Kate Garraway's 'bubble of grief' as she makes sad admission after Derek's death

11 January 2024 , 07:44

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Kate Garraway's 'bubble of grief' as she makes sad admission after Derek's death

Kate Garraway has told her friend Ben Shephard the "clocks have stopped" since Derek Draper's death.

Ben made his first appearance on Good Morning Britain today since Derek's tragic death last Friday. He fell ill due to the complications of coronavirus back in 2020 and at the end of last year, he tragically suffered a heart attack.

At the start of today's show, Ben spoke of how "extraordinary" the last week has been, explaining that he had been in touch with Kate and is supporting her through what has been a tough time for them all. Explaining he had chatted to Kate just last night, Ben explained she had been struggling with her grief but is been grateful for all the messages of support.

Ben and Ranvir opened today's show with a discussion about Derek

"It's been extraordinary. It's the first time I've been on sadly since we heard of Derek's passing last Friday. I just thought it would be alright to take a moment firstly on Kate's behalf - I spoke to Kate last night - she again reiterated what she said on Monday, which is a huge, huge thank you to everyone that has sent her and the family a message," he said.

"I've been stopped by people in the street, I was stopped by a woman who sadly lost her father that day who had been suffering for a long time with dementia and [she] said my dad has been ill for the same period as Derek has and we've watched Kate and her family and the courage they've shown through the last four years. He had passed away not long after Derek had and she said it's been such a power of strength to see [Kate] and watch her and keep going. Stories like that and messages like that, it's been so overwhelming. Kate said she can't explain how important that has been for her for the last four years."

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Ben went on to explain Kate was in "her own numbness of grief" but was now in the "next stage" since Derek's passing.

Ben Shephard spoke to his best friend Kate Garraway just last night and told Good Morning Britain viewers how she was doing after the tragic death of her husband Derek Draper

"She said she's sort of in a strange bubble of her own numbness of grief. Her, Billy and Darcey are hunkering down together. Her amazing mum and dad are just remarkable. She's got all the right people around her. She wanted everybody to know she will be back as soon as she can. They are in the next stages of working out what happens; there's a lot of admin to do when you lose someone. In that brilliant way yesterday, she said, I have to go out to go and register the death," she said.

"She told Darcey, 'I'm going to have to go out the house', and Darcey said, 'I know this is going to be really hard but can I make one suggestion?' She says, 'course you can darling'. And then Darcey said, 'can you take the Christmas jumper off and can you brush your hair?' She said to me the clocks stopped for us just before Christmas when Derek had that heart attack and she's just starting to come out of that. We all know that Kate in the run up to Christmas wears a new Christmas jumper every day, she supports the charity. And suddenly she realises yesterday that everything has been frozen in time since then. So now it's about the next part of his journey."

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Jasmine Allday