Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard has spoken about the "horrendous few years" his co-star Kate Garraway has dealt with amid her husband Derek Draper's Covid battle.
Derek, a former New Labour spin doctor turned psychotherapist, has suffered with health issues after contracting Covid in March 2020, which left him in a wheelchair and requiring constant care.
Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview, Ben praised Kate's resilience throughout the testing time. "We all know Kate has had a horrendous few years with her family and is battling really hard on all sorts of fronts," the Good Morning Britain star said. “She’s now become such an important voice for the social care system and carers because it’s something she’s living first-hand.” Earlier this year, Kate wrote a new book titled, The Strength of Love: Embracing An Uncertain Future With Resilience And Optimism, aimed at helping others through difficult times.
Ben says, “If you read her recent book, you get a sense of what she and the family have been going through over the last couple of years but that’s just still not the whole story." “My admiration, love and respect for what she manages to do is boundless – it’s a joy to come in and see her and catch up with her and work with her.” Ben joined Kate to promote GMB's 1 Million Minutes campaign, encouraging viewers to viewers to pledge their time to fight loneliness. "We started with an ambition of one million minutes and I remember Ben and I going, 'What if we don't reach it?
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