Episode 99: Kate Ferdinand

<p>Kate Ferdinand is a TV personality and author who is married to footballer Rio Ferdinand. Kate was best known on TV for appearing on Towie and now has a successful podcast called Blended.&nbsp;1 in 4 families in Britain are now blended and Kate is stepmum to Rio's 3 older children Lorenz, Tate and Tia.&nbsp;She loves them as her own children.&nbsp;She and Rio also have a toddler called Cree and she is expecting a new baby next month.&nbsp;So soon she'll have five children, just like me!</p><br><p>Kate talked to me about her two books.&nbsp;How to Build a Family, in which she shares tips about being a step parent.&nbsp;And a children's book called The Family Tree about a blended family but from a child's point of view.</p><br><p>She talked to me very candidly about how she feels that she and Rio saved each other when they met.&nbsp;And having grown up in a blended family myself, I was genuinely moved by the love she so clearly has for their older children.</p><br><p>Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>