Kate Garraway

The former health secretary's time in the Australian jungle prompted criticism from MPs across the political spectrum and members of the public.

“It gives the impression that you still don’t get why people are upset because that amount of money is vast to everybody. I feel really strongly about that.” I’m not sure people yet feel comfortable about why you did it.”

The 55-year-old broadcaster's husband, Derek Draper, was diagnosed with Covid in early 2020 and spent months in an induced coma. The former ...

“I needed to tell Martha right away, because it needed to come from me and nobody else,” he wrote in his Pandemic Diaries. And I really feel it. So I get that all I really do. [Hancock said that telling his ex-wife Martha Hoyer Millar about his affair ](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/matt-hancock-gina-coladangelo-wife-b2238558.html)before it went public was the “worst conversation” he has had in his life. “You made the decision to go in at a time before you had answered to the inquiry and at a time when people still feel very raw. “Because at the time it mattered and my husband Derek was in hospital and not able to see his kids and the thousands of other people couldn’t see that they loved because they were following the guidelines.”

Kate Garraway asks Matt Hancock to explain his decision to go into the jungle when people were still angry with him as the Health Secretary.

He however insisted that the fee was not his “primary” motivation but to communicate with people about who “I am as a person.” "And I am sure there are many other people that went into the jungle when you did that, maybe got more, maybe got less, I don’t know. You see what I mean, you still don’t see why people are upset because that amount of money is vast to everybody. And you say that’s irrelevant what it was in the sense because you morally feel that you did wrong. Thousands of others couldn’t go and see the people they love for various reasons because they were following the guidelines. [Hancock resigned as health secretary](https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/matt-hancock-resigns-as-health-secretary-and-apologises-for-breaking-covid-rules-3287765) in June 2021, after the pictures of him kissing his aide, Gina Coladangelo inside the Department of Health were leaked to a major newspaper, clearly violating social distancing guidelines.

Her husband Derek Draper, 55, has been fighting for his life since contracting coronavirus in March 2020. He became the longest-suffering coronavirus ...

If you're waiting six months to get your hip replaced and there aren't enough beds in a National Health Service hospital and there are some beds in a private hospital, we're saying the NHS will pay for surplus capacity in the private hospitals to get the waiting list down. Thousands of children couldn't see people that they loved,' she said of visiting restrictions in the NHS for so long under his stewardship. She told host Lorraine Kelly: 'The thing is, when it's a long battle like with Derek, there's no end point and it can be exhausting for the people around me too. And so that seemed like a sensible way to go.' He said all royalties will go to the NHS. His broadcaster wife, also 55, blinked away tears as she told Mr Hancock that millions of Britons still feel 'very raw' about the pandemic and repeated lockdown, declaring: 'At the time it mattered I couldn't visit Derek in hospital, he couldn't see his kids. And so at that time, effectively everything was nationalised. He became the longest-suffering coronavirus patient in the UK after spending 13 months in hospital, and remains very ill. The rules were very muddled for us out here.' We all have our frailties and I fell in love', adding: 'But that is not an excuse and that's why I've been open about it. Asked whether the policy amounted to privatisation, Ms Thornberry insisted: 'It's not. Mr Hancock was appearing on Good Morning Britain this morning.

Kate Garraway confronted Matt Hancock on Good Morning Britain in an emotional look back at her husband Derek Draper's long Covid battle.

I suppose the problem is that because you were health secretary and because at that time I couldn’t visit Derek in hospital, he couldn’t see his kids, thousands of others couldn’t go and see the people they loved for various reasons because they were following the guidelines.’ stint](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/31/matt-hancock-on-tiny-im-a-celebrity-charity-donation-from-fee-18193127/) with Richard Madeley – turned to Garraway to lead a discussion over the MPs role during the pandemic. Are you able to put your personal feelings to one side?’ But also through your documentaries, you’ve met so many people who’ve been affected by Covid and suffering long Covid, health workers,’ Reid said to her colleague. [grilling the politician over his I’m A Celebrity… [Kate Garraway](https://metro.co.uk/tag/kate-garraway/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) confronted [Matt Hancock](https://metro.co.uk/tag/matt-hancock/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK2) to his face on Good Morning Britain, recalling how she was unable to visit her husband [Derek Draper](https://metro.co.uk/tag/derek-draper/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK3) in hospital during the early days of the pandemic.

Good Morning Britain stars Piers Morgan, Kate Garraway, Ed Balls, Charlotte Hawkins and Richard Madeley are all married – see inside their stunning wedding ...

[11th wedding anniversary](https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/20210626116218/ruth-langsford-eamonn-holmes-wedding-pictures-anniversary/) with Ruth, after the couple married on 26 June 2010 at The Elvetham Hotel in Hampshire. [celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary in June](https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/2020062492158/good-morning-britain-piers-morgan-wedding-photos/) 2020, Piers shared a throwback photo from their big day, writing: "10 years ago today. [Richard Madeley](https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/20211126127090/richard-madeley-discusses-space-marriage-judy-finnigan/), [Ben Shephard](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/ben-shephard/) and [Kate Garraway](https://www.hellomagazine.com/tags/kate-garraway/)'s personal relationships? Although he has kept details of their big day private, he did share a photo of them celebrating at another couple's wedding in 2018. The couple got married in 1986 and went on to welcome two children Jack and Chloe. The former couple got married in 2012 and welcomed their son Tushaan the same year. However, she hinted to GMB co-star Ben Shephard that the breakdown of their relationship may have been linked to incriminating messages on Ranjeet's phone. Ben Shephard married his wife Annie in March 2004, and he admitted on their thirteenth wedding anniversary it "still amazes" him that she agreed to marry him. Their ceremony took place at St Paul's Church in Knightsbridge before a reception at private members' club The Arts Club. The TV star admitted to suffering an embarrassing blunder when she forgot about their anniversary in 2018, only to be reminded when Derek shared a sweet photo of them together. Keep scrolling to see Ed Balls' beachside ceremony, [Charlotte Hawkins' Cathedral wedding](https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/20220623143704/good-morning-britain-charlotte-hawkins-wedding-dress-husband-mark-herbert/) and more… Former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls married his wife Yvette Cooper on 10 January 1998 at the Cavendish Hotel in Eastbourne.

GMB presenter tells former health secretary that she and others were unable to visit loved ones because of his lockdown rules.

He described the three per cent of his £320,000 fee he donated to charity as a "decent sum”. He added: “This is what I’ve asked for forgiveness in the jungle for. I think £10,000 is actually a decent sum." Of course it wasn’t breaking the law, because the legal rules weren’t in place.” Thousands of others couldn't go and see the people they loved,” said Ms Garraway. [lost the Tory whip over the appearance](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/01/matt-hancock-im-celebrity-2022-contestant/), did concede that "of course there was a discussion and negotiation over the fee". Mr Hancock said: "I didn't primarily do it for the money, I primarily did it to try to show who I am. [go on the show I'm A Celebrity for the money](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/27/matt-hancock-boris-johnsons-earnings-since-left-government-revealed/). [resigned as health minister in 2021](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/26/matt-hancock-quits-health-secretary/), Reid said “people find it remarkable” that he was not held to account for doing something that “most other people weren't allowed to do”. [Derek Draper spent a year in hospital](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/kate-garraway-interview-finding-derek-covid/) being treated for coronavirus, said she and others were unable to visit loved ones because of the lockdown rules Mr Hancock imposed. [couldn't visit Derek in hospital](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/08/kate-garraways-husbandderek-draper-returns-home-year-hospital/), he couldn't see his kids. [lockdown memoir, which was released](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/could-matt-hancock-not-have-spared-kids-shame-alan-partridge/) ahead of the Covid inquiry.