Kate Ferdinand’s stepson Lorenz reveals sweet tattoo tribute to their blended family – months after brother Tate revealed he ‘hated’ her when she first got together with Rio

Months after Tate revealed he ‘hated’ stepmum Kate Ferdinand when she first got together with their dad Rio, brother Lorenz has proved there is no bad blood as he shared his sweet tattoo tribute to their blended family. The former TOWIE star, 35, and ex England footballer Rio, 47, who got together in 2017, enjoyed a family dinner in London with their two sons, where Lorenz showed off his new inking. Rolling the sleeve of his black T-shirt up, the 20-year-old goalkeeper revealed the tattoo on his upper arm which read: ‘One of five.’ Kate seemed overjoyed by the tribute and penned: ‘@lorenz.ferdinand this !!’  The podcast star co-parents Lorenz, Tate, 18, and Tia, 15, with Rio and they are also proud parents to daughter Shae, two, and son Cree, five.Elsewhere during the couple’s trip to London to visit Lorenz and Tate, the family enjoyed dinners out and watching the boys play football. She wrote: ‘Couldn’t be happier to see these two faces’.   Kate Ferdinand’s stepson Lorenz revealed his sweet tattoo tribute to their blended family, months after brother Tate revealed he ‘hated’ her when she first got together with Rio  Rolling the sleeve of his T-shirt up, the 20-year-old goalkeeper revealed the tattoo on his upper arm which read: ‘One of five.’ Kate seemed overjoyed and penned: ‘@lorenz.ferdinand this!!’ Kate has been struggling with her children living in two different countries after she and Rio relocated to the UAE last year.Meanwhile, Lorenz and Tate both stayed in the UK to pursue their football careers and are currently signed to Brighton & Hove Albion Under-21s.The family tribute comes after Tate revealed he tried to sabotage his father’s relationship with stepmum Kate out of ‘loyalty’ towards his late mother.He admitted he told lies about the ex reality star ‘meeting random men’ and ‘locking him and his siblings in a room’ after she moved into their family home in 2018.In a candid interview on Kate’s Blended podcast, Tate said he felt ‘so guilty’ about liking Kate due to the loyalty he felt for his mother, Rebecca, who tragically died from breast cancer in 2015 aged just 34.During the frank conversation, Kate and Tate reflected on the ‘hell of a journey’ they’ve been on as he admitted there was a period when he ‘hated’ her.Speaking about the ‘jealousy’ Rio’s children felt, Kate retold the story of how a delivery containing a present for the former footballer led to Tate accusing her of ‘meeting random men on the drive’.Kate said: ‘Once I got a phone for Rio and the kids were asleep… someone came to drop it on the drive and they’re a man.’Tate told people that when dad’s not there, I’m meeting men on the drive. So then a few people thought that when Rio was out, I was meeting random guys on the drive.’Tate replied: ‘You just had a hater in the house. I used to be so jealous. Not jealous, I don’t even know the word, but I would try and like get into all of your business.’The television personality also revealed how trying to hide a Valentine’s Day balloon delivery from Rio’s children ‘spiralled out of control’, after they began to spread the lie she had ‘locked them in a room’. The former TOWIE star, 35, and ex England footballer Rio, 47, who got together in 2017, enjoyed a family dinner in London with their two sons, where Lorenz showed off his new inking Lorenz also showed off the tattoo in a shirtless black and white photo ‘I said to the kids, “Right, go in that room. Close the door”, because I had a delivery coming.’How it’s come out is, “When dad’s not there, Kate locks us in the room”.’She described the ‘massive turmoil’ she felt as people then began to question her if she ‘was doing mad stuff’ like locking the children in a room.Recalling his side of the story, Tate said: ‘I was just in such a confused state of mind. I didn’t know what was going on. Dad didn’t really like surprise us with things like that.’So that was like a bit of a weird thing like, “why am I being told to stay in here for five minutes?” You come back as if nothing’s happened.’Tate added the incident happened during his ‘half-hating’ era and he would play ‘mind games’ on Kate by flipping between being loving to not speaking or even looking at her.’I remember when I hated you. I hated you. And then we might do something good and then I would flip straight away back into loving mode and then I’d have to almost lie about what I did before to get myself out of it,’ he said.’I felt so guilty for liking Kate and loving Kate. I felt guilty for my mum’s family, for my mum.’It’s a really weird feeling because one part of me really likes her… and then the other part of me thinks, “Oh, there’s a loyalty towards my mum here, what am I doing?'”Tate said he felt like he was stuck in no man’s land for a ‘couple of years’ before he allowed himself to appreciate the role Kate was playing in his life.The teenager said following the loss of his beloved mother, his father, Rio, ‘shut down’ as he battled the emotions associated with his grief.He said: ‘In that space in between when mum passed away and when you [Kate] came in, that was probably dad’s hardest point in his life… I remember the reactions we used to get from dad was mad. Dad would just shut us down straight away.’ The podcast star co-parents Lorenz, Tate, 18, and Tia, 15, with Rio and they are also proud parents to daughter Shae, two, and son Cree, fiveKate replied: ‘You’ve lost your mum. He’s working, trying to hold you three together. I think we can give him leeway for that.’When I met dad [Rio], he didn’t really face issues head on. This is something that we’ve created over the last however many years.’After Tate’s previous appearance on the podcast, they spoke about how trolls tried to stir up a competition between Kate and Tate’s late mother.But she told the teenager: ‘There’s no competition between me and your mum. Your mum’s your mum, your mum’s always going to be your mum.’If your mum was here, I wouldn’t be here doing what I’m doing right now.’When Kate asked Tate how he first felt about her first pregnancy, he admitted: ‘At the time I never thought I would love Cree and Shae the way we do now.’Rio added: ‘I think you might have thought that a little bit, that you weren’t having a normal pregnancy that other people have.’In the past, influencer Kate has opened up about the heartbreaking struggle she experienced as a stepmum to Rio’s children after they lost their mother.Kate battled strong emotions while bonding with her stepchildren, claiming she felt as if she was ‘walking in the steps of someone else’s life’ as her relationship with former footballer Rio blossomed.In her book How To Build A Family, she wrote: ‘If I could bring Rebecca back, I would in an instant because of the pain I’ve seen in them.’A child losing their parent is horrendous.You want to scoop them up and bring their mum back to make them happy, but you can’t.’As a step-parent coming into a bereaved home, you can sometimes find yourself in situations where you feel like you’re walking in the steps of someone else’s life.’