KATE GARRAWAY has revealed her husband Derek Draper begged to be put unconscious to escape the “mental torture" of Covid. The 53-year-old presenter has shared the devastating last texts she received from seriously ill Derek before he was put in an induced coma, as he told her he feared every breath could be his last.
Writing in her new memoir The Power of Hope, which is being serialised by The Mail on Sunday, Kate explained how the family started fearing the worst in March when Derek was rushed to hospital with very low oxgyen levels.
The GMB host revealed that while he put on a brave face for their children, he was much more honest with her. She writes: “And then I read his next text, just to me this time: 'OK, not for the kids.
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