Kate Ferdinand had rushed to her father’s side after he was taken to hospital last week.
The former Towie star has had a rocky relationship with her father, Phil, over the last few years but decided to put that to the side and went to see him.
An insider close to the 30-year-old star spoken to OK! About Kate’s relationship with her father.
They said: “Kate hasn’t spoken to her dad for a long time.
“They had a fall out because she wasn’t invited to his wedding. They’ve only just rekindled their relationship.
“She’d just started to feel more herself and she was finding her feet after having the baby, and then her dad was taken to hospital with a health scare.”
The insider added: “With him being ill, she felt like she had to go to see him.
“She felt like she had to because underneath, she does feel a bit guilty about not speaking to him for so long.
“If anything happened to him she wouldn’t be able to forgive herself. But hopefully, he’ll be OK.”
Kate who is married to footballing legend Rio Ferdinand had dropped everything to be with her father.
It was reported by The Sun that Kate had to pull of her housekeeper’s son’s wedding in Cheshire last minute to see her father in hospital.
A source told the paper last week: “It was a very emotional time. Kate was very brave.
“She was happy to be at his side.”
Kate recently became a first-time mum to baby son Cree who was born December last year.
The reality star and her husband Rio wed in Turkey in 2019 where she became a step-mum to Rio’s three children.
(Image: Kate Ferdinand/Instagram)
The former Manchester United and England player Rio has three children from previous relationships 14-year-old Lorenz, Tate, 12, and Tia, 10.
Kate and hubby Rio are currently enjoying a couple’s holiday together in Dubai where they she been regularly updating her 1.4million Instagram fans on their travels.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
