Kate Ferdinand reveals she’s PREGNANT! Star is expecting her first child with husband Rio

Kate Ferdinand has announced that she is pregnant and expecting her first child with husband Rio.

The former TOWIE star, 29, took to her Instagram on Thursday to share a sweet video of herself and Rio, 41, telling his three children – Tate, 11, Lorenz, 13, and Tia, nine.   

Kate captioned the announcement with: ‘The crazy house is about to get a little bit crazier … every time I watch this it makes me cry, the best reaction ❤️ Baby Ferdy we are all so excited to meet you.’ 

In the video, the couple sat down Rio’s three children as they shared the news with them for the first time and filmed their reactions. 

The reality star, 27, embarked on a relationship with footballer Rio, 41, in 2017 and stepped back from TOWIE to become a mother figure for the trio, after his first wife, Rebecca, tragically passed away in 2015.

And in her and Rio’s BBC documentary: Becoming A Family, which aired earlier this year, Kate said getting to know the children and Rio as a unit was a ‘hard couple of years’ as she was met with hostility from extended family members.

Two years on, Kate says she is more relaxed about being ‘honest’ about the highs and lows of parenting.

Kate said: ‘I’m just being more open and honest with everything. I’ve found a happy-medium.

‘We compare ourselves to everyone’s best bits and we don’t always know what’s going on.

‘So I’ve made a conscious effort to try and be more open and honest and share not always the great bits of my life and that makes me feel better aswell because you haven’t got as much pressure to live up to what everything thinks is happening.’