CARING KATE
Kate Garraway would quit Good Morning Britain to care for Covid-stricken husband Derek Draper
KATE Garraway has revealed she will quit Good Morning Britain to care for Covid-stricken husband Derek Draper if needed.
She is seen in a TV documentary tonight discussing his fight for life with their children, Darcey, 15, and Billy, 11.
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They talk about their North London home being made wheelchair-friendly for him, with a downstairs bedroom.
Kate, 53, says: “If I have to give up work to care for him it’s best to do it now. If he needs 24-hour care, I’ll be the primary carer.
“I’ve a fear of the reality. We’ll have to fall in love again a bit.”
Kate went on to address her comments on Good Morning Britain and said: “The truth is as much as I like to think I have all the answers sometimes, Derek doesn't need me, I'm not the person to care for him.
“You can't get rid of me that easily Shepherd. I'm not going anywhere. In fact the reality is, is that ITV and Global and Smooth radio, everybody has been so supportive and to be honest being here has kept me sane.”
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Her spokesman added: “Kate will not be giving up her role on GMB, in fact, her job has been something of a lifeline and really kept her spirits up over this past year and she has no plans to change that.”
Derek, 53, is still in hospital after catching the virus a year ago and suffering heart failure.
He is filmed saying on FaceTime: “There’s no way out.” Kate asks: “As in die?”
He sobs: “Yes.”
It comes after Derek breaks down in tears as he wakes from his coma in a moving scene.
The Good Morning Britain host, 53, has documented her husband's battle with the virus, which has continued since March last year.
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In a teaser clip aired on the ITV show, Derek is in floods of tears as Kate video calls her husband.
Kate says: "He's back. We've been waiting a long time to speak to you. I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of you."
Kate's documentary - which airs tonight - will track Derek's fight for his life and how they plan to live their life afterwards.
The couple married in 2005 after meeting just a year before, after being introduced by GMTV's then-political editor, Gloria De Piero.
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The pair share two children, 15-year-old Darcey and 11-year-old Billy.
Hours before Kate presented Good Morning Britain live to the nation one day last November, her barely conscious husband had said he was struggling to cope.
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The continual suffering amid his nightmare scenario left him thinking of death.
- Kate Garraway: Finding Derek. ITV 9pm.
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Emotional Kate Garraway says she’s ‘desperately trying to hold on’ to husband Derek as he fights effects of Covid
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