{"id":87667,"date":"2023-11-15T19:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87667"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:41:23","slug":"kate-garraway-fights-tears-as-she-details-treatment-to-help-derek-speak-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/tv-movies\/kate-garraway-fights-tears-as-she-details-treatment-to-help-derek-speak-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Garraway fights tears as she details treatment to help Derek speak again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway had to fight back her tears during Thursday's show as she spoke about a treatment to help her husband, Derek Draper, speak again.<\/p>\n

The 56 year old has been open about Derek\u2019s health battle since he ended up in a coma due to Coronavirus back in 2020.<\/p>\n

After a long stint in the hospital, he eventually returned home, but he still needs a lot of care from nurses.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, 9 November, Kate provided an update on a treatment that they used to try and improve Derek\u2019s speech during a chat with football legend Chris Kamara.<\/p>\n

As Chris, also known as Kammy, opened up about living with apraxia of speech, he thanked Kate for recommending the treatment for him.<\/p>\n

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The 65 year old said: \u201cTalking to Kate, as you know Ben, I went to Mexico for some experimental treatment, and it\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate explained: \u201cWell it\u2019s wonderful, that\u2019s something I was nervous talking to you about, it\u2019s something Derek has had treatment for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t guarantee anything, they couldn\u2019t guarantee anything because it\u2019s very new, but you feel it\u2019s really helped you, which is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kammy responded: \u201cAmazing. When I'm not talking about the speech, because it\u2019s psychosomatic so it slows down when you\u2019re talking about it, the brain is so complex.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo when you talk about good things, like football and stuff like that, my voice goes back, or if I try and put on a Scottish accent, you know you can talk fluently\u2026 The brain is crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate added: \u201cIt\u2019s so complex and what you're doing as well, talking about that shame that you felt and that it defined you.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that any kind of brain injury affects the way that people perceive you, doesn\u2019t it, it affects that relationship with others, so by saying it doesn't define you, you\u2019re championing it for a lot of other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kammy\u2019s interview left the viewers at home in tears, as he admitted he was \u201cashamed\u201d that he couldn\u2019t speak.<\/p>\n

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He told hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid: \u201cThe [words] come out very slow, so I thought that defined me. So, my apologies to everybody who\u2019s got a speech condition because it doesn\u2019t define who you are. I get upset talking about it because I was in denial, I was ashamed that I couldn\u2019t speak.\u201d <\/p>\n

On social media, one viewer then said: \u201cOMG Chris Kamara as me in tears on #GMB #ChrisKamara a true unbelievable legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n