Any sisterly bond is tricky, what with the ups and downs of borrowed clothes and pointless quarrels. But if you're in the public eye like Kate and Lottie Moss, we can imagine that puts a strain on the relationship - especially when you both work in the same industry.
But after years of alleged tension, Lottie's comments made on Celebrity Bear Hunt (our latest reality TV obsession on Netflix) seem to suggest that the pair have put their difficulties behind them and been working on their relationship.
In fact when Lottie Moss introduced herself on the show she jokingly said, 'People will best know me for being Kate Moss's sister... and a model.' Later in the first episode, Lottie also went on to dispute any rumours of a feud between the sisters.
That wasn't the case back in 2023 though when Lottie appeared on Celebs Go Dating and did an interview with The Sun in which she said, 'Me and my sister have never been close. There is a big age gap. She doesn’t want to have a relationship with me’
N.B. Lottie Moss is the daughter of Kate's father Peter Moss and his second wife Inger - leaving a 24-year age gap between the sisters. The OnlyFans star added, ‘When I was younger, I couldn’t understand it. I thought, why is someone in my family not wanting a relationship with me? I don’t get it.’
However upon speaking to others around her, Lottie explained how she's come to realise that ‘Family is complicated.
‘I didn’t grow up with my sister giving us money. We had a tiny two-bedroom house. My parents were bankrupt. I paid for my private school myself with the money I made modelling. We just don’t see eye to eye on many things. I love her. She’s my sister, but we’re just not close. It is what it is.’
A timeline of sisters Kate Moss and Lottie Moss's relationship
July 2011: Lottie Moss the bridesmaid
At 14 years old, Lottie was accidentally given her big break by half-sister Kate because in the summer of 2011, Lottie appeared as bridesmaid when Kate married rocker Jamie Hince. The world was quickly obsessed with the flower-crown clad teen.
Reflecting on the day, Lottie previously said ‘It was so funny. My mum was like, “Your sister is going to be so pissed.” No one noticed her, everyone was like, “Who’s that?”'
January 2014: Lottie Moss signs with Kate Moss's old modelling agency
While most of us were gifted iPod Nano's and slogan tees, Lottie's 16th birthday present was a lucrative contract with Storm Models - the same agency who discovered Kate Moss at JFK Airport back in 1988.
After pictures of the teen at Kate's wedding were published in Vogue, the agency quickly snapped her up. Lottie went on to shoot campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein and Dolce and Gabbana.
But it wasn't quite the dream imagined. Lottie has since opened up about how modelling agencies simply wanted her to be 'Kate Moss part two,' revealing she was told to lose weight in order to mimic her sister's signature 'heroin chic' style.
February 2014: Kate and Lottie Moss attend London Fashion Week together
A taste of the high life, Lottie sat alongside sister Kate whilst attending Topshop's show at 2014's London Fashion Week.
December 2015: Lottie Moss talks to Vogue about Kate Moss
In a true multiverse of madness, Lottie appeared alongside Bella Hadid and Kylie Jenner for a Vogue shoot. At the time, the star was still attending school in Sussex and preparing for her A Levels.
The famous trio opened up to Vogue about what it was like to grow up with famous siblings. After Bella gushed over big sis Gigi, Lottie joked, 'My sister's better than your sister - our super model sisters... My first memory of my sister is that she'd always dress me up in her clothes, and when I was really young she'd always put huge fur on me and these glittery things, and dress me up.' Looks like we weren't the only one learning some style lessons from Kate...
Lottie also revealed that her big sis would play Sylvanian Families with her. Cute!
January 2018: Kate and Lottie Moss's Christmas celebrations
Although the Moss family keep their private lives on the down low, Lottie did give fans a glimpse into her life with a snap of the group celebrating Christmas. Posting the pic on Instagram - which shows half sister Kate on the end - Lottie captioned it 'Christmas gang.'
2020: Lottie Moss's Lockdown with Lila and Kate Moss
When the Covid-19 pandemic threw a spanner in all our plans, it turns out Lottie was no different. The model moved into her sister's Gloucestershire mansion for Lockdown, after her passport was stolen and left her unable to return to America.
Opening up about the time, Lottie recently revealed how she grew close to Kate's 20 year old daughter Lila.
Explaining that she doesn't see her niece as much following Lila's move to New York, Lottie said 'We text sometimes and I see her out and about. I don't give her advice. I think my sister can give her modelling advice.'
April 2022: Lottie Moss calls Kate Moss great
Appearing on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, Lottie shared that her sister had been her support network following a stint in rehab for cocaine addiction.
Lottie said, 'Me and my sister sister have never been that close, so we never really spoke about it until I was in rehab. She was great, she said, “I love you, you’re great.”'
October 2022: Kate Moss supports Lottie Moss's OnlyFans career
Following reports that the supermodel was left 'mortified' at her sister's OnlyFans career, Lottie shut down rumours by insisting her sister had shown nothing but support.
She shared, 'My sister said, “I am super proud of you.” I think she was also happy that I’m not doing exactly as she’s doing. She’s like, “Get out of my lane!”'
December 2022: Lottie Moss opens up about her family to Glamour
Despite calling her half-sis 'great' just months earlier, Lottie finished the year by posting an Instagram revealing what was really going on in her life.
She wrote, 'I understand I have come from a very privileged position being the sister of someone very famous, but believe it or not that person never really supported me, my parents were amazing but could not relate to what I was going through and did not know the full extent of what I was going through most of the time, I was pretty much on my own so I had to navigate this by myself and do the best I could.'
That same month, Lottie addressed her fractured relationship with big sis Kate during an interview with Glamour UK.
She wrote, 'When I started out, I was always just Kate Moss's sister. That was really hard for me growing up, especially not being that close with my sister (we still don't really have a relationship now, which is something I never really speak about.)'
August 2023: Lottie Moss says Kate Moss doesn't want a relationship with her
The pair's relationship didn't seem to have improved by 2023 and the Celebs Go Dating star shared at the time that her sister 'doesn't want a relationship.'
But despite living their separate lives, it seems that there's no bad blood between the siblings. Lottie said, 'I love her, she’s my sister, but we’re just not close. It is what it is.'
September 2024: Kate and Lottie Moss celebrate dad Peter Moss's 80th birthday together
A feud no more! The whole Moss family got together - we're talking Kate, Lottie, Lila and Kate's brother Nick - for Dad Peter Moss's 80th birthday celebrations.
The festivities began with a trip to their local pub The Griffin in Sussex and ended with a boozy trip to the Chiltern Firehouse in London with Kate partying alongside Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, until 3am.
February 2025: Lottie Moss speaks about Kate Moss on Celebrity Bear Hunt
Cut to 2025 and the pair seem to have patched up their relationship even more, with Lottie revealing on Celebrity Bear Hunt that whenever reports about her and Kate's fractious bond come out they always call each other up to check in.