Kate Garraway has revealed she is writing a self-help book as she continues to support her husband Derek Draper during his coronavirus battle.
The Good Morning Britain host, 53, admitted that she was given the deal before Derek’s illness and is now tweaking the book to include ‘insights’ from the ordeal.
During an appearance on Thursday’s programme, Kate revealed she is writing a book about well-being, which she planned to call Good Morning Life: How To Wake Up Every Day And Smile.
Support: Kate Garraway has revealed she is writing a self-help book as she continues to support her husband Derek Draper during his coronavirus battle
Kate and her co-host Alex Beresford discussed self-help books after Adele praised Glennon Doyle’s Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living for ‘changing her life’.
During the chat, she said:’I am going to declare that just before Derek got sick I started writing a book, I got a publishing deal, based on well-being and all the things I’ve learned.
‘It was going to be called Good Morning Life: How To Wake Up Every Day And Smile, it’s still going ahead, I’m still writing it, but I’m going to include obviously different insight that has happened to me along the way.’
She added: ‘I find that there are books that are very helpful.’
Hard: Derek was hospitalised in March after contracting coronavirus, and while he’s now been declared COVID-free, he’s facing a slow recovery in hospital (pictured with Kate in 2019)
Open: The Good Morning Britain host, 53, admitted that she was given the deal before Derek’s illness and is now tweaking the book to include ‘insights’ from the ordeal
On Wednesday, Kate fought back tears as she returned to the show after an absence to celebrate her husband Derek’s birthday.
The presenter 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 Darcey, 14, and Billy, 11.
Kate told Adil: ‘It was obviously a challenging one under the circumstances. We managed to FaceTime him and sing Happy Birthday.’
Project: During an appearance on Thursday’s programme, Kate revealed she is writing a book about well-being, which she planned to call Good Morning Life: How To Wake Up Every Day And Smile
She’s back! Kate fought back tears as she returned to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, after an absence to celebrate her husband Derek’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.
Moving: Kate told Adil Ray she celebrated Derek’s birthday with their two children by having a cake on Facetime, describing the day as ‘challenging’ for the family
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.’
Soldiering on: The broadcaster fought back tears as she revealed her daughter Darcey, 14, has been gardening to keep busy while Derek was in hospital
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.’
Adil teased Kate’s return to the show by sharing a selfie of the pair behind the famous desk, writing: ‘She’s here. I’m here, are you here? @gmb @kategarraway.’
Shocking: Kate also admitted that she’s faced abuse from trolls on social media for trying to remain positive on the show by ‘laughing and joking’
Reunited! Adil teased Kate’s return to the show by sharing a selfie of the pair behind the famous desk, writing: ‘She’s here. I’m here, are you here? @gmb @kategarraway’
Since her husband was hospitalised with COVID-19 in March, Kate has been incredible open about her husband’s slow recovery.
Earlier this month Kate revealed she paid an ‘extra emotional’ first visit to Derek, as he continues to slowly recover from COVID-19.
Kate’s husband has been in hospital since March, and while Kate sparked hope earlier this month by revealing he has awoken from a coma, the star has been told his recovery could take years.