Kate Garraway fights back tears as she returns to GMB after husband Derek Draper’s ‘challenging’ birthday… before revealing she’s faced abuse for ‘laughing and joking’ on the show
Kate Garraway fought back tears as she returned to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday after an absence to celebrate her husband Derek Draper’s birthday.
The presenter, 53, told Adil Ray that while Derek is still recovering from COVID-19 in hospital, she celebrated with a cake on Facetime, admitting the day was ‘challenging’ for herself and their two children.
Kate told Adil: ‘It was obviously a challenging one under the circumstances. We managed to FaceTime him and sing Happy Birthday.’
She’s back! Kate Garraway, 53, fought back tears as she returned to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, after an absence to celebrate her husband Derek Draper’s birthday
She continued: ‘We had a cake which we ate over FaceTime. It was very challenging for the kids, but they are doing it brilliantly.
‘We managed to do it with Derek’s family and technically hook up and sing Happy Birthday. We just hope the love seeps through.’
Kate went onto reveal that her GMB co-presenter Laura Tobin gifted her a rosebush as a ‘sign of hope,’ which begun to flower on Derek’s birthday.
The visibly emotional star added that her daughter Darcey, 14, turned to gardening to keep busy when Derek first fell ill back in March.
She added: ‘They’ve come and gone and we’re picking tomatoes that we grew from the seed.
‘It’s amazing how nature helps you mark the passage of time, which is therapeutic in a way.
‘We’d say ”we’ll plant these and when dad’s better next year he can see them come up”. We’ve been trying to keep things moving forward which helps.’
Kate struggled to hide her tears as she said: ‘Sorry, I don’t know why I’ve gone all…. I’ve gone all sort of, you know…
‘We’ll cheer up in a minute. I just wanted to explain because a lot of people were in touch asking why I hadn’t been in work. It’s nice that people care, thank you.’