Good Morning Britain stars send touching message to Kate Garraway and husband Derek Draper

‘Good Morning Britain’ co-host is said to be ‘keeping vigil’ at husband’s bedside following ‘massive heart attack’

Good Morning Britain hosts Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins have sent a touching message of support to Kate Garraway as her husband, Derek Draper, “fights for his life” in hospital.

The broadcaster is currently by her seriously ill husband’s bedside after he suffered a heart attack while battling the devastating effects of Covid.

On Monday’s edition (18 December), the presenters began with a message to their colleague.

“We wanted to start with an update,” Hawkins stated. “You’ve seen that Derek, Kate’s husband, is sadly very poorly at the moment.

“We want to let Derek, Kate and the whole family know we are thinking of them, and that we’re sending them our very best wishes.”

Madeley added: “It is a very difficult time,” to which Hawkins said: “Extremely difficult. Lots of love.”

The Good Morning Britain co-host has spent recent years caring for her husband, a former political lobbyist, after he contracted Covid in March 2020, leading to a long stint in hospital in a medically induced coma.

Since then, he has required around-the-clock care, provided by Garraway, 56, and a team of healthcare professionals.

According to a new report by The Sun, Draper, 56, recently suffered a heart attack that has left him “fighting for his life”, while Garraway has allegedly pulled out of her TV and radio jobs for the foreseeable future.