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Kate Garraway reveals husband Derek Draper will need ‘specialist care’ after hospital but insists she won’t quit GMB
KATE Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper will need "specialist care" when he leaves hospital.
But the presenter insists she won't quit her role on Good Morning Britain.
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Chatting to co-hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid on her future plans, Kate, 53, said: "You can’t get rid of me that easily Shephard - I'm not going nowhere!
"I don’t think I ever really saw it as ever giving up work. I thought, right, I need to change my future as anyone who faces a long-term illness will do.
"To be honest being here has kept me sane - not just because you’re all amazing and supportive but everyone at home has been supportive - but because it's a slice of normal, it's a slice of life before."
As she reflected on the type of care her husband will need when he leaves hospital, Kate added: "The truth is as much as I may think I have the answers all the time, Derek doesn’t need me. I'm not the person to care for him.
"I obviously will be there 100 per cent completely if Derek needs me, but what he needs is specialist, professional, medical support ongoing - because there is a good chance that he can improve but we need to make sure the support is there now.
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"I will sit there and hold his hands but people in his situation need expertise and I'm not an expert."
Kate has been on GMB since it launched back in 2014.
The turnaround came as the mother-of-two previously hinted she may quit the ITV show to care for her Covid stricken husband.
She will be seen tonight in her one-off TV documentary Finding Derek, discussing his fight for life with their children, Darcey, 15, and Billy, 11.
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They talk about their North London home being made wheelchair-friendly for him, with a downstairs bedroom.
Kate, 53, says: “If I have to give up work to care for him it’s best to do it now. If he needs 24-hour care, I’ll be the primary carer."
“I’ve a fear of the reality. We’ll have to fall in love again a bit.”
Derek, 53, is still in hospital after catching the virus a year ago and suffering heart failure.
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The couple married in 2005 after meeting just a year before, after being introduced by GMTV's then-political editor, Gloria De Piero.
Kate has been regularly updating people with Derek's progress since he caught Covid last year.
He was in a coma as the disease ravaged his liver, kidneys and heart.
Kate Garraway: Finding Derek airs on ITV tonight, 9pm.
Kate Garraway's husband Derek breaks down in tears as he wakes from coma in teaser for documentary Finding Derek
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