Kate Garraway's financial woes escalate as Derek Draper's company lands her £150,000 bill
Kate Garraway has been dealt a devastating new blow following the death of her husband Derek Draper earlier this year.
The Good Morning Britain host, 57, has been handed a £150,000 bill as liquidators close Mr Draper’s business.
This includes a flat fee of £32,000 plus 40 per cent of assets recovered from psychotherapeutic company, Astra Aspera.
She also faces an additional bill of £112,836 stemming from a director's loan taken out by the former Labour Party advisor.
Draper died on January 3 aged 56 after suffering a heart attack just before Christmas almost four years after he first fell seriously ill with Covid-19.
He required round-the-clock care and Garraway has spoken honestly about how the £16,000 monthly cost of this was more than her salary from ITV, causing her to rack up huge debts.
"Derek's care costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any household bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point,” she said during ITV documentary Derek’s Story, which aired in March.
"I am in debt,” she continued. “I can't earn enough money to cover my debt because I am managing Derek's care and I can't even use the money I do have to support Derek's recovery because it's going on the basics all the time."
She added: "I'm not going to pretend that I am poorly paid, I have an incredible job that I love, which is well-paid, but it's not enough."
The mum-of-two already faced a £1.5million due to the cost of Draper's care and money she owes to the taxman.
Now, after his company was closed by liquidators with a debt of £184,096.96, is has left Garraway with another £716k tax bill, according to The Sun. The Standard has contacted a representative for Kate Garraway for comment.
