Kate Garraway has opened up about her children’s experience with her husband Derek Draper’s debilitating illness after he contracted COVID-19 in 2020, admitting they too have their own “traumas”.
Joining Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson on This Morning, the TV personality opened up about her children Darcey and William and how they have dealt with their father’s long-term health problems over the past three years. Watch the clip here…
WATCH: Kate Garraway talks childhood trauma with dad Derek
Speaking about how the strength of her love has helped Derek and her through difficult times, Kate added: “And the love for him, for the Children. He’s the most alive when they’re around. They’re amazing. I haven’t really talked about them enough in a way, but they had their own traumas and it’s not my story about that.
© InstagramTV presenter is a mother of two children
“Well maybe one day they’ll say that, I want to try to protect them that way, but they’ve been amazing with him in different ways. They’re so intuitive and that’s love, I guess, isn’t it.”
Kate also opened up about a very difficult time in her life after she herself suffered a health crisis and was forced to miss Good Morning Britain after suffering heart palpitations and throwing up on her way to study.
© Photo: RexKate with son Billy
“I don’t want to deal with my health,” she explained. “But I think it was one of those moments where you think – it was serious – and it was in those moments where I thought, ‘I’m really failing at everything now.’ I didn’t feel like I was a great mom because I was so stressed. I didn’t feel like I was the best advocate for Derek. I didn’t feel like I was doing anything. And I thought, ‘My God, I can’t even breathe. I’m a useless employee. .’ And you’re having one of those big crisis moments right now, aren’t you?
© InstagramDerek with his two children
“The thing is though, I’m so lucky because, you know, ITV, great bosses, supportive employers. I work at Smooth Radio, and they’ve been amazing. And I can still come to work where there are millions of people who are just in this suffocating bubble of love for the person they care about. But they’re also thinking, how can this work?”
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© Photo: Instagram Kate with her two children
Fortunately, Kate revealed that Derek has been doing well lately, explaining: “[He] I actually had a really good day yesterday. He has had an infection for the last couple of weeks which is going away. He seemed brighter inside. He seemed very present because cognition is very variable. We had a nice little gathering. We watched The 1% Club with the kids and it seemed like a nice family moment.”
What was Kate Garraway’s health scare?
After falling ill on her way to the ITV studios in November, Kate went to the ER for an EKG after experiencing heart pains. Speaking to the Times, she revealed her cardiologist told her: “You’ll be pleased to know you’re not having a heart attack right now. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean there aren’t problems.” She discovered that proteins that indicated a heart attack had been detected in her blood.
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