Roman Kemp hails 'superwoman' Kate Garraway for care of Derek: 'It's heartbreaking and terrifying'
ok.co.ukShe 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.
Former political advisor Derek, also 54, was finally able to leave hospital a year later in April 2021, but since then he has required 24-hour care, with Kate and a series of carers providing round the clock support.
Viewers also saw Kate and Derek flying to Mexico so the dad-of-two could undergo treatment. Speaking exclusively to OK!, the Capital Breakfast host calls the situation “absolutely heartbreaking” and “terrifying”.
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