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Kate Garraway revealed live on Good Morning Britain that she was forced to deal with a 'crisis at home' when her co-host Richard Madeley cheekily announced that she was glued to her phone.
The presenter, 57, reprised her hosting duties alongside Richard, 68, on Monday after taking a break from the ITV morning staple to take care of her father's health.
Yet after an ad break, Kate appeared distracted on the show, prompting Richard to let viewers at home know that she had been engrossed by a conversation on her phone.
Kate then apologised to viewers admitting that Richard was right, but confessed there was a valid reason for her distraction as she revealed there was a 'crisis at home'.
While she disclosed no detail about the nature of the crisis, Kate shared that her children Darcey, 18, and Billy, 14, were 'up to no good' as she got back to her regular schedule after the ad break.
Kate Garraway revealed live on Good Morning Britain that she was forced to deal with a 'crisis at home' as her co-host Richard Madeley cheekily announced she was glued to her phone
The presenter, 57, reprised her hosting duties alongside Richard, 68, on Monday after taking a break from the ITV morning staple to take care of her father's health
Yet after an AD break, Kate appeared distracted on the show, prompting Richard to let viewers at home know that she had been engrossed by a conversation on her phone
The crew could be heard chuckling from behind the cameras, but Kate managed to quickly shrug off the laughter and get the show back on track.
The moment after the broadcaster struggled to hold back her emotions as she told viewers: 'Good morning. The parents of Alice da Silver Aguiar, one of the three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport called for no more violence at an emotional funeral for their daughter.'
Richard chimed in by saying: 'As we know, violent protests followed the deaths, all over the country, after misinformation online said that the suspect was an asylum seeker who'd arrived in the UK by boat – which is complete nonsense.'
'Addressing the mourners, the Chief Constable of Merseyside did not mince his words – he told rioters to hang their heads in shame.'
Discussing the news with correspondent Katie Rickitt, who was on the scene in Southport, Richard branded the funeral 'unbelievably moving', and said: 'The whole community gathered to remember this beautiful, beautiful nine-year-old.'
As the segment went on, Kate appeared to be holding back tears and her breathing seemed laboured.
Upon seeing her emotional state, one viewer took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to say: 'Bit late this morning so have rewound #gmb to the start and bless Kate, you can tell she's trying not to cry when talking about that little girl from Southport. So so so sad.'
This year has been particularly difficult for the TV star as her husband Derek Draper sadly passed away from severe complications with COVID-19 in January.
Derek was amongst the first wave of people to fall seriously ill with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom after testing positive as the country entered lockdown in March 2020.
Kate then apologised to viewers admitting that Richard was right, but confessed there was a valid reason for her distraction as she revealed there was a 'crisis at home'
He was one of the country's longest-suffering COVID patients but never fully recovered and needed round-the-clock care after the virus left long-lasting damage to his internal organs.
Broadcaster Kate has spoken candidly about losing her husband and has also opened up about her perilous financial state, caused by spending so much on his care.
Kate has been hit with a £32,000 bill from liquidators for closing Derek's psychotherapy company after being crippled by a £700,000 tax bill.
She has been ordered to pay the £32,000 flat fee as well as 40 per cent of assets recovered from psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.
Kate has already been left £1.5million in debt from the cost of Derek's care and money owed to the taxman.
Now the liquidators are investigating the possibility of any other assets which could be used to pay off company debts, The Sun reported.
This year has been particularly difficult for the TV star as her husband Derek Draper sadly passed away aged 56 on January 3 following a long battle with COVID-19
The former political lobbyist was amongst the first wave of people to fall seriously ill with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom after testing positive as the country entered lockdown in March 2020
Kate previously revealed she resorted to withdrawing money from her pension pot to pay the huge bills from Derek's medical care.
In an ITV documentary in April, the star admitted she couldn't even afford to have the heating on in October.
Kate revealed that she'd taken money out of her pension to pay for Derek's belated medical bills, after sharing the results of a GMB survey, which revealed one in five Brits are getting themselves into debt while funding private medical care.
She said: 'I am doing something similar myself.'
'I have had to withdraw the bit you can tax free from my pension to pay for belated bills for my husband, who has now passed away.'
'People are having to do things - it wasn't a huge pension in the first place - which aren't what they saved for.'
