The Wanted’s Tom Parker Receiving Treatment For Stage 4 Brain Tumor

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The Wanted singer Tom Parker was diagnosed with a stage four brain tumor.

Parker, 32, and his wife Kelsey Hardwick took to Instagram on Monday and released a joint statement about his condition.

The couple also opted to do a recent interview to give more insight into how the singer received his diagnosis and their plan of action moving forward.

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LONDON, ENGLAND โ€“ MARCH 22: Tom Parker (L) arrives for the European Premiere of โ€˜Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justiceโ€™ at Odeon Leicester Square on March 22, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

โ€œThereโ€™s no easy way to say this but Iโ€™ve sadly been diagnosed with a brain tumor and Iโ€™m already undergoing treatment,โ€ Parker and his wife said in a statement.

They continued: โ€œWe are all absolutely devastated but we are gonna fight this all the way.โ€

โ€œWe donโ€™t want your sadness, we just want love and positivity and together we will raise awareness of this terrible disease and look for all available treatment options,โ€ Parker and Hardwick concluded. โ€œItโ€™s gonna be a tough battle but with everyoneโ€™s love and support we are going to beat this.โ€

In an interview with OK Magazine, Parker said he had two seizures over the summer and was hospitalized.

โ€œI knew something wasnโ€™t right, but I never expected i to be this. You never think this will happen to you,โ€ Parker told OK!

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Tom Parker of The Wanted visits โ€œThe Elvis Duran Z100 Morning Showโ€ at Z100 Studio on August 23, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images)

โ€œThey pulled the curtain around my bed and said, โ€˜Itโ€™s a brain tumor.โ€™ All I could think was, โ€˜Fucking hell!โ€™ I was in shock,โ€ he said. โ€œItโ€™s stage four glioblastoma and theyโ€™ve said itโ€™s terminal. It was a lot to deal with by myself. I still havenโ€™t processed it.โ€