KATE Garraway has candidly admitted she is trying to "keep my head above water" after an extremely tough few months. The TV star this week left fans concerned after she was a no-show on Thursday 's episode of Good Morning Britain . Yet we then exclusively revealed the reason why the ITV stalwart was absent - as well as Kate's GMB return date.
Yet much-loved telly anchor Kate , 57, has now confessed she has been feeling "out of control" and overwhelmed. She has endured a tough time off-screen of late after her husband, former political lobbyist Derek Draper, tragically died aged 56 in January, following four years of health struggles. Now the mum of two has given a nod to her struggles off-screen in three new Instagram posts.
Kate started her "gratitude surge" with a clip showing her celebrating her birthday at Smooth FM as well as celebrating her 10-year anniversary on the show and "record" listening figures. A second post saw a hand-written message from her GMB co-star Susanna Reid as well as a dress from her pal Tonia Buxton, an embroidered collar with her family's initials and some flowers and goodies from her TV team to mark her recent birthday. In her caption, Kate gushed: "Am now lying in bed feeling like the luckiest person in the world to have so many good people around me.
" Meanwhile, in Kate's third message she captured herself posing by a green wheelbarrow full of veg. In her accompanying caption, dedicated to her parents, she wrote: "To the people who were there o.
