Siva Kaneswaran has acknowledged that he hasn’t recovered from the death of The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker.
Parker died last March 30 at the age of 33 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
The late actor documented his cancer treatment to raise awareness, and his widow Kelsey Parker is now fundraising in his honour.
Siva, who was with Parker when he died, became extremely upset as he reflected on the late singer’s life ahead of his Dancing On Ice debut.
Looking back on his career with the pop group, the 34-year-old Irish star said: ‘When I think of the past, I just think about Tom.’
‘Last year Tom passed away…’, he said before becoming tearful.
‘I guess I’m still grieving.’
Siva continued: ‘I witnessed his courage when he was fighting with his illness and it was so inspiring.’
He said Parker’s bravery has now encouraged him to face his own fears.
This isn’t the first time Siva has spoken about the late musician on Dancing On Ice, previously sharing that he wants to ‘carry on his memory.’
On his reasons for signing up to the daring skating show, he told This Morning: ‘‘I wanted to take what happened with Tom, you know losing Tom and I was inspired by him and his fight, and take that bravery onto the ice to show people that when you fall down you can get back up.
‘I’m doing it obviously to carry on his memory.’
Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness, and Max George, Siva’s Glad You Came bandmates, have been there for him every step of the way, with Jay even showing out to the rink to cheer him on during practise.
The Pursuit The Sun hitmaker had his debut performance with pro partner Klabera Komini, earning 24 points out of 40.
Singing his praises, fans took to Twitter with one writing: ‘The boy smashed it! Tom would be so proud of him.’
Another tweeted: ‘@SivaKaneswaran my heart broke when I saw how you looked about Tom’s passing. You did so well Siva, Tom will be so proud of you.’
‘Siva making me tear up. Grief is a funny one but so proud of him for pushing himself and having the memory of Tom drive him forward!’, tweeted another.
Bandmate Nathan also praised: ‘I’m so unbelievably proud of @SivaKaneswaran. So amazing to watch him SHINE!’
Dancing On Ice airs Sundays on ITV.
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