KATE Ferdinand has revealed how hurt she felt after her husband Rio’s kids told her she wasn’t their mum in a heated argument.
The 28-year-old tied the knot with the ex-footballer last year in September 2019 after they started dating in late 2016 – and she has opened up about the struggles she’s faced with being a new parent to his three children.
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The former Towie star has opened up about the realities of becoming a step-mum to her husbands kids.
Speaking to the Times Magazine in this weekends supplement, Kate explained how a huge argument with Tate, 11, Lorenz, 13, and Tia Ferdinand, 8, had upset her.
“You don’t know,” one of Rio’s children told her, “because you’re not a mum.”
“The minute they said it, there was a gasp,” she said, adding: “They’ve never said it again.”
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Kate has taken on the mother figure to Rio’s three children after he tragically lost his wife, Rebecca Ellison in 2015 to breast cancer.
She added: “But I’m not their mum. But I act like a mum and I see them as my children.”
The reality star revealed that she struggled with taking on the role of a mum as she moved into her husband’s home and found cooking family meals for them all particularly challenging.
“Simple things like I forgot to cut their toenails. I was so busy trying to do everything perfectly and someone pointed out they needed their toenails cut.
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“Or cooking. I couldn’t cook very well when I met Rio and the kids. I would burn everything.
“I would go, ‘Is it nice?’ and they would say, ‘Not really.'”
After the initial struggle of adjusting to Kate’s new role in the family home, counselling helped her feel a lot more at ease – and she realised that she just needed to be herself.
She revealed that her step-children still talk about their mum every day and have a room of photos dedicated to her.
