Kate Garraway says fun of Celebrity Traitors has ended 'sad few years' of her life
Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway says she has learned lots from Celebrity Traitors stars and is looking to the future
TV host Kate Garraway has admitted she has suffered “a few sad years” and credited Celebrity Traitors with making her feel positive again. The Good Morning Britain star, 58, made the comments just minutes into tonight’s episode as the remaining contestants enjoyed a dinner party following Jonathan Ross being banished from the game.
Kate began by saying she thought it would be easier to catch the Traitors but they had become “bedazzled” by the great personalities on the show. She then added: “I feel like I've learned lots from all of you in different ways.
"I mean, sorry, it probably sounds a bit naff, but I feel a bit inspired. I've laughed so much. I think I've had quite a few years recently that have been quite sad.
“I've had to be quite controlled and inward looking. And you've all made me feel a bit like I'm looking out. I really do.”
Kate has been through some very tough times including the death of husband Derek Draper in January 2024 at the age of 56 after a lengthy battle with the long-term effects of Covid. There have also been subsequent financial issues from his costly healthcare.
In an ITV documentary Kate Garraway: Derek's Story in 2024, Kate revealed she was spending £16,000 a month on basic care for her husband, which caused her to rack up huge debts because it was more than her ITV salary.
She is also now bringing up their two children Darcey and William on her own.
Kate stayed in the programme longer than she expected to, having been dubbed slightly chaotic and confused at the start of the series.
Two weeks ago the traitors considered killing her in an earlier episode and Alan Carr said: "If Kate doesn't come down for breakfast, people will just think she's gone into a broom cupboard.”
In response appearing on GMB Kate conceded: "I love the way that Jonathan and Cat are using logic as traitors, and Alan's just like, 'Oh... she'd go into a broom cupboard. She wouldn't find a way out. We'd have no impact at all."'
She added: "I think he's trying to say that I can be occasionally a little chaotic, a little bit disorganised, a little confused by life.
"I did open a lot of castle doors thinking I was going into the billiard room and found myself in the laboratory.
"So that's where that came from.
"They're brutal. They may still murder me, despite saying all that."
The series is set to conclude next week on Thursday November 6 at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer, when fans will be treated to a 70-minute episode.
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