Kate Garraways heartbreaking Derek Draper confession | UK News

Kate Garraway has made an emotional confession and said that she has accomplished “a lot of crying” since her husband died. Derek Draper died last January, aged 56, and Kate said she hoped to use her time on Celebrity Traitors as an alternative to have enjoyable. The hit psychological actuality collection shall be hosted once again by Claudia Winkleman, with celebrities battling it out to uncover secret saboteurs in a high-stakes sport of lies and loyalty. Kate is one of the many well-known faces collaborating, and she lately revealed why she determined to signal up to the gripping BBC collection.

According to MailOnline, she said: “I’ve been through so many challenges over the last five years, I’ve faced a lot of actual life and death moments, and I’ve done a lot of crying over all that’s happened to our family. It’s all been so serious.”

She added: “So, this feels like a chance to have fun and make a little mischief playing in what I genuinely believe is the best game on TV.”

The lineup also consists of Traitors superfan Stephen Fry, Olympian Tom Daley, tv host Jonathan Ross, and BBC star Alan Carr. Comedian Joe Wilkinson will also be in the Scottish fort alongside singer Paloma Faith and former England rugby participant Joe Marler. Line of Duty star Mark Bonnar is also making an look, as nicely as presenter Clare Balding and singer Cat Burns.

This time, there’s more than just honour on the road: a £100,000 prize fund is up for grabs. The profitable Traitors—or Faithfuls, relying on how the sport unfolds—will break up the money, which shall be donated to charities of their alternative, including a significant twist to the cloak-and-dagger competitors.

The first episode of the collection will air on Wednesday (08.10.25) but the BBC is so assured of its success that it has already reportedly commissioned a second collection.

A source told The Sun: “The Celebrity Traitors is touchdown at the very peak of the format’s reputation, it’s the most important show on the box, globally, and the forged is phenomenal.

“Everyone is aware of one thing would have gone extremely incorrect if this did not turn into the TV event of the yr. The official message is that a formal recommission relies upon how nicely collection one does, but in actuality it’s all but a accomplished deal.”