Katie Hopkins on Kate Garraway.

All the money Kate Garraway made on the films has been spent on the care of her husband. She had to close down his company which was in debt, and may have to sell her home because of the care costs. A little more compassion is needed here.

I too found the endless publicity about KG's husband a bit hard to understand, but nevertheless did feel deep sympathy for the family.
But there is no excuse for the nastiness of KH.

henetha

I too found the endless publicity about KG's husband a bit hard to understand, but nevertheless did feel deep sympathy for the family.
But there is no excuse for the nastiness of KH.

Casdon explains why and where the money was spent.

Elton John is apparently a good friend of hers. I doubt he’d see her sink.

I felt similar about privacy but did watch her documentary on the covid affect on their lives and felt heart sorry for all of them.

Yes, I do take your point. KG had no choice therefore.

Kh was awful saying all that a disrespectful woman.

A nasty vicious attack by Katie Hopkins. I think KG is genuine, and she wanted to show the affects of long covid. Derek also worked in the media and I am sure he consented to this. Kate is now bereaved with a young family and Hopkins should have kept her nasty gob shut.
I respect GSM for not commenting on a bereavement thread, so do not know why Bella is amused, there is nothing amusing about this. GSM knew it was not appropriate. You however Bella in my opinion were distasteful,nasty, and disrespectful to posters who posted to pay their respects on a bereavement thread. You were asked many times to start another thread.
I don't agree with GSM but this is a thread where she has a right to her views.

rafichagran

A nasty vicious attack by Katie Hopkins. I think KG is genuine, and she wanted to show the affects of long covid. Derek also worked in the media and I am sure he consented to this. Kate is now bereaved with a young family and Hopkins should have kept her nasty gob shut.
I respect GSM for not commenting on a bereavement thread, so do not know why Bella is amused, there is nothing amusing about this. GSM knew it was not appropriate. You however Bella in my opinion were distasteful,nasty, and disrespectful to posters who posted to pay their respects on a bereavement thread. You were asked many times to start another thread.
I don't agree with GSM but this is a thread where she has a right to her views.

I had not seen the other thread until this morning, after reading comments here I decided to take a look.

I don’t think Bella23 was distasteful, nasty or disrespectful.

She just had a different opinion.

Germanshepherdsmum

I just didn’t want to post my views on the bereavement thread Bella as I didn’t feel it was appropriate. Here I can say what I have thought about KG’s actions for a long time. I consider what she did very distasteful.

Thanks, maybe I did use the wrong thread and should have waited like you. I still think her actions were distasteful.

Sorry, didn't mean to be harsh about Katie Hopkins. I was just wondering if there was a physical reason which might make her behaviour more understandable. She seems to have had an extremely severe form of epilepsy, which had a great impact on her life. As far as that goes, I am sorry for her and glad that she is better now physically. However, her remarks about Kate Garraway are pretty appalling.

Urmstongran

Elton John is apparently a good friend of hers. I doubt he’d see her sink.

Who wants to survive on charity though? She strikes me as a proud woman, whose first priority has always been to do her best for her husband and children. She doesn’t need negativity at the moment, life must be very hard for her.

KH is and always will be sheer evil. She had a go at Linda Nolen saying she had fat arms and droopy breasts, while Linda was riddled with cancer and she's sank her claws into all kinds of other victims.

She fat-shames anyone who is bigger than a size 00, ugly-shames etc. etc. when in reality she's one of the ugliest people out there, she's no beauty that's for sure!

Whether KG was right or wrong in the way she ''promoted'' Derek's illness, Hopkins should never have said such things.

Sago, it was nasty and disrespectful, people were posting on a condolence thread her views were wrong on that thread.
Bella was asked many times to start another thread.
If she had started or posted on a thread like this no one would have minded. Everyone has a right to a opinion, and this sort of thread is where they can be expressed.

Katie Hopkins gave her opinion

What MisInterpreted and Spuddy said.

Indeed Casdon. That said maybe KG would just like to start afresh this year with a new home without all the sad reminders - a wet room, a lift had been installed etc. She has been immensely brave. She has held things together for their under tremendous pressure. I admire her very much.

That said if Elton (who has mega ££s) were to offer financial help I just think that would be very kind and would take some of the worry and anxiety away to some extent.

Obviously I have no idea really about this. It’s just my musings on the subject.

I think people who are in the public eye for a living are probably a lot more used to a level of invasive publicity than most of us would consider 'normal'. She may or may not have misgivings in the future, but at the time done what felt right for her family. So sad she had to make those decisions at all, poor woman. Hope she gets all the help and support she needs.

It’s interesting how he is so often referred to as Kate Garraway’s husband and not by his name Derek Draper.

Callistemon21

vintage1950

I sometimes wonder whether Katie Hopkins suffered brain damage as a result of her (previously) poorly-controlled epilepsy. There must be some reason for her awful behaviour!

She was necking red wine when she made the vile video apparently.

A very harsh comment on someone with epilepsy where is the empathy you accused me of not having?
. By necking do you mean drinking? If I remember from my teens it meant something completely different.

Out of interest do those people that think it was wrong of Kate to use her husband to promote awareness of long covid also think the publicity that Rob Burrow is getting for motor neurone disease wrong also? Or the lovely lady who garnered so much publicity for bowel cancer? Can anyone explain if there is a difference and, if so what is it.

That said if Elton (who has mega ££s) were to offer financial help I just think that would be very kind and would take some of the worry and anxiety away to some extent.

I don't know Kate Garraway personally but she doesn't seem like the kind of woman who would need or want handouts.

As for Derek Draper being seen at his most vulnerable, showing the works what Covid can do to a healthy person, I think of what his previous job was before he became a psychotherapist. He was a political lobbyist, a public relations man with his own firm, political editor, someone quite used to the media.

works - world

Autocorrect is on form today, sorry.

I have no views on this matter, but I do have opinions on Katie Hopkins- none of them pleasant. She holds strong views on the shortcomings of many and doesn't hesitate to share them. Her writings rarely offer joy or enlightenment. She published quite a diatribe on the habit of the underclass naming a child after a place. Her daughter is called India. When challenged on this matter her response was that India was not a place, it was just a lovely name for a girl...

Katie Hopkins - evil, evil, evil. How vile and heartless of her to mock Kate Garraway. KH has definitely reached a new low - she only seems to receive publicity by making such vile and cruel comments. If only we could all ignore her -maybe that’s the best way to treat someone who makes such shocking comments. Maybe Kate Garraway was courting publicity over her husband Derek Draper’s husband illness and death (although I never actually thought of it that way), the programmes made for extremely uncomfortable viewing and I have every sympathy for KG and her family. She is now the sole breadwinner, left to bring up her family without the love and support (financial and otherwise) of Derek. The care costs would have been horrendous, adding to the family’s plight. Also, KG was raising awareness of how Long Covid can affect lives. Derek was the most ill person to have survived for so long. Whether I would have handled things the same as KG, I cannot say because I’ve not been in that position - thankfully! RIP Derek Draper. Condolences to KG and family. KG - zip it, you dreadful person.