Kate Ferdinand 'sobbed her heart out' after Rio didn't buy her a card on Mother's Day

Kate Ferdinand says she broke down in tears after her husband Rio failed to buy her a card on her first Mother's Day with his family. Kate, who is expecting her second child with Manchester United legend Rio, told in a candid podcast joined by her husband that she was upset to not receive the token of appreciation for her role looking after his kids.

Kate became a doting step-mum to his children Lorenz, 16, Tate, 14, and Tia, 11, after the couple got together in 2017. Rio, 44, had tragically lost his first wife Rebecca Ellison to breast cancer in May 2015 at the age of 34 and in July 2017 Janice St Fort, 58, passed away after battling cancer.

Speaking on her podcast Blended, a celebration of blended families, Kate, 31, recalled how she'd 'sobbed her heart out' as she opened up about her past feelings on Mother's Day. Kate, who has a two-year-old son Cree with Rio, said: "I wasn't a biological mum. I think it was our first Mother's Day - maybe I'd been living here about six months, something like that.

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"And although I wasn't a biological mum I kind of felt like I'd taken on the mum role. For me, going from living at home on my own to taking the kids to school, cooking them dinner, I felt like a mum."

Kate told Rio: "I really thought I might get a card from you, and I didn't get a card from you. I felt bad to express that in front of you because you guys had lost your mum, and the kids have lost their mum. So I just went in my room and I just sobbed my heart out - seriously."

"And then I felt selfish for wanting a card - how dare I want a card? So anyone that's kind of new in this situation