Rio and Kate : becoming a step family

[covetingthepreciousthings]

Anyone else going to be watching this tonight?

I watched the first one with Rio talking about the grief of losing Rebecca, it was so heartbreaking what the family all went through, I'm so pleased he seems to have found happiness. He seems like a nice guy.

BBC 1 at 9pm tonight.

[HeddaGarbled]

Love the idea that the children are protected from publicity because only the backs of their heads were shown while they were filmed at their dead mother’s graveside. I’ll have to try and guess who these children are, what with their identities being so well hidden.

[magicfarawaytrees]

😂😂😂😂 Jesus Christ. Ta-ra now

[neverornow]

RIP Rebecca just heartbreaking. Poor woman, and god bless those children.

Kate does seem to have brought them happiness again. I'm sure they have probably helped others by making these shows and raised some awareness but I agree that they should keep it all out of the public eye now.

[doritosdip]

People aren't judging because Rio is a footballer and Kate is from TOWIE. Cheating politicians and Instamums who use their kids also get short shrift here.

Rio and Kate don't need more money. I suspect that they are trying to build a family brand for financial purposes and that in the near future we'll see Kate try to emulate other famous mums and have a kids clothing range etc

There are plenty of celebrity widows and widowers raising their kids and step kids out of the limelight and until the kids are old enough to decide if they want to be in the public eye then it is in their interest to be shielded imho.

[AutumnCrow]

I changed channels. It made me feel really uncomfortable.

I then found Mary Beard's BBC2 documentary which discussed the complexities of (mis)using images of one's own children for one's career, and whether there needs to be moral purity in the adult 'creator' if the images are 'allowed' to be appreciated by other adult viewers.

Are the children being exploited for adult felings, Beard asks? When does viewing becoming voyeurism?

Beard is looking in this series at 'nude' images, to be clear.

There are other ways in which children can be exposed to the adult gaze before they can meaningfully consent to it, such as having their grief in cemeteries transmitted on tv. I find it a very troubling privacy intrusion tbh, hence why I changed channel.

[Sagradafamiliar]

Not watching as I'm indifferent about the pair of them. Those poor kids, though. It seems there's a lot of money to be made from their tragedy because I don't actively seek out, yet still stumble across endless appearances and articles about their mother dying/Rio being a single dad/Rio moving on/Kate adapting to being a stepmum/Kate releasing a book correlating to it all. Awful, awful, awful.

[getyourarseoffthequattro]

I personally dont see it that way at all. The kids seemed happy which to me is the most important thing.

[Chipstick10]

I don’t want to mention any names as I don’t want to be accused of anything mean but I have stopped following a certain couple of Instagram simply because nothing is sacred. Every move their children make is up for public consumption. It makes me really uncomfortable and slightly angry

[getyourarseoffthequattro]

And i dont think you can say they "use their kids" like some instamums do because they really dont. Youd be hard pressed to find an advert with their kids in because their arent any.

I dont see this as them "selling a brand" - maybe im just not as cynical as some.

[WendyWonka]

shit show

[AutumnCrow]

Everyone employs different analytical tools when looking at other people's actions. Our lenses are not the same.

[MarthasGinYard]

Blimey

Thought this was Tele addicts

[tunnocksreturns2019]

Ah, looks like one for me to miss. I don’t think Rio or I have anything in common beyond being widowed young.

[Kwkwjwkek]

I’m pretty sure he showed his sons in his first documentary. The boys donated their shoes for the poor.


I don’t like them. Kate is just so annoying constantly trying to be extra. Has to go overboard with the kids birthdays etc

[Lalala205]

I just don't see the point? She made a big hoo-ha is 2017 about how she was stepping out of the spotlight to concentrate on her relationship and the kids. Since then they never seem to be out of the news, media, OK magazine big wedding spread? Nothing wrong with wanting to be a 'celeb', but don't then bang on about 'privacy' whilst telling the world and their dog about every non-event in your boring life. They've got plenty of money to just enjoy themselves instead. Surely a decent course of therapy/family counselling would serve them far better than a 'tell all exclusive'. 🙄

[HeronLanyon]

Wow - I started this thread quite liking Rio (loved him at Man U) and knowing nothing at all about Kate. My head is reeling. What a shame.
Good they’ve all found some happiness. Hope it lasts.

[ooooohbetty]

'Lots of successful men continuously cheat on their wives and the wives stay. That's between them.'

Yes they do and it is between them. But if the husband then does a tv programme about how much he loved his wife when she died and how hard his life is bringing up the children alone then that gets my back up. It wasn't just one night stands. He allegedly had an affair for years whilst simultaneously having one night stands. You don't treat someone you love the way he treated her.

[chuffoff]

Bloody hell, came on this thread looking for others' opinions on the documentary and not sure anyone actually saw it! I personally found it quite powerful and both DP and I sobbed pretty much the whole way through. You didn't get to see the Ferdinand kids' faces once and felt that was really well-handled. It wasn't just them though, it was the experiences of other kids whose parents had died that was so moving. Especially the ones who had been too young to remember their deceased parent and the obvious pain and guilt they felt at not remembering them. Not something I had ever really thought about before. In the grips of PND and heath anxiety I had always reasoned with myself that my babies would be fine if anything happens to me as they wouldn't be able remember me. Have to say that I took quite a lot away from that documentary and felt that there is a lot of love in that family but recognition that there are hard times ahead.

[joystir59]

Ridiculous effing programmes

[AlternativePerspective]

I didn’t watch it because any celebrity programmes don’t interest me in the slightest. But some of the comments on here are horrible.

So Rio cheated on his wife. Certainly not his finest hour but she knew and chose to stay with him. That was her choice. And while he certainly didn’t behave well in marriage sometimes bereavement brings a different perspective. Perhaps he did love her. Perhaps he realised that when he knew that he was going to lose her for ever.

And some of the comments here are libellous. He didn’t move Kate in before his wife died. He didn’t cheat on Rebecca with Kate, she died in 2015 and he and Kate got together in 2017.

And comments about her having her tits on show and commenting on what she wears and accusing her of being an airhead? .

It interests me that anyone views being on reality tv as a job but the public are largely to blame for that as they watch it.

But go on to the feminist board or anywhere else on here and start making comments about a woman’s tits and dressing habits and I don’t think the responses would exactly be favourable.

I certainly wouldn’t choose to put my children in the spotlight for anything, but many do and I even know someone who isn’t a celebrity who has exploited his children to the max after his wife’s death. I can’t say any more than that.

I also find it interesting that many of the posters who criticise this couple for exploiting their children are the same posters who uphold Katie price as a shrewd business woman and just wanting to do the best for her children, even though she’s been exploiting them for years and has now lost custody of them.

[butterpuffed]

I too came on here to see what people thought of this programme and perhaps discuss it but there don't seem to be many opinions on it , mainly posters ripping Kate and Rio to shreds and arguing with each other. Disappointing.

[getyourarseoffthequattro]

i honestly dont see the relevance of what kate wears? name me a celebrity mum who hasn't been pictured in a bikini?

if she was overweight and unattractive and wearing a bikini on holiday im sure none of you would have anything to say about it. I have never seen her wear anything i would deem innapropriate in front of children.

It just shows the type of judgement on MN doesnt it, pretty girl, nice figure - must be an airhead, is very "me me me"

i'm not sure any of the nasty posters actually watched last night, because i think she very much proved that she isn't an air head, or very me me me and she genuinely wants to see those children happy.

Good for her, and ill state again id much rather someone like her bring my kids up than someone who judges others purely on looks and what they wear.

[getyourarseoffthequattro]

chuffoff i agree with everything you've said there.