Kate Garraway has been seen looking completely different in a throwback montage clip of her career highlights, which was played in celebration of her TRIC Awards win. The 54-year-old was presented with a Special Award at the red carpet event, in partnership with OK!, for her continued incredible work over the past year, despite her husband Derek Draper's ongoing battle with the effects of coronavirus.
The video of her time as a broadcaster was displayed on screens at both the awards night on Wednesday 15 September and on Good Morning Britain today. One of the very first videos showed Kate sporting a '90s style blow dry as she presented the lunch time news on Central News South, where she worked in 1996 at the age of 29.
There was also footage from her time on GMTV, Daybreak and Smooth Radio as well as trips abroad, where she highlighted humanitarian causes. Afterwards, Susanna Reid, 50, said she thought Kate looked exactly like her own daughter Darcey, 15, in the clip from 1996. Kate agreed before sharing that the clip was actually her very first time presenting the news after Wesley Smith called in sick.
Ben Shephard, 46, then shared a message from Wesley to Kate, which read: “Congratulations, been meaning to say thanks for filling in for that first presenting shift! Always knew you’d go far, but you’ve let your diction slip a bit compared with that clip from the old Central News days! Probably just as well, love. Wes x @GMB”.
The night before, Kate picked up her gong before telling the crowd: "I'm completely swept away by that, thank you so much." She continued: "It has been a tough time, hasn't it? For all of us. But, people like Emma and people like Roman who is my colleague at Global and Smooth and so many people in the room, all the GMB team, have been absolutely amazing. It's helped get us through," she paused and added: "Gosh I'm lost for words."
Kate then joked about the video montage as she stood on stage. She said: "Am I actually fired because that was the most amazing montage." The TV personality added: "It feels like you just wrapped up 21 years. I've got to get a copy of that, if only for the hairstyles, the variety – the colour, the shortness, the longness!"
