Former TOWIE star Kate Wright has revealed she is quitting the limelight to focus on her boyfriend Rio Ferdinand and his three children.Speaking for the first time about their widely-discussed relationship, she told The Sun: 'I’m taking a step back from the public eye, I want to keep my life private as I lived my previous relationship on TOWIE, my priority right now is Rio and the family.'The pair have gone from strength to strength since since going public with their romance earlier this summer. Just weeks ago they shared their first snaps to social media, having remained relatively elusive about their blossoming romance.After soaring to fame on TOWIE in 2015, when she was introduced as the ex-girlfriend of show heartthrob Dan Edgar, she became a fan favourite, with her sizzling figure and girl's girl personality winning hearts.Despite two years of fame, winning various lucrative contracts and garnering 682,000 Instagram followers, she confirmed her time in the spotlight is up as she moves towards looking after Lorenz, 11, Tate, nine, and Tia, six.A friend told the publication: 'Kate left TOWIE because she wanted to be away from the limelight. But interest continued to be sky high and she struggled to visit the gym and go on holiday in peace.'She hopes having no links with brands and no longer being on TV will help give her the quiet life she longs for with her new family.'As she moves away from the spotlight, Kate's now-former agent told MailOnline: 'Over the past two years we've seen Kate grow into an amazing woman, I'm really super pleased for Kate and proud of her and support Kate's decision as she moves into the next chapter of her life, away from the public eye.'Rio shared the first ever snap of the duo on his Instagram account last month as they chilled with his family at Blanco Beach Club in Portugal.Taking to the photosharing site, Rio's 2.4million followers were treated to the snap of his entire family, while Kate beamed in the middle.The footballer added a caption on the shot reading: 'Decent day with the fam', alongside a heart emoji in a happy nod to the state of their relationship.And joining in on the Instagram action, Kate uploaded a photo which she captioned 'lunch with the girls', the reality star showed how close she has become to her beau's twin half sisters Remi and Anya, along with fellow relative Chloe.Rio appears to have found happiness again, after opening up about losing his wife Rebecca earlier this year, in a tearful conversation six months after her death. Rio tragically lost his wife, Rebecca Ellison, to breast cancer in 2015.The father-of-three said in the weeks following her death in May 2015 didn't 'look at himself' and instead focused on his children — sons Lorenz, then nine, Tate, then six, and daughter, Tia, just four. It was 'all about the school run, the basic stuff,' he said.He filmed a
