Kate Garraway has explained why she was absent from Good Morning Britain this week, saying she had "urgents" to attend to at home.
The presenter, 54, usually hosts GMB alongside Ben Shephard at the end of the week, but was replaced by Charlotte Hawkins on yesterday's episode (Friday, April 29).
She posted on her Instagram this morning (April 30), explaining why she wasn't there. She said: "So apologies for my absence from @gmb this last week - had to deal with some “urgents” at home.
"But before that managed to get a whole hour dollop of #garrawaysgoodstuff in the bag for you."
Alongside her role as a presenter on GMB, Kate has her own chat show which airs on Saturday mornings. Today, her special guests were Peter Andre and James Bay.
Posting a video of them trying out trampolining in the studio, she continued: "Great #feelgood shares from @peterandre & @jamesbaymusic - plus this?!
"Note to self - wear a sports bra - note to @peterandre - wear a belt. Join me 8.30am on @ itv."
Kate combines her role as one of ITV's biggest stars with caring for her husband Derek, 54, who fell ill after catching coronavirus two years ago.
Whilst Derek is still unwell, he has returned home to be with his family - Kate and their two kids - as they all nurse him back to health after a tough couple of years.
Kate said last week she was "quite overwhelmed" as she met a nurse who helped save Derek's life. Beth, who appeared on GMB having also looked after author Michael Rosen during his illness, told Kate: "We did everything we could. We put our all into it."
Kate replied: "Thank you so much, that's amazing. I don't know whether I can leap up and hug you, but I'm going to. Are we allowed to? We're allowed to hug now, aren't we?"
It came after Kate gave an update on Derek's health, as she showed him the 'emotional' new garden she had worked on to try and help him recover.
"I don't know about mental wellbeing if I'm absolutely honest, because he is still so affected in terms of communication and mobility that I wouldn't feel qualified to say whether it had had an impact in terms of depression and anxiety," she said recently.
"I mean it must be I would have thought, because if you are still unable to communicate and very challenged mobility wise, and lung, and all the other things, then that is going to affect..."
She added: "It's interesting isn't it that now at last... everything was focused on the lungs, and then people were understanding there is fatigue, which is actually a neurological problem anyway, and now more and more we are realising the wider impact."
