THE Wanted's Tom Parker and his wife Kelsey have unveiled their newborn son Bodhi to the world.<\/p>\n
Tom, 32, is battling a terminal brain tumour after being diagnosed withstage 4 glioblastoma and the couple described their new son as \"light at the end of our tunnel\".<\/p>\n
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It was so nice. I cried my eyes out, Tom described about the moment he first got to hold Bodhi.<\/p>\n
Kelsey, 30, gave birth to their second baby in October, but have kept mum about his arrival until now.<\/p>\n
The couple opened up about their tough year and how they chose the name Bodhi because \"it goes perfectly with our situation right now\".<\/p>\n
Bodhi is a younger brother to 16-month-old Aurelia and is already proving to be a lot different to his older sister.<\/p>\n
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\"He is the perfect baby especially compared to having Aurelia first. I barely even know Ive got him, Kelsey told Ok!<\/p>\n
Tom added: Hes so chilled. Hes so different to Aurelia she was always very active.<\/p>\n
The unique Sanksrit means enlightenment and ties into the Buddhist belief of spiritual awakening and freedom from the cycle of life.<\/p>\n
\"So it just goes perfectly with our situation right now. Hes the light at the end of our tunnel,\" Kelsey explained.<\/p>\n
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\"Tom didnt want the name. I said, Tom, I dont care what you say were having Bodhi and thats it.<\/p>\n
Kelsey had a unique labour after her waters broke while the pair were enjoying an episode of Towie.<\/p>\n
Bodhis labour started during Towie At 10pm my waters broke and then nothing happened,\" she said. <\/p>\n
\"I rang my mum and she said, 'Get some sleep, then ring me'. I rang her at 7am and said, 'Nothings happened'. <\/p>\n
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\"I rang the midwife, they came and checked me because I really wanted a home birth, but there was no sign of the baby.\"<\/p>\n
Even though the labour took a while, once Bodhi decided to enter the world it all happened very fast.<\/p>\n
When I gave birth it all happened quite quickly my birth time was 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
The hospital allowed Tom to stay with his wife throughout the labor despite Covid restrictions, with Kelsey saying, \"the NHS was absolutely amazing.\" <\/p>\n
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\"He was there the whole time. They even allowed him to stay over the night,\" she said.<\/p>\n
Kelsey admitted that Tom is the more emotional of the pair, but she could not contain her tears at seeing her husband overcome with emotion.<\/p>\n
Toms emotional anyway, and Im the harder one.\" she said.<\/p>\n
\"But I was so overwhelmed when he was born, because it happened so quickly. When the babys on you, youre like, I cant believe it! We were all crying.<\/p>\n
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The couple had hoped to keep Bodhi's birth under wraps until their interview with Ok! but Tom's former The Wanted bandmate pal Max George let slip last month.<\/p>\n
Although Tom had not addressed his newborn's birth publicly at the time, Max told ITV's Lorraine: \"I spoke to him yesterday.He's doing good, he's doing great.<\/p>\n
\"Kelsey gave birth to their second child last weekso he is a fighter. Tom will be alright.<\/p>\n
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\"If you're watching I love you all.\"<\/p>\n
Tom previously revealed he thought he had \"man flu\" before being delivered the devastating news about his inoperable brain tumour.<\/p>\n
Tom's wife last week shared a snap of themkissing on a day out with their 15-month-old daughterahead of welcoming their second child.<\/p>\n
Kelsey wrote: \"We really are still so overwhelmed by all your positive messages, love and support.<\/p>\n
\"Positivity is the way to fight this. Today we had a family day before our family of 3 become a family of 4!!! Let's go - Parkers against the world.\"<\/p>\n
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Tom has already begun his six weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment since his shocking diagnosis.<\/p>\n
After telling fans about his brain tumour battle, Tom said: \"We truly are overwhelmed with everyones love, support and positivity.<\/p>\n
\"We have had so many people reach out with positive stories and its been incredible.\"<\/p>\n
Singer and TV star Tom has taken part in Celebrity MasterChef, The Jump and The Real Full Monty since The Wanted went on hiatus in 2014.<\/p>\n
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