Rio and Kate take things step by step
WHEN footballer Rio Ferdinand’s wife Rebecca died from breast cancer in 2015, it left the former England star and their three young children devastated.
A critically-acclaimed film months later, Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum And Dad, was a heartbreaking insight into their grief as Rio took on life as a single parent.
Now this equally powerful and emotional documentary
rejoins the family as Rio’s fiancée Kate Wright prepares to marry Rio and becomes a step mum to 12-year-old Lorenz, 10-year-old Tate and sevenyear-old Tia.
It’s a complicated and challenging time for the 27-year-old reality star, who must not only be mum to three grieving children, but also struggles with her own identity as a mother and must honour the memories of Rebecca without feeling overshadowed.
“All of Rebecca’s clothes are in the cupboard,” she says, showing cameras around the Ferdinand home where she now lives. “I just feel really guilty to even be in here.”
There are honest and tearful interviews from both Rio and Kate, as they open up about their daily struggles to become a new blended family.
“I thought I’d never be happy again,” says Rio, who got together with Kate two years after Rebecca died.
While Kate feels like she’s “winging it”, is often judged, and wonders constantly ‘What would their mum do?’
Starting as the Ferdinands deal with Mother’s Day, it’s a tear-jerking film. Tia often asks Kate why her mum can’t come back. In search of help, they decide to meet other families going through a similar experience, hoping for answers.