Kate Ritchie Opens Up About an Embarrassing Secret With Bec Hewitt From Home and Away

Kate Ritchie left her radio co-stars Fitzy and Wippa in stitches of laughter after revealing a Christmas secret about Bec Hewitt.

Former Home and Away star and radio host Kate Ritchie recently spilled a cheeky secret about a former co-star’s unusual Christmas tree habits, leaving her fellow radio hosts Fitzy & Wippa shocked.

While discussing Christmas traditions on their radio show Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie, the trio began talking about people who might listen to Christmas carols all year long. Wippa jokingly remarked, “Yeah, they’re the ones who leave the tree up all year because they’re lazy,” which made Kate visibly uncomfortable.

When Wippa asked if Kate left her tree up all year, Kate replied, “I know someone who does that.” When pressed further, Kate hesitated before saying, “I’m not going to say who it is,” adding, “They’re not around much” and “usually come home in summer.”

Fitzy then encouraged her to reveal the secret, saying, “Go out with a bang at the end of the year. Tell us who it is!

Kate Ritchie reveals Christmas secret about Bec Hewitt

As Fitzy and Wippa started throwing out celebrity guesses that ranged from Chris Martin to “a Hemsworth” to her former Home and Away co-stars like Ray Meagher, Ada Nicodemou, and Lynne McGranger, Kate kept saying “No!” before eventually caving.

“I think Bec Hewitt did it a little bit,” Kate muttered, to Fitzy and Wippa’s laughs.

Bec Hewitt previously admitted to leaving Christmas tree up for ‘years’

Bec Hewitt hasn’t kept this information a secret herself however. In 2016, the former actress revealed in an interview that her Christmas tree had been up for “eight years”.

“I don’t know if this is a little bit sad but our Christmas tree has been up for eight years!” she said. “We’ve been living overseas, and we fly in to Australia quite late. Because we fly in and it’s nearly Christmas time, and then we have to leave for the Australian Open in a hurry, so we just don’t get round to it; I’m busy packing.”

She then joked it didn’t matter what time of year it was, and that in her Australian house it was “always Christmas!”

Lleyton and Bec Hewitt step out with son Cruz

Lleyton and Bec Hewitt recently stepped out with their 15-year-old son Cruz at the 2024 Newcombe Medal, where Cruz was nominated for male junior athlete of the year.

The teen is quickly making a name for himself on the junior circuit, often being compared to his father but saying he doesn’t “mind” the comparisons.

“It is what it is. But I don’t really mind,” he said. “It just drives me to be better.”

Kate Ritchie left her radio co-stars Fitzy and Wippa in stitches of laughter after revealing a Christmas secret about Bec Hewitt. Former Home and Away star and radio host Kate Ritchie recently spilled a cheeky secret about a former co-star’s unusual Christmas tree habits, leaving her fellow radio hosts Fitzy & Wippa shocked. While discussing Christmas traditions…