Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has opened up about her stint on Celebrity Traitors and how one aspect stood out compared to other shows
Kate Garraway has confessed one thing about appearing on Celebrity Traitors “really affected” her. The TV personality says the show had a profound impact on her, having decided to participate in the celebrity version of the popular BBC series.
Kate, who has also graced the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing and braved the jungle in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, mentioned that on those shows, “you sort of knew” how the other contestants felt. Celebrity Traitors, though, was a different kettle of fish.
In a chat with the Sun’s Fabulous, Kate revealed: “The whole experience really affected me. When I came out, I felt like my hard drive had been wiped.
“It took quite a few weeks for me to get back to myself or even contact people from the castle, because it felt like: ‘Wow, this was massive.’I’ve no idea if the other celebrities hated me or loved me.”
Kate entered the Scottish castle still mourning the loss of her husband Derek Draper, who passed away in 2024 due to complications from long Covid. The Good Morning Britain star was accompanied by a slew of other famous faces, including comedian Alan Carr, singer Charlotte Church, TV presenters Stephen Fry and Jonathan Ross, and Olympic champion Tom Daley.
The result of the show, which premiered last night (Wednesday October 8) and runs for just over three weeks, is still under wraps. Kate, 58, described her participation in The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, as an “incredible experience”.
She said: “You couldn’t think about anything else, as you didn’t have your phone or access to the internet. You couldn’t even watch TV, which was strange for a news junkie like me!”.
“The Celebrity Traitors was a deliberate reset moment for me.” The enforced period of time to herself has helped Kate come to terms with how she feels about her bereavement, and she says that she’s considering starting grief therapy.
Kate said another reason she signed up for the show is because she wanted to meet her fellow celebrities, some of whom were “heroes” of hers. The telly presenter revealed she isn’t quite prepared to begin dating again, though she doesn’t wish to spend “the rest of her life without love”.
She explained: “What Derek and I loved was our home life and just pottering around, and we had 21 years of that, so mentally I am still in that zone.” However, away from the cameras, pals of the television personality are said to be urging her to give romance another go.
An insider told The Mirror: “There is someone who’s interested – and her friends are encouraging her just to explore that and see how it makes her feel. But Kate isn’t really ready for anything more than friendship right now. It’s still too soon, so no one is trying to force things.”
Source: Mirror
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