yourself. I had to put up with a lot of s**t in order to be accepted by the popular kids. It wasn't overtly bullying, but a general toxicity."
He added, "There was a lot of name-calling because of my height. I used to wear a parka, which led to me being nicknamed Saj after the kid from the film East Is East."
In fact, he was not called Tom until he grown up.
Just days prior to his passing, Tom announced that he had written a tell-all memoir, which would be released in July and is available for pre-order.
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At the time, he stated that the book, titled Hope, would not be about 'dying' but rather about 'living' and 'finding hope' in any circumstance.
He then described how he eventually gained access to the industry he desired. It was not simple. Certainly, it did not occur overnight.
He believes that he was fated to uncover an advertisement for Jayne Collins Casting in the summer of 2008.
They were seeking candidates for a pop group tryout.
Since he was receiving Jobseeker's Allowance, he applied, and for nine months, he vied for the spot along with over a thousand people. He even had to beg for his mom for train fare, but his mom would not give it to him because the whole thing smell like a scam. His mom dared him to ride the bus instead if he was truly committed, and he did.
At that point, they were 12 remaining contestants, and he eventually chose the final five, which included him. And the rest is history.
Tom passed away on March 30 at the age of 33 after a fight with brain cancer, for which he was given only one year to live by his physicians.
It comes after Tom's widow Kelsey described the terrible moment she told her two-year-old daughter Aurelia that "angels were coming to take daddy" on the day he passed away.
Kelsey said earlier this month that when Tom was hospitalized, her two children would inquire, "When is daddy coming home?" and assume he was at an appointment or album release party.
During an interview on Loose Women, she disclosed that Tom'sends her signs' daily since his passing, such as car alarms going off at 4 a.m., and that she routinely communicates with him.
Kelsey highlighted on the episode that her 19-month-old son Bodhi was too little to comprehend what was going on. Kelsey acknowledged that the procedure was more of a "adventure" with her 2-year-old daughter Aurelia.
She explained, "When Tom went into hospice, she was confused and kept asking, 'is daddy coming home?'"
Kelsey continued, "'I did say he wouldn't be coming home.
She continued that as she was leaving for hospice on the day he went, she told her daughter that she was gping to make sure the angels would fetch her daddy. She eventually disclosed to her daughter that her dad would not be coming back.
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