Kate Ritchie responds to claims she’s feuding with Bec Hewitt

FOR the past year, magazines have been writing about a “feud” between former Home and Away stars Kate Ritchie and Bec Hewitt.

KATE Ritchie has set the record straight about her alleged feud with Bec Hewitt.

Speaking on Nova’s Kate, Tim and Marty, the former Home and Away star was asked by Marty Sheargold about the “craziest story” that’s been made up about her over the years.

“I think my favourite, which is one of the latest ones, is that I’ve been at war and am at war with Bec Hewitt,” said Ritchie, “And the fact that we’re not talking because Bec didn’t ever come to meet my baby, which is actually not true at all”.

The story appeared not long after Ritchie gave birth to her daughter Mae in August 2014.

“I think it started around this time last year at race time where Bec was friendly and kind of said, ‘Oh no I haven’t yet met the baby,’ and that became this scandalous thing.”

Just chilling at the tennis a few years ago.

In November 2014, Woman’s Day ran a story with the headline, “Kate Ritchie & Bec Hewitt: Inside their secret feud!”

The article claimed that the duo’s “once rock-solid friendship ... has fallen apart — and can’t be resurrected”.

The magazine also quoted a “friend” who said that Kate Ritchie isn’t a fan of Bec’s husband, Lleyton Hewitt.

“He has never made any effort when in their company, except for the wedding,” said the supposed friend to the mag.

“It’s nothing personal against them, but Lleyton is just not interested in people who are not sporting or tennis-related, even if they’re Bec’s longtime friends.”

Ritchie, who was a bridesmaid at Bec’s wedding to Lleyton in 2005, told her Nova co-hosts on air yesterday that, “Bec has met Mae (her daughter) numerous times and we’ve socialised together as families”.

Kate with her hubby Stuart Webb.

Lleyton and Bec.

The 37-year-old star also shared a story on the popular radio show about an outrageous magazine article that linked her to Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan.

“It was years ago … we were on the Gold Coast and Imran Khan was there … he was in Brisbane for something else and I happened to get a photo with him.

“I was passing a table that he was sitting at and then we had a photograph together and one of the mags ran a story on the cover saying that he only had eyes for me and that there was something going on there, and I thought oh god.”