Kate Garraway today became overwhelmed as she confronted former Health Secretary Matt Hancock over his handling of the pandemic and his decision to go on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.
Her husband Derek Draper, 55, has been fighting for his life since contracting coronavirus in March 2020. He became the longest suffering coronavirus patient in the UK, after spending 13 months in hospital, and remains very ill.
She blinked away tears as she told Mr Hancock that millions of Britons feel very ‘raw’ about what happened during the pandemic, declaring: ‘At the time it mattered – I couldn’t visit Derek in hospital, he couldn’t see his kids’.
Kate Garraway becomes tearful as she grilled Matt Hancock on the pandemic on GMB today
Mr Hancock was appearing on Good Morning Britain this morning.
Ms Garraway asked him if he understood the anger that people felt towards him, especially those separated by loved ones who were in hospital.
She became tearful and looked up as she spoke about Derek, who has been so unwell ever since he got covid.
‘I suppose the problem is you were the Health Secretary. Thousands of children couldn’t see people that they loved’, she said of visiting restrictions in the NHS.
Mr Hancock earlier insisted he did not ‘primarily’ go on I’m A Celebrity for the money as he insisted the 3% of his £320,000 fee he donated to charity was substantial.
The former health secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: ‘I did absolutely give some of the money to charity.
‘I didn’t primarily do it (go on the reality show) for the money, I primarily did it to try to show who I am.’
Mr Hancock insisted his £10,000 donation was a ‘decent sum’ and was ‘more than my MPs salary’.
He did concede that ‘of course there was a discussion and negotiation over the fee’.
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