GOOD Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway has revealed her kids saw their sick dad Derek for the first time since March over Christmas.
The presenter returned to GMB today and admitted her holidays were “tough” but there was a “lovely moment” when her daughter Darcey, 14, and son Billy, 11 were given the chance to see their beloved dad, who contracted coronavirus last year.
Derek still remains in intensive care and is now the country’s longest-fighting Covid-19 patient after marking nine months in hospital back in September.
Derek has also lost eight stone and Kate admitted her sadness at seeing how much he has changed.
Kate, 53, told co-host Ben Shephard: “(Christmas) was tough, wasn’t it? For everyone. I knew it was going to be tough but there was a lovely moment where we got to see Derek and the children did for the first time.
“It was also amplified because he has changed so much, but it was a lovely moment that we did have and we did get it, it was very heightened with emotion.”
Kate had been visiting Derek, 53, in hospital up until the third national lockdown was announced, and she added: “Then instantly now, I’m in a position now where I can’t see him. We’re into lockdown now so no visits at all and that will be very impactful on a lot of people. It’s tough on lots of people .”
Kate went on to admit the third lockdown was extremely tough on her children who are stuck indoors and missing their friends.
She told GMB’s Dr Hilary Jones: “Darcey says please follow the rules because I can’t stand this any longer.”
The presenter also threw her support behind Clap for Carers which will return this week to honour everyone who has shown resilience during the pandemic.
It will return under the new name Clap For Heroes at 8pm on Thursday, the organiser said yesterday.
She said: “We did something similar in our street over New Year, at midnight everyone got out and we all said Happy New Year and it was quite a nice thing to do, for everyone who had been locked away.”
