When A Mum’s Affair Breaks The Family: Can It Be Fixed?

On a previous episode, Travis Jay made a bold comment. You always know your dad’s dirt, but you never know your mum’s. So the ladies decided to look into it. In this episode, Kate Ferdinand is joined by Nathalie Holmes-Lewis and Cilla Kessie as they unpack two dilemmas that flip the narrative and explore women who cheat. In the first, a married woman admits to having an affair. She broke it off and says it was a mistake. Her husband found out and is devastated, but instead of separating fully, they are living under the same roof for the sake of the children. She wants to know if reconciliation is possible while sharing a home, or if the damage is already done. In the second dilemma, things are even more complicated. A woman has been sleeping with both her ex and her current partner. She is now pregnant and does not know who the father is. Her ex has a hold on her but she wants a future with her current partner. She is trying to navigate the situation without destroying multiple lives. The panel does not hold back. Cilla is clear on consequences. Kate questions whether we judge women differently. Nathalie shows sympathy in the first dilemma, especially where remorse is genuine, but asks whether the reaction would be the same if it were a man. Rio drops in to give his honest opinion on the second dilemma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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When A Mum’s Affair Breaks The Family: Can It Be Fixed? is an episode from Blended by Kate Ferdinand .

This episode is 52:23 long.

This episode was published on May 20, 2026.

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