Tube passengers gobsmacked as they spot legendary millionaire footballer and his wife after shopping spree
TUBE passengers were surprised to see and England footballing legend and his famous wife taking public transport after a day shopping in the capital.
Cramped carriages, delays and scruffy seats aren’t uncommon on the underground, but that didn’t put off this multimillionaire celeb couple from hopping aboard.
Rio and Kate Ferdinand left fans doing a double take as they checked their phones between stops.
Former Manchester United ace Rio, 46, wore a cream quarter zip and beige trousers, while Kate, 33, looked to be wearing a leather jacket, baggy jeans and trainers.
The outing came as Kate received a sweet Mother’s Day message from her stepson, Lorenz.
The budding footballer, 18, took to his Instagram stories to share two black and white photos, including one of him as younger child standing next to smiling late mum Rebecca Ellison, who died from cancer in 2015.
The other was a photo of him standing with Kate and their arms around each other.
“Happy Mother’s Day,” Lorenz captioned both photos.
Lorenz is a goalkeeper currently playing for seventh-tier side Havant and Waterlooville.
Rio shared three children with Rebecca, including Lorenz’s younger siblings, Tate, 16, and Tia, 13.
The football pundit married Towie star Kate in 2019 and they are parents to son, Cree, four, and daughter Shae, 20 months.
Kate reshared Lorenz’s post and also showed off her Mother’s Day spoils, which included a pink flower and a card.
She captioned the photo: “It’s all in the details. Who has opened their card today? Just a little note from me.”
Kate previously said she struggled to celebrate Mother’s Day knowing her stepchildren had lost their mother.
“Mother’s Day for most people is usually a day that we celebrate the women that shaped us,” Kate said on her Blended Podcast in 2022.
“But unfortunately that is just not the case for everyone. For me personally Mother’s Day is a day that I struggle with.
“I’m fortunate to have three amazing stepchildren and my biological son Cree, but sadly my stepchildren lost their mum at a young age and also my husband has lost his mum.
“I really really struggled with Mother’s Day even before I was a biological parent, somehow I thought it would be easier when I had Cree but actually last year was probably the toughest Mother’s Day to date.”
She continued: “It’s a strange feeling the world is celebrating this day and there is a real big loss in my house but also it was my first Mother’s Day – a day in another life that I would really look forward to, but here I am surrounded by my family.
“How can I have the audacity to celebrate myself when all my family have had such a deep loss.
“I felt really alone and quite isolated, I didn’t know anyone in a similar situation or going through the same sort of thing as me.”