Kate Garraway has been embroiled in an emotional confrontation with Matt Hancock, hitting out at the former health secretary for his affair with Gina Conadangelo at a time when her gravely ill husband Derek Draper was battling for his life. The Good Morning Britain host also put him on the spot over the decision toallow people infected with Covid to back into care homes at the height of thje pandemic.
It's now been close to three years since former political aide ands mental health champion Derek found himself close to death in hospital, after being struck down by coronavirus and then put in a medically induced coma as his condition deteriorated. Derek's life threatening battle with Covid came as the country was subject to the strictest lockdown rules, meaning that Good Morning Britain presenter Kate and the couple's children,. Billy and Darcy, couldn't see him for months.
Kate was left seriously concerned for Derek coming through the end and, when he was stabilised, was told he was the worst affected Covid survivor in the whole of the UK. Derek was eventually allowed to return to home in the spring of 2021, although is still very much on the road to recovery, with him being back in hospital on numerous occasions.
