Kate Ferdinand posts tribute to father-in-law after relationship had rocky start

Kate Ferdinand took to Instagram to want Rio Ferdinand’s dad a cheerful birthday on Tuesday. The star’s father-in-law was initially cautious of the 30-year-old courting his footballer son.

Kate Ferdinand referred to Rio Ferdinand’s dad because the “finest father-in-law” on Tuesday – after beforehand admitting to having a rocky begin to their relationship.

The 30-year-old took to Instagram to ship on-line birthday needs to her BT Sport pundit husband’s father – sharing a throwback image of herself and Julian Ferdinand along with her 1.four million Instagram followers.

Within the picture, the gorgeous blonde could be seen grinning as she holds a drink, whereas her father-in-law lovingly wraps an arm round her.

“Comfortable birthday to the most effective father-in-law. All of us love you a lot,” the mum-of-one captioned the candy snap.

Whereas it could be blissful households now, that hasn’t all the time been the case for the previous TOWIE star and Julian.

In 2020 documentary Rio and Kate: Changing into a Step Household, it was revealed that the daddy of the previous Manchester United star was “not sure” of Kate at first.

Within the shifting documentary, the 42-year-old former footballer confessed he needed to have “phrases” together with his dad because it was making each him and Kate really feel uncomfortable.

Julian went on the clarify that he was anxious that the previous actuality TV star was “too younger”, and that his important concern would all the time be his grandchildren’s wellbeing.

Rio is dad to Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 10 from his marriage to his late spouse, Rebecca Ellison – who tragically handed away from most cancers in 2015, aged simply 34.

As he discovered love once more comply with his spouse’s unhappy loss of life, many have been cautious of Rio’s new relationship with younger Kate.

Talking on his documentary, Rio mentioned: “Sure family members made it laborious for Kate at the start, however she wasn’t right here attempting to take anybody’s function. Lots of people discovered it laborious seeing me with a brand new lady.”

Kate added to this, saying: “Folks would say, ‘That is Rebecca’s home and that is not how she would have completed it.’

“And I’d simply assume, “However I am not Rebecca.’ I really feel like I failed so much and I could not prepare dinner. It felt like I used to be being picked on by numerous shut individuals.”

Julian praised his daughter-in-law for her resilience when going through some robust instances when first becoming a member of the household.

Reminiscing on the documentary, he mentioned: “It was laborious, not only for myself however for everybody. If she wasn’t strong-minded she would have simply walked away.”

Kate and Rio tied the knot in 2019, and final yr the blissful couple welcomed their first baby collectively into the world – a son named Cree.

The soccer pundit wooed the blonde health fan after assembly her at a buddy’s BBQ

Along with his kids’s permission, he requested her out on a date and her transformation from actuality TV star to devoted step-mum started.

She ditched her agent and lower ties with quite a few manufacturers as she centered on constructing the belief of Rio’s kids and the remainder of the household.

The plan paid off, as household man Rio has spoken on quite a few events about how Kate has settled into the function as step-mum and the way a lot the youngsters adore her.

When the previous footballer requested Kate to marry him in November 2018, his three kids had a hand within the romantic proposal in Abu Dhabi.

Their lavish marriage ceremony additionally noticed Lorenz and Tate stroll Kate down the aisle with Tia serving as her maid of honour.