Emotional first look at Kate Garraway’s new Derek Draper documentary as GMB star asks heartbreaking question

KATE Garraway asks a devastating question in an emotional first look at her new documentary about late husband Derek Draper.

Derek tragically died in January after a brave four year battle with coronavirus and its life-changing complications.

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Now viewers will see the struggle the couple went through in the months before his death in a heart-wrenching new documentary.

In a clip from the programme, which airs on ITV tomorrow night, Derek says: "My name's Derek Draper."

With his voice barely above a whisper, he continues: "I want you to hear my story."

Sitting by his bedside, Kate, 56, says: "You've written 'Covid changed everything'. Do you mean that for you?"

Derek simply says: "Yeah."

It finishes with Kate asking the fateful question: "Where's this story going to end?"

Last week Kate, who is said to be facing huge medical bills of up to £800,000, revealed her sadness ahead of the documentary.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the presenter confessed she "can't quite believe" Derek isn't here to watch his story.

She told co-host Ed Balls: "It's been pretty emotional actually. Makes you want to jump in the screen and give him a hug.

"You can't quite believe that he's not with us to watch his story.

"But, hopefully, it will be very useful for others who that are going through the same thing. That's the dream and the wish."

Discussing the trailer for the documentary, Ed, 57, said: "It was very moving to hear him speak in [that] clip we played a couple of days ago.

"Because at the same time, there's a fragility but also it is absolutely the Derek I've known for 30 years."

Kate replied: "You're right, there's fragility, vulnerability, obviously deep ill-health and damage, but yeah he was his own man until the end."

Mum-of-two Kate continued that it was Derek's idea to make the programme in the hope it would help those also suffering from long-term illness.

The documentary will also show how Kate supported Derek over the course of his four-year health battle - as well as looking back at their early years together.

She previously revealed Derek's heartbreaking final message to her.

Kate said: "I asked Derek, ‘What would be your main message?’

"And he said, ‘Never give up fighting for what you believe in and for the people you love'.

"His words and speech were so limited and there were so many things he wanted to say about the struggle we were all having as a family.

"So we set out to make Derek‘s story together to highlight how he and our family are just one of millions who, every day, have to deal with the challenges of severe disability or life-threatening illness."

In March 2020, Derek was rushed to hospital due to a Covid infection, which sparked years of health battles.

He spent 214 days on a ventilator, nearly four months in an induced coma and lost eight stone, as well as his ability to speak properly.

After he moved back home in April 2021, Derek required round the clock care and was rushed back to hospital with "life-threatening" sepsis in August the following year.

Following this, Derek was struck down with more ill health.

In December 2023, Kate was by her husband's side once more after he suffered a huge heart attack.

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