Kate Ferdinand 'felt like a side chick' before marrying husband Rio
ok.co.ukKate Ferdinand has admitted she used to feel like a "side chick" when she first began dating her husband Rio, but now says she feels "secure" in her relationship and as a step mum.The former TOWIE star, 31, began dating Rio, 42, in 2017 – two years after his late wife Rebecca Ellison tragically died from breast cancer aged just 35.
Kate now co-parents three of Rebecca's children with Rio: Lorenz, 14, Tate, 12, and Tia, 10. Since tying the knot, the couple have welcomed son Cree, two, and Kate is currently pregnant with their second child – a baby girl.
Opening up about being a step mum in a recent interview with The Sun, Kate said she loves all her children "exactly the same" and explained she had "worked so hard for their love" of her step kids, describing it as "extra-special".
But Kate hasn't always felt secure as, in the earlier stages of her relationship with Rio, she was sometimes mistaken for the footballer's late wife.
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