Tate Ferdinand has spoken how it felt to welcome Rio's now-wife, Kate, into the family after tragically losing his mum
Tate Ferdinand has spoken how it felt to welcome Rio's now-wife, Kate, into the family after tragically losing his mumThe couple married in 2019 and share two children together, Cree and Shea.
Rio also has children, Lorenz, Tate and Tia, from his previous marriage to Rebecca Ellison, who tragically died in 2015 from breast cancer. Last year, while appearing on Anna Richardson's It Can't Just Be Me podcast, Kate shared that she wasn't initially aware of how much she signed up for when she started dating the former Manchester United player.
She revealed at the time: "When I think back, I don't know how we did navigate it and it's a real big blur. I went from being a single, carefree girl to a stepmum-of-three. And these kids have gone through so much, and there's grief. It's all a bit of a blur.
" She continued: "It's hard to know what you're getting into sometimes until you're actually in it. Until you're in it, you don't really realise. I felt a little bit shocked, I didn't really know how to parent.
" Now, Kate, who relocated with her family to Dubai last year, has been seen asking stepson Tate, who recently turned 18, questions about how he felt as a child when she was brought into the family, with him admitting that he felt she was "a problem" in their lives and at first would only tell people she was his auntie. "There's been a lot of crisis talks over the years," Kate also confessed on the episode of her Blended podcast, which is described as "a celebration of blended families - exploring the stories of relationships bound by love, no matter what their circumstances are.
" Asked by Kate how he first felt about her arrival, Tate said: "At the start I think I was excited. I remember being at school in dad's car waiting to go in and dad said 'Kate's going to come over tonight' - I think we might have known you already - or 'we're going to meet Kate' or 'Kate's going to move in', I can't remember which one it was.
"We were all like 'yeah, yeah, yeah', buzzing, and as soon as it started getting close to it I'm 'right, she's actually coming in man'. And then my feelings changed a little bit. When you were actually moving in and you were there, and I got a bit used to you, and the excitement was almost over, that's when I started to think 'There's a problem here - we've got a problem'.
"One side of me was saying 'Yes, I'm so excited to have someone new and fun in the house to do fun things' and the other half was fuming 'who's this random taking over my mum's spot, taking my dad away from me'. At that moment I thought you were taking him away almost. Me and Lorenz - not so much Tia, because she was young - used to listen through the door 'what are they talking about downstairs?
'He continued: "We'd be at the top of the stairs talking, 'What is she doing down there? ' I felt quite bitter at the start to be honest. I think when it was good I loved you," to which Kate then interjected: "And I remember the day that then it changed and you were like ‘that’s my stepmum’. And I was like ‘oh my God I’m not his aunt anymore!
'" Tate went on to comment: "Whenever something didn't go my way you would send me to bed or you would tell me to do that, then I would be thinking 'Who are you to tell me to do that? ' "I almost saw you as an auntie, not a mother. I remember being in school and you and dad would pick me up and someone would ask 'Who's that?
' And I would say 'It's my auntie! '" Kate replied: "I think that your feelings were made clear. You were like that, which is by the way completely expected, a new woman's come into your house, you've been through a lot. But also at times you were very loving.
"They also spoke about the change in the family dynamicwhen Kate and Rio welcomed their children Cree and Shae, Tate added: "At the time I never thought I would love Cree and Shae the way we do now. "Choose Manchester Evening News as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.
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