KATE Garraway has revealed the tearful moment she told husband Derek Draper she loved him as he slipped into a coma. The television presenter opened up on today's Good Morning Britain about her husband's life-threatening battle, following 68 days in hospital. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates She said: "He couldn't really speak to me because of the mask, but he was begging me, 'I feel like I'm suffocating, please let them put me in a coma', because there was a debate about that. "But I said 'no we've got to wait' because if his lungs can handle it that's better.