Kate Garraway reacts to Rylan Clark’s struggle after upsetting empty home admission
Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway announced the death of her husband Derek Draper five months ago and has been open about the family’s devastating loss.
Kate Garraway reacted to Rylan Clark’s latest post after the BBC radio presenter admitted his “heart drops” when he is home alone. The Good Morning Britain host related to his candid message which he shared with his 1.7 million followers.
Taking to X on (June 2) Rylan penned: “Had the best few days with amazing people but always get that little heart drop when ya get home on ur own. Nice to be around people ain’t it.”(sic)
In response, Kate “liked” the Twitter post in view of her 524,000 followers. Social media users also reacted to Rylan’s heartfelt post, as one wrote: “After my husband died I struggled because even though I’d always be able to go to friends and family, when I got home the silence was deafening. I moved and lived on my own for six years. I got to know me. But those quiet Sundays were hard. I got a dog and it saved my life.”
A second penned: “I get that feeling ….. always unsettles me for a couple of days.” A third agreed: “I hear you. Living alone is nice but sometimes lonely too.”
“It takes time to be alone but not lonely, filling your time with music, nice food, crafts or anything you love to do can be very therapeutic. We can all relate to that pain,” a fourth added.
Meanwhile, the Heart Radio presenter, who shares daughter Darcy and son Billy with her late husband, has since headed on their “annual family trip” to Cornwall with her parents and wider family.
Taking to Instagram earlier this week, she shared a video of their surroundings before being inundated with messages of support from her fans.
Kate penned: “Early morning walk up to my favourite cliffs in the world. We’ve been coming here for 40 years & it never fails to take my breath away away. Guillemots, Razorbills, Fulmar, Kittiwakes, Oyster catchers , Herring gulls oh and a lesser spotted dad!!!” She added the hashtags: “#vitaminn #vitaminnature #healing.”
One social media user wrote: “We saw you and your family on Trevone on Thursday. Throughly deserved time away for you all. We’d been bodyboarding too, the waves were quite savage there on Thursday. It’s definitely my happy place too. Best wishes to you all.”
Former political lobbyist, Derek, who was married to Kate, died at 56. He had been seriously ill with long Covid since contracting the disease in 2020.
In a statement at the time of his death, Kate shared “Derek was surrounded by his family in his final days and I was by his side holding his hand throughout the last long hours and when he passed”.
