Kate Garraway has got candid about making "so many mistakes" as she navigates the death of her husband Derek Draper.
The Good Morning Britain presenter has recently opened up on grief over her husband, who passed away in January 2024 after battling complications of Covid-19 which he contracted in March 2020.
Garraway has two children with Draper, daughter Darcey, 19, and son William, 15, and has admitted struggling with parenthood since Derek's death.
"This is the hardest part of grieving," she told the Daily Mail Weekend Magazine.
"There are so many moments where I just think, 'Derek, where are you?'
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"Now, I have to take on everything - the fun parent, the one keeping everyone on track, and the one panicking, yelling, 'Oh my God, you're going to fail everything!'
"I make so many mistakes, but don't we all? Is there really such a thing as a perfect mother?"
Garraway has opened up on Derek's illness across three documentaries, with the last, Kate Garraway: Derek's Story, being released posthumously in 2024 and earning her a National Television Award in the Best Authored Documentary category.
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Last year, the presenter also revealed being in debt from Derek's round-the-clock care, facing up to £800,000 in medical bills.
"Derek's needs were clearly so great, yet he didn't warrant funded care – so you think, 'If he isn't getting it, then who is?'" the broadcaster said in March last year.
She continued: "To be fair to them, no one's contacted me since he's passed away to ask for that. They may well still do, but they haven't as yet."
Kate Garraway: Derek's Story is available on ITVX.
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