Kate Garraway claps for NHS as husband Derek Draper fights for his life
Kate Garraway joined her neighbours to clap for the carers as her husband Derek Draper fights for his life in hospital.
The Good Morning Britain star got into the community spirit, as she was pictured filming applause for the NHS, police and frontline workers across the UK on Thursday night.
The 53-year-old was seen smiling as she emerged from her North London house, dressed casually in a grey hoodie and denim shorts.
Following the weekly applause at 8pm last night, Kate uploaded a video from her street, with neighbours setting off red, white and blue smoke to celebrate not only the carers, but VE Day.
The mother-of-two wrote: ‘The neighbours turned into “red arrows” tonight for #clapthecarers #nhs & #keyworkers . Have taken so much comfort & inspiration from the spirit of the country beautifully personified by Captain Tom these past few weeks………and with VE Day tomorrow it’s a reminder of the strength and resilience that we all have within us if we pull together and keep going.
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‘Derek is still with us, fighting so hard to beat this virus & everyday I am awestruck by how hard every member of the nhs team is fighting to turn things around & bring him ( & so many others) home to their loved ones. You are amazing – thank you thank you Sending love to you all in these terrible times.’
Kate’s husband of 15 years Derek, 52, has been hospitalised since early April after contracting Covid-19.
The former lobbyist was admitted to the intensive care unit after testing positive and Kate has admitted that her husband is critically ill.
Earlier this week, she marked Derek’s 52nd birthday and thanked everybody for their support in an emotional message.
The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star wrote on Instagram: ‘So yesterday was always going to be a tough one – 1st birthday in 16 years without Derek – so for the kids & I, his abscence was very present. But am very well aware could be worse – he is still here.
‘So we resolved to do what I think we are all having to do at the moment aren’t we – treasure & be grateful for the love around us – however distanced we are from it . And focus on the joy of life & love in the moment – the small things that are huge & really should be at the core of everyday, but usually the everyday gets in the way.
‘So THANK YOU so much for all your messages they mean such a lot, to the friends @itv who sent chocolate for the kids & uplifting smellies for me, to mates who dropped off food, posh teabags & milk & made me smile at silliness ( derek is a great believer in the healing power of silliness), to my amazing family, to derek’s friends who sent me messages of fun times they have had with him ( pictured is when Derek was editing a student newspaper – insert your own “ his taste in birds” joke here!) And the strangers who got this cake >>> from @romankemp & all at @global & worked out it was actually meant for me ( was it the bourbons that gave it away??!!) – THANK YOU all.
‘But most of all thank you to the NHS teams keeping derek still with us e& battling everyday to inch him toward recovery.’
Kate’s GMB colleague Ben Shephard shared an update on Derek’s condition, saying Kate has ‘no idea if he’s responding’ when she talks to him over the phone at night.
The couple got married in 2005, and after Kate left the I’m A Celeb jungle in December, Derek proposed all over again.
Kate explained: ‘I’ve never taken my wedding ring off so I didn’t do that, but I did take my engagement ring off because it’s a tiny bit sparkly and a bit precious. So, I felt weird without it. And he [Derek] said he kept seeing it at home and said, “Oh I’ve fallen in love with her all over again. When I go and greet her on the bridge, I’m going to get down on one knee and propose all over again.”
‘But instead, he saw me and was overcome with tears, bless him. He was all overwhelmed, and as we walked back Darcey and Billy [their children] jumped out and surprised me and said where’s your hand and said, “Oh did you not do it dad? Did you not propose?”
‘So we did it around the back.’
In the UK, there have been over 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 30,000 people dying from the virus.
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