Kate Garraway returns to TV with an update on Derek - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity Kate Garraway returns to TV with an update on husband Derek Draper By You Magazine - February 11, 2021 We’re very happy to see TV personality Kate Garraway back on our screens. The 53-year-old presenter has returned to Good Morning Britain after a two-week absence, saying she’s been unwell and needed time off to recover following a ‘long year’. On Thursday’s edition of the show with co-host Ben Shephard, Kate said: ‘I’ve taken some time off; very kindly ITV have given me some time off. I hadn’t been feeling very well. I think it might have been one of those things where chickens had come home to roost after a long year that we’ve all had, haven’t we? Getty Images ‘I took some holiday leave, at home because I know holidays are controversial, literally within the four walls of my home. I had a lot of sleep and a bit of medicine and feeling much better.’ Kate’s husband Derek Draper, 53, has been in hospital with coronavirus since March 2020 and in September, became the longest hospitalised patient battling the virus in Britain. While Derek no longer has COVID, the virus has left him with serious health conditions, including diabetes and holes in his heart and lungs. When asked about Derek’s progress, Kate responded that she’s been unable to visit her husband since Christmas, because of the surge in UK infections resulting in new restrictions on the ward where he’s recovering. Kate and Derek had planned to renew their marriage vows. Image: James Gourley/ITV/REX/Shutters​tock ‘I haven’t seen him Ben, I haven’t seen him since Christmas,’ Kate said. ‘He’s back into a situation of looking at strangers in masks. And, you know, that’s the situation for everybody who has someone in hospital, it’s not new to him. ‘It’s tough, it’s also the same for people in care homes. And when you are someone like him, who is, know you, dealing with unconsciousness problem, trying to emerge… I can’t help but fear that it’s not helpful.’ Kate added: ‘That’s very tough and there is no end in sight to that. That’s a really tough thing we’ve got.’ View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kate Garraway (@kategarraway) Last month, Kate revealed that she’s written a book, entitled The Promise Of Hope, about her husband’s ongoing battle with the deadly virus. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved