Kate Ferdinand has broken her silence after an intruder tried to break into her and Rio’s home.
During Monday’s Lorraine, the host asked how she was doing and told her, “We’re all fine. Thanks for asking the question.’
Kate is the stepmother to Rio’s three children, Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13, and Tia, 11 – whose mother Rebecca sadly died after a battle with cancer in 2015 – and the couple also have a son named Cree, two, together.
Rio, 44, saw the man at his south-east London home and managed to hand him over to police.
The former footballer owns the stunning mansion in an exclusive Home Counties estate and is said to have attacked the intruder in his garden.
‘We are all safe’: Kate Ferdinand broke her silence and told Lorraine her family was safe after an intruder tried to break into her and husband Rio’s home on Friday
Incident: Rio, 44 (pictured with Kate) saw the man at his south-east London home and managed to hand him over to police
He held the man until the police arrived, while his pregnant wife and children slept in their luxury home.
A source close to the couple confirmed there was a security incident at their exclusive Home Counties address on Friday.
CCTV footage captured the suspected intruder trying out the rear patio doors of the £4million home the night before, The Sun reports.
The man then reportedly spent the night in the garden before the former England ace confronted him and held him down while waiting for the police.
Former TOWIE star Kate has started dating footballer Rio – two years after Rebecca died following a battle with breast cancer.
Posts to her Instagram account on Saturday gave no sign that an incident had occurred as she appeared to be making smoothies for the children at home. Kate is currently pregnant with the couple’s second child.
In a carefree video she shared with her fans, she had made passion fruit and mango smoothies, adding the caption: “Lazy but very noisy Saturdays”. Well, it’s noisy every day in this house.
But the former England centre-back is far from the only player to have been hit by security concerns – as stars are often targeted for their known wealth.
During the Qatar 2022 World Cup, England star Raheem Stirling had to rush home after his house was raided by burglars while he was away.
Love: The couple started dating in 2017 and married in 2019 and she is stepmother to Lorenz, 15, Tate, 13 and Tia, 11 – they also have a son named Cree, two years together
The Chelsea striker has rushed home from Qatar to check on the wellbeing of his family after he was “shaken” by the raid on his gated property in leafy Cobham.
In the aftermath, many of Sterling’s teammates were considering increasing their own protection levels, with the raid the latest in a string of burglaries at footballers’ homes.
Sterling, a father-of-three, was also the target of burglars while playing for Manchester City and living in Cheshire in 2018. But the gang were scared off when an alarm system was activated and left empty-handed .
Another gang of thieves broke into the home of former England footballer Ashley Cole in January 2020 and threatened to cut off his fingers in the terrifying raid.
He was at home with his wife and two young children at the time of the attack, which tied him up and expected to die.
In 2021, former Manchester United footballer Chris Smalling was robbed at his home in front of his wife and two-year-old child in a horrific ordeal.
Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported that three armed robbers broke into the England footballer’s home and forced him to open his family’s safe, where the attackers took jewelry and other valuables. value.
Smalling’s wife Sam called police just before 5 a.m. and officers arrived at the family’s villa, about 25 miles south of Rome, with the three very distressed victims.
The incident happened while the player was under contract with Roma.
Mixed: Kate moved in with Rio and her three children several years after his first wife died of cancer
Kate Ferdinand has previously discussed raising her blended family on the Parenting Hell podcast, while detailing the changing dynamic with Rio and Rebecca’s three children as they reach their teenage years.
She insisted she never wanted to take their mother’s place and that getting to know Rebecca made her a better parent.
Met Police said in a statement to MailOnline that police were called early Friday morning and only one person would be involved.
They said they found “a 70-year-old man in the custody of a private security officer in Farnborough having been found in the garden of a residential property”.
“Officers have spoken with the man and with the owner of the premises where he was found.
‘The man was dealt with through a community resolution for ‘being in enclosed premises for an unlawful purpose’, an offense under the Vagrancy Act. He was not arrested.