Kate Garraway has revealed she is concerned about failing people, despite receiving ‘backlash’ for speaking about her late husband Derek Draper.
The husband of the Good Morning Britain host passed away in January after a three-year struggle with Covid-19 problems.
Kate, 57, had previously allowed cameras to follow her family for three documentaries on Draper’s health issues.
Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story, the third, was named one of the nominees in the written documentary category last month.
Despite her achievement, Kate has revealed why she has not wanted to rejoice.
At the conclusion of a chat with Martin Lewis on Thursday’s episode of GMB, Kate’s host Ed Balls said: ‘I’m just going to say, Kate Garraway for her fabulous documentary Derek’s story is also nominated for an NTA.’
Lorraine Kelly joined the broadcast and congratulated the presenter on her nomination.
Kate went on to tell the duo, “I have not posted that I have been nominated yet because I got so much backlash from doing it, from people saying stop talking about it.” But, actually, I understand I am disappointing people, so I am going for it now.’
The series’ final documentary focused on Draper’s dying years, following Finding Derek in 2021 and Caring for Derek the following year.
They were both nominated for the same NTA category and won both years.
Kate choked back tears as she spoke about how her husband felt like a ‘burden’ in the years leading up to his death.
‘One of the biggest frustrations was that he felt like a total failure, he felt like an incredible burden on the carers, on the system, on us and it didn’t matter what we said, he felt that burden, and he wanted to be a contributor,’ she said on GMB.
‘Making this documentary was his way of saying “I’m gonna speak up for the people that have supported me, the family but also those around me and the people within the care system.’
She added: ‘It’s wonderful to have the chance to honour him and also honour the millions. I’m sad because I don’t have the chance to care anymore but I felt it would be wrong for me to sort of walk away from the caring campaign that I feel I have a responsibility for.’
Kate has previously spoken about experiencing internet hate for her decision to air documentaries about her husband, including the most recent after his death.
‘I’ve had a few comments on Twitter saying, “For goodness sakes, what now?” And I knew that would happen because people don’t understand and haven’t been through the experience, maybe, that Derek and millions of others do across the country, so I hope people understand why,’ she explained.
‘It’s important not to walk away from something just because the person for whom made it very relevant to our family life isn’t there. It wouldn’t be right for Derek; it wouldn’t be right for all those within the system. So, I hope people understand and that they find it very helpful.’
She added that despite facing ‘hate’, she felt overwhelmingly supported and had been met with a ‘huge amount of love’.
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