GMB host Ben Shephard praises ‘superhero’ pal Kate Garraway amid husband Derek’s Covid battle
Ben Shephard is a busy man. When he’s not filling us in on the day’s latest stories on Good Morning Britain, he can be found presenting hit ITV game shows Tipping Point and Ninja Warrior UK: Race For Glory.
Ben’s latest venture is very much a passion project – he has published Humble Heroes, a book about hope and humanity which records acts of everyday heroism that have inspired him.“The news was pretty bleak and very worrying but at the same time I knew there were lots of people doing incredible things and it was happening in my community, too.
“Hopefully, people will read the book and it will inspire them to go out and do some form of volunteering,” says Ben. “She is a superhero. What she’s managing to do and how she’s managing to hold the family together, and do everything she can to help Derek and her children, is incredible. Ben still gets a buzz from broadcasting live on GMB, where he has been a fixture since 2014, and jokes that working with Kate, 55, can be unpredictable.
“That was interesting as they’re teenagers and they don’t want their parents around them. When I was being recognised it was like, ‘Dad, get lost! This is really cramping our style.’ “The best contestants are the ones who are really struggling and scared of everything, and I think I’d be really boring as I’d really enjoy it,” he explains.
“I’ve been asked a few times and I haven’t been able to do it, and my knee has been a bit of a hindrance,” he says. “But there are certain members of my family that aren’t keen for me to do it.