Kate Ferdinand has laughed off claims she is a gold digger for marrying her former footballer husband Rio, insisting ‘I could have picked a lot easier man.’ 👀
Former TOWIE star Kate, 35, co-parents Tate, 18, Lorenz, 19, and Tia, 15, with husband Rio, 47, and they are also proud parents to daughter Shae, two, and son Cree, five.
She has been open about the challenges of raising a blended family, and her relationship with the teenagers after their mother Rebecca tragically died from breast cancer in 2015 aged just 34.
Kate was 25 when she started dating Rio in 2016, and soon gave up her reality star life to devote herself to being a step mum. The couple married in 2019.
She was joined by Rio on a live Blended chat where the couple were asked by co-host Cilla Kessie what they think the public’s perception of their relationship has been over the past decade.
‘People think I’m a gold digger, I’m with him for money. I’m basically his nanny that he doesn’t pay,’ Kate admitted.
She added though that she feels secure enough in her marriage not to rise to the claims, insisting: ‘I always say if I wanted to pick a rich man I could have picked a lot easier one without all the kids. If it was just a money thing, it’s true though.’
‘I’m here because I love you, there are great things and there are hard things.’