Kate Garraway has left her fans feeling 'sad' as she reunited with Ben Shephard for one of the last times on Good Morning Britain. After working together for decades the pair are being separated as Ben heads for pastures new on This Morning.
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Kate Garraway has revealed that a comment made by an Amazon delivery driver 'took her breath away' this week after she was called a widow for the first time.
The TV presenter returned to Good Morning Britain for the first time on Thursday after an extended break following the death of husband Derek Draper.
Discussing her week, Kate said that she felt her stomach drop when a delivery driver shared his sympathy with her after learning of Derek's sad death, writes The Mirror.
On Thursday, when she appeared alongside co-host and friend Ben Shephard, Kate explained: "The other day, somebody called me a widow for the first time. It took my breath away. It was an Amazon delivery person. He said 'I'm so sorry for your loss now that you're a widow'.
"You suddenly realise what everyone goes through and that every single moment is something new. We've all just got to get through it and everybody has all sorts of things that they are facing. I really get what people feel about these things now."
To which co-host Ben replied: "There are moments in grief that you aren't expecting and then suddenly someone is being kind and it hits you."
It comes after Kate admitted that she was in 'floods of tears' whilst in the GMB makeup room this morning before going on air.
She said it was good but “odd” to be back at the desk.
At the beginning of the show, she said: “The make-up girls had me in tears this morning just by saying hello. Thank you to all of you at home as well, I know I mentioned it on Monday but you have been incredible.”
Co-host Ben joked he would give Kate a bit of 'leeway' before saying she did her husband proud with the 'extraordinary funeral'.
He told his friend: “You really did Derek proud, it was an extraordinary thing."
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Kate Garraway has left her fans feeling 'sad' as she reunited with Ben Shephard for one of the last times on Good Morning Britain. After working together for decades the pair are being separated as Ben heads for pastures new on This Morning.
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