Kelsey Parker has revealed that she was cruelly trolled after the loss of her baby boy Phoenix, who was tragically ‘born sleeping’ last June.
It’s a grief that doesn’t go away, but the mum is trying to move forward with her family for the sake of her children, Aurelia and Bodhi, although she still ‘struggles sometimes’.
Over the last number of years, Kelsey’s life has been marred by tragedy, first losing her husband, The Wanted’s Tom Parker, in 2022, and then, three years later, losing her son, whom she was expecting with her new partner, Will Lindsay.
Kelsey trolled after baby loss
Now, Kelsey has revealed that she received some truly horrific comments following the loss of her son, and she has a message for those who targeted her.
Speaking to OK! Magazine, the influencer said that she ‘received a lot of negativity’ when she moved on after Tom’s death and became pregnant with her new partner. Even while she was enduring a loss that no parent should have to, she was targeted, with one person calling her loss ‘karma’.
Calling out the trolls, Kelsey said: ‘This is a little message for the trolls: You have to be accountable for what you say to people because anything you type and you put out, that’s gone out to the universe.
‘I try and push the negativity to the back of my head because I think, “how could you be so cruel?” I honestly believe some people think I’m milking it. That’s the kind of reaction I get. It’s like, “Oh, she’s still there, milking it.”‘
Elsewhere in the interview, the podcaster said that while she and Will have gone through an unimaginable loss together, it has made them more solid as a unit.
Kelsey says she will always consider herself a ‘mum-of-three’ and would ‘love to have more’ children in the future. She told the publication that her children wanted Phoenix ‘so badly’ and he was supposed to be the ‘light at the end of [their] tunnel’.
‘It’s not actually happened that way for us. I do think the children would definitely want a sibling.’
Announcing the ‘earth-shattering’ loss of her baby boy in June 2025, Kelsey shared a poem that she had written in tribute to her son, Phoenix Parker-Lindsay.
The poem reads: ‘The world grew quiet as you arrived, So loved, so longed for, yet not alive. Our precious boy, our angel light, Born with wings, took silent flight.
‘We named you Phoenix, brave and bright. A soul of love, of warmth and light. Though we never heard you cry, You’ll live in hearts that won’t ask why.’
‘No breath you drew, no eyes to see, Still, you mean everything to me. You’ll journey with us, softly near, in every sigh, in every tear.’
‘Phoenix Parker-Lindsay, you will forever be loved.’
She was inundated with messages of condolences and asked for privacy while she and Will processed the ‘devastating and earth-shattering news’.
