Kelsey Parker is reported to have split from her new partner as she continues to grieve for late husband Tom Parker (Picture: Getty Images for The London Cabaret Club )
Kelsey Parker has reportedly split from her boyfriend Sean Boggans after five months together.
Actress Kelsey, 32, was in recent months linked to electrician Sean, following the death of her husband Tom Parker from a brain tumour in March of last year.
The pair had been together for 13 years and share two young children: Aurelia, three, and two-year-old son Bodhi.
Kelsey carried on for her children and family, working with charities to raise awareness of brain tumours, as well as keeping Parker’s memory alive with regular updates.
She was reported to be in a relationship with Sean around eight months after Parker’s death, and kept their reported romance out of the spotlight.
Now the pair are reported to have split, with a source telling The Sun she ended things as she needed to focus on herself and her children, after finding Tom’s first anniversary in March extremely difficult.
The couple had been together for 13 years, with Kelsey finding his first anniversary ‘incredibly difficult’ (Picture: @being_kelsey)
A source said Kelsey is now focusing on herself and the two children she shares with her late husband (Picture: @being_kelsey
‘The anniversary of Tom’s death last month was incredibly difficult. Being alone is the best thing for Kelsey at this point in time,’ the source said.
‘After Tom passed away Kelsey threw herself into work and the children. But as Tom’s anniversary approached she realised how much she was struggling and decided to end it with Sean.’
The source added that Kelsey is being supported by family and friends as she continues to mourn her husband.
Kelsey has spoken openly about the struggles of being a single mum to her two young children while still grieving Parker, and revealed in the lead-up to the anniversary that she had developed a tic from anxiety and stress.
The mum-of-two was reported to have met electrician Sean last year after being introduced through mutual friends, and the pair attended a wedding in Greece in November.
Sean was reported to also have two children of his own from a previous marriage.
Kelsey previosuly opened up on grief in new series MTV Faces, speaking candidly with footballer Ashley Cain (Picture: MTV Faces)
Kelsey previously spoke to Metro.co.uk about her experience with grief, saying it still seemed to be a ‘taboo subject’ despite it being something everyone is affected by at one point.
‘Even when Tom first died, I felt like I had to wear black, and go out and have a veil across my face, and be this mourning widow. But life’s not like that now,’ she said.
‘We’re so open, we talk about depression, we talk about anxiety. We talk about all this stuff. But no one is talking about grief.’
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Asked what achievement she was most proud of in the year since Tom’s death, she mentioned her work with the Ahead Of The Game Charity, but said what she is most proud of is ‘being a mum.’
‘To get through this year, and to be the best version of myself I can possibly be in the worst time of my life – it’s been my proudest achievement.’
Metro.co.uk has reached out to reps for Kelsey for comment.
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