Kate Garraway comforted by Bridget Jones star as she opens up on 'very raw' devastating loss

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Kate Garraway spoke to Bridget Jones star Renée Zellweger on Friday's Good Morning Britain ahead of the release of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

During the chat, Kate, 57, resonated with the film's themes as she pointed out it almost mirrored her own personal life. Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which will hit cinemas on 14 February, is the fourth movie in the series, set more than 20 years after Bridget Jones’s Diary, and Bridget is now a single mum of two following the death of husband Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).

She is once again looking for love and her potential love interests are married teacher Mr Wallaker (Chiwetel Ejiofor), and Roxster (Leo Woodall), while Hugh Grant returns as charming cad Daniel Cleaver.

Speaking to Renée, 55, in a pre-recorded chat on Friday's Good Morning Britain, Kate reflected: "Everybody thinks they've got a bit of Bridget Jones in them or they know a Bridget Jones! "It's usually the loveable bits, mine are always the klutzy bits and the falling over and all those other bits as well. "But since we last chatted, it has felt very personal as I've lost my husband, I've become a single mum, freshly a single mum, raising two kids on my own, one of them called Billy, so what is it for you, do you tap into a personal loss?" To which Renée, who plays Bridget Jones in the film franchise, responded: "Well first of all, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, that's very fresh and sad, it's probably very raw still for you" to which Kate admitted: "Yeah, I think it is." Comforting the Good Morning Britain host, Renée added: "Of course it is!" to which a thoughtful Kate replied: "Thank you!" Derek Draper, Kate's husband, tragically died in January 2024 aged 56, almost four years after facing severe