Katie Hopkins has been criticised for making fun of Kate Garraway following the sad passing of her husband, Derek Draper.
The Good Morning Britain presenter was left heartbroken earlier this month when Derek passed away after almost four years after he was hospitalised with coronavirus. Over the weekend, Katie Hopkins, 48, appeared to mock Kate and her sad loss on social media.
The broadcaster, who lost her job at LBC in 2017 for saying bad things about the Manchester Arena bombing and got kicked off Twitter in 2020 for hate speech, talked about Kate’s family tragedy online. As she sipped red wine and laughed, she joked that ITV would give Kate a TV show and a book deal to talk about Derek’s death but people were really upset by her mean words.
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One person fumed, saying: “Weaponising someone’s tragic death for your grift. Stay classy.” Another added: “You are a disgraceful person. This is not OK.” Someone else commented: “Your active celebration of the pain and suffering of others reflects the emptiness of your soul.” A fourth social media user asked: “Katie, why do you find the death of someones husband amusing? This is inhumane. Even by your standards.”
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Katie knew people would be angry, as she said in her video: “This is where I get such a b****ing where people go ‘That is a line! That crosses a line! How dare you laugh?’… Or the other thing people will say is ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’.” It comes after the news that Kate may have no other option but to sell the £4million home she shared with Derek after his medical care “financially drained her”.
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Friends of the TV star have now claimed she is “facing up to the fact” she might have to give up their North London home because the care Derek needed was so expensive. When Derek returned home after more than one year in hospital in 2021, he received 24-hour care at their family property which Kate adapted to make more accessible. It is believed she spent has spent “hundreds of thousands of pounds” over the last few years.
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The I’m A Celebrity star suffered further financial difficulty when the couple’s psychotherapy company Astra Aspera was forced to close with £184,000 debts. Kate also funded two trips to Mexico for Derek to receive pioneering treatment. “It is so sad for Kate,” a friend said. “Not only has she had to watch her beloved husband suffer for almost four years but her financial worries have never been far away from her thoughts.
“It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better but it’s left her struggling. The house is about all she has left financially and she is now facing up to the fact it might have to be sold.” They added: “It’s where she and Derek were so happy and also where her two children grew up – but bills are bills and they have to be paid. It’s dreadful for Kate.”
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