Kate Garraway isn't sure she's "coping" as a sole parent during her husband Derek Draper's health battle.
Kate Garraway
The 'Good Morning Britain' presenter - who has Darcey, 14, and Billy, 11, with her husband - has opened up about how her co-star Ranvir Singh has helped her as Derek is still recovering in hospital from the after effects of coronavirus, after being diagnosed with Covid-19 in March 2020.
Kate told Good Housekeeping magazine: “I’m not sure I am coping! I honestly don’t know how single mums do it; it’s just so hard. A lot of the time I find myself thinking, ‘What would Derek say?’ and ‘What would Derek do?’
"I’m lucky that I’m being supported by lots of friends, too, and Ranvir [Singh] has been really helpful because she’s been operating as a single mum since her son, Tushaan, was very little.
"I asked her, 'How do you do it?' and she said, 'You just have to accept that you can’t do everything.' "
The 53-year-old star also gave an update on Derek's condition, and revealed things are "in a more positive place".
She added: "We’re really hoping we’re on some kind of trajectory of improvement.
"It’s very much two steps forward, three steps back, but if I think back to where we were in March 2020, when Derek’s lungs were solid with infection and his infection rates were the highest doctors had seen in anyone who has lived, we’re undoubtedly in a more positive place."
The TV star recently admitted she didn't know what hope really meant until last year.
She said: "I don't think I really understood what hope meant before.
"I used to use it very flippantly where I'd say things like, 'Let's hope so.'
"Hope is something very concrete and powerful, so hopefully I can share a bit of that."
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