Former England football star Rio Ferdinand’s wife Kate has revealed that her journey to become a stepmom to her husband’s kids, Lorenz, 14, Tate, 12 and Tia, 10, was filled with hardships. 

Talking about the difficulties she faced, she wrote on Instagram: “A good stepmom is not made, she is built. She is built by the hardships of her role, the tears she cries in secret and the lessons she learns through trial and error. The passionate stepmom lives in all of us.”