Kate Garraway has responded to the suggestion that she has 'paraded' her husband Derek Draper in front of the public.
04.02.2022 - 06:15 / msn.com
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (ITV) was built in her cheery image. Though Garraway started as a reporter, the Good Morning Britain star has spent most of her career in lifestyle TV rather than in hard-nosed journalism. So it was perhaps inevitable that her Life Stories debut should be altogether fluffier and sweeter than was the case with Morgan, who has left ITV for a new morning gig with Rupert Murdoch’s forthcoming talkTV startup.
Then again, could even Piers Morgan have resisted a celebrity as charming as John Barnes? One of the greatest footballers of the Eighties has, in his later years, become a charismatic national treasure as well as a thoughtful and passionate commentator on racism. But nobody’s perfect and there were one or two skeletons in his superstar closet that Garraway could have rattled had she been inclined. Barnes’s first marriage, for example, fell apart amid multiples reports of infidelity on his part.
With his children in the audience she broached this awkward topic, though only briefly. “I was a terrible husband but I always tried to be a good father,” said Barnes. Garraway asked how the deluge of tabloid “love rat” headlines were received by his late father, an officer in the Jamaican defence forces and someone with a strict sense of right and wrong.
Barnes's reply was that his father ultimately knew his son was a good person. It was a considered answer. Nonetheless, it was hard not to feel that Morgan would have dug in and pitched one or two tricky follow-up questions.
Garraway does not have it in her to be a journalistic villain, however. And so the tone throughout the first of three episodes was upbeat (Charlotte Church and Nadiya Hussain are the other guests lined up this season). She
.Kate Garraway has responded to the suggestion that she has 'paraded' her husband Derek Draper in front of the public.
Kate Garraway has opened up about the secret trip to Mexico she took with her husband Derek Draper in a bid to access specialist treatment. Good Morning Britain host Kate, 54, revealed that the couple flew 11,000 miles to Mexico after a world-renowned US doctor contacted her and arranged for Derek, 54, to visit a specialist clinic in Monterrey. Derek, who shares children Darcey, 15, and Billy, 12, with Kate, contracted COVID-19 in 2020.The virus has left him battling a number of ongoing health issues.
Kate Garraway has spoken about feeling bother 'grief and hope' amid her husband's recovery.
Kate Garraway has revealed she recently accompanied her husband Derek Draper to Mexico, where he visited a specialist clinic after an eminent doctor reached out after seeing the presenter's documentary.MORE: Kate Garraway's family home is a retreat for her husband Derek – photosDerek, who has been bed-ridden since he was struck down with coronavirus in 2020, had to undergo oxygen and pressure tests to check he was able to make the 11,000-mile trip.WATCH: Kate Garraway addresses MBE backlashThe father-of-two has already received specialist treatment at a clinic in Monterrey and is set to return next month for a longer period – a total of 28 days.READ: Kate Garraway gives heartbreaking update on husband Derek Draper's health battleRELATED: Kate Garraway talks 'positive thing' to have come out of husband Derek's health battle in heartfelt interviewSpeaking to The Sun, the Good Morning Britain presenter revealed that her husband of 16 years is "desperate" to get better and "will do anything he can" to make it happen. The new documentary, Kate Garraway: Caring For Derek, airs Tuesday 22 February"I think actually there's a huge amount of hope for him to improve," she told the newspaper."I think the treatment could be positive.
Kate Garraway gushed she has discovered a “new way to be in love” with her husband Derek Draper as he recovers from Covid. She has been caring for her husband since he returned home in April 2021 after he was in hopsital for more than a year when he was struck down with the virus.
Kate Garraway has said she is discovering a 'new way to be in love' with her husband.
Kate Garraway has candidly opened up on her marriage to husband Derek Draper as he continues to battle the effects of Covid-19. Good Morning Britain star Kate, 54, has said she loves her husband, also 54, in a "new way" after he contracted the coronavirus, which has since left him battling a number of ongoing health issues. I'm A Celebrity...