Former The Only Way Is Essex star Kate Ferdinand was reported to have given birth to her first child on Friday 18 December. The wife of footballer Rio Ferdinand welcomed a baby boy into the world, a source told OK! Online.The child is Rio's fourth, as he is also father to Lorenz, 13, Tate, 11, and Tia, nine, who Kate has become stepmother to as their mother Rebecca passed away from cancer back in 2015.