KATE Garraway was assured husband Derek will get better by a long-suffering coronavirus patient on today's Good Morning Britain.
Anil Patel, 63, spent 149 days in intensive care with the illness before being moved to a residential rehabilitation centre just days ago.
After talking about his own battle, Anil turned his attention to Derek and said to Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid in the studio.
He said: "I hear Kate's husband is ill as well like me. Is he OK now?" Kate, who was also in the studio, replied: "No, he's still fighting on like you.