KATHERINE Ryan is no stranger to taking a bit of criticism over her parenting style – especially since showcasing the behind-the-scenes of her family in reality show At Home With Katherine Ryan.
But that hasn’t stopped the mother-of-three from going above and beyond for her children, especially teenage daughter Violet, who is at the focus of series two of the UKTV hit.
Katherine hired the midwife to queue for her daughter Violet[/caption]
The star returns for a second series of her reality show this month[/caption]
So much so, that she hired someone to stand in a queue to make sure her eldest child had the best view possible at Taylor Swift’s Eras tour last summer, and keep her happy.
Katherine admitted: “I want to give everyone in my life a premium experience.
“I know people will be taken aback that I hired a midwife to queue at 4am at Wembley as a placeholder.
“But a midwife is the perfect person for the job, because she’s on call, and if someone needs antenatal care in that queue, she’s there.
“It’s just the way I’ve always been with her, Violet and I had many wonderful adventures and I just want to keep that up, even though I do keep cutting her inheritance down every nine months.”
The new series delves deeper than ever into Katherine and husband Bobby Kootstra‘s life at home with children Violet, Fred and Fenna.
One scene sees Katherine break down in tears addressing her relationship with daughter Violet, 15 – who she admits she keeps happy to make sure she remains at the family home.
She continued: “I just don’t want Violet to leave on bad terms or prematurely – and before Bobby came into our lives, we did exist in this benevolent democracy.
“We were like sisters, and then her life has changed so much in the last five years so I don’t like to say no to her.
“I kind of resist it, I don’t know why I should say no to her – I still struggle with that and we haven’t solved that in the series.
“It just makes for an interesting jumping off point for conversations to happen in the UK when people watch it – and I don’t mind being a catalyst for conversation.”
At Home With Katherine Ryan’s second series airs weekly from February 10 at 9pm on U&W.
Katherine is joined by her family in the U&W series[/caption]
