She recently brought viewers to tears with her documentary, Kate Garraway: Caring For Derek, and now the star’s friend Roman Kemp has hailed the Good Morning Britain presenter as “superwoman” for her care of her husband. Roman, 29, and Kate, 54, became close after bonding in the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! jungle back in 2019. But just three months after the ITV reality show wrapped, Kate’s husband Derek Draper was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and later placed into a coma.
Kate Garraway burst into tears as Derek hugged son Billy, 12, for first time since Covid
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Kate Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper activated a movement based on emotion for the first time since his health battles started from Covid-19. Derek, 54, returned home in April 2021 after spending a year in hospital fighting for his life after contracting coronavirus in 2020, which has since left him battling a number of ongoing health issues. Since then, he's been receiving round the clock care from his Good Morning Britain presenter wife, 54, their two children Darcey, 15, and Billy, 12, as well as care workers.
While getting footage for her upcoming new ITV documentary Caring For Derek, which airs on 22 February evening, Kate noticed that Derek actively moved to hug their son. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Appearing on GMB to speak to Susanna Reid, 51, and Richard Madeley, 65, Kate explained that she was out bringing in some medical supplies when it happened. Showing the film from the emotional moment, Kate explained: "He moves his arm to hug anyone, it happens to be Bill.
If you see – as Bill goes forward there, he moves his arm towards him and that is the first moment we've seen him be able to activate a movement prompted by emotion. "Not just someone going, 'Can you move your arm to the left or right?'" Kate went on to share that she couldn't help but break down into tears at the sight of it when she watched it back later. She shared: "Because I was outside dealing with bringing in all the kit and medication, I only saw that when we watched the footage back a few months ago and I had burst into tears.
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