How is Derek Draper now as Kate Garraway appears on Life Stories?

Kate spoke about Derek’s condition on Life Stories (Picture: Rex)

Kate Garraway opened up on ITV’s Piers Morgan’s Life Stories on Sunday night, speaking candidly about her career, marriage to Derek Draper and his Covid recovery. 

She updated fans as she was grilled by the presenter during the final ever episode hosted by Piers, before Kate takes over as host. 

Kate is Piers’ final Life Stories interview as he bows out of the ITV series having recorded 103 episodes with the likes of Dame Barbara Windsor, Sir Rod Stewart, and Dame Joan Collins. 

It was previously announced that Kate will replace Piers as the host of three new episodes of Life Stories on ITV as part of the channel’s winter line-up. 

The latest episode saw her talk about her family and Derek’s current condition. 

But how is he now? Here’s everything we know.

How is Derek Draper now as Kate Garraway appears on Life Stories?

Kate, 54, discussed her husband Derek’s devastating battle recovering from Covid during Sunday’s episode.

Derek was admitted to hospital in March 2020 after contracting Covid. The former Labour lobbyist was then placed in a medically induced coma to give his body time to recover from the virus, but did not wake up until several months later with his body ravaged from the disease. 

Derek was diagnosed in March 2020 (Picture: Can Nguyen/REX/Shutterstock)

However, Derek continued to defy the odds and was released from hospital in April allowing him to continue recovery at home with Kate and their two children Billy and Darcey. 

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Sharing an update on her husband’s condition, Kate told Piers: ‘It’s moments like that which make you realise he is there, and we have had others. He will turn to me and say “I love you”. He is there, he has fought so hard to stay in this world and I’m not giving up on him, ever.

‘He will have moments of clarity, then it’s like he disappears but then he finds a voice.’

Piers Morgan’s Life Stories with Kate Garraway is available to watch on ITV Hub.

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