Kate Garraway reveals she’s binged Succession with bedridden husband Derek Draper
Kate Garraway has revealed that she has gotten drunk on Succession with her bedridden husband, Derek Draper.
During Good Morning Britain on Friday, the presenter made the admission while chatting with co-host Ben Shepherd with Brian Cox, who plays media mogul Logan Roy on the popular series.
Appearing on London Stock Exchange’s GMB, the actor praised the show’s writers for not letting it pass its “use by” date after Kate lamented that it was coming to an end.
Kate shared: ‘My husband is largely bedridden, and we’ve seen it all since 2018 again. we don’t want it to end.’
Derek has an unusually severe case of Long Covid, after he fought for his life as a result of contracting Covid in March 2020. He was rushed to hospital in an ambulance where he was placed on a ventilator and in an induced coma.
Big fans! Kate Garraway has revealed that she got Succession drunk with her bedridden husband Derek Draper
Sad: Kate’s husband Derek, 55, is the UK’s longest-serving Covid patient, having been in hospital for a year after contracting the deadly virus.
High Praise: Appearing on the London Stock Exchange, Brian Cox praised the writers of Succession for not letting it pass its “use by” date after Kate lamented that it was coming to an end.
Speaking about the end of Succession, Brian told Kate: “Each series beat the last one. It gets finite. A lot of TVs are past their expiration date. The writer and Jesse [David Armstrong] don’t let that happen.
‘The rigor with writing. It has to come to an end, and it was a difficult decision for him.
Brian also joked that after playing Logan Roy for four seasons, “it’s hard to tell the difference” between him and his character.
He said: ‘It’s hard to tell the difference between the two. I’m an optimist and I’m not on the right like Logan; in fact, I am quite the opposite.
Logan is very misunderstood. All he wants to do is find a successor to his business, and they’re useless, hopeless. The achilles of him is that he loves them. He would be happier if he didn’t love them.
Speaking further about the show’s success, Brian confessed that he knew right away that it was going to be “a hit.”
He admitted, “When Jesse and Adam McKay pitched me the show, I knew it was going to be a hit, a great show.”
Brian also revealed that it was his idea for Logan to be Scottish, a storyline that was initially shot down but later implemented into nine episodes.
Iconic: Elsewhere in that chat, Brian proudly told Kate and Ben, “I’ve just opened the London Stock Exchange, which is an amazing thing.”
Wow! Brian officially launched the trading market at 8 am Friday, with a market opening ceremony accompanied by a musical quartet playing the series’ theme song.
He said: ‘I suggested that he could play a guy with a Scottish background. Jesse said “no, he has to be American”.
Adam thought being Scottish would be cool. We finally started the show, for nine episodes he played a mid-Atlantic Canadian.
Nine episodes in Brian was told by the writers that they had changed his character’s birthplace to Dundee, Scotland, the actor’s birthplace.
And he added: ‘They don’t always tell you things, writers. Sarah Snook didn’t know until the final episode that she was ending. Nobody told him.
Elsewhere in that chat, Brian proudly told Kate and Ben: ‘I’ve just opened the London Stock Exchange, which is an amazing thing.
“I’m baffled, there’s no one in the flat, it’s all electronic, it’s quite creepy, it’s like walking into a church.”
Brian officially launched the trading market at 8 am Friday, with a market opening ceremony accompanied by a musical quartet playing the iconic theme song from the series.
He said of the dramatic moment: ‘The energy changed, I thought it was extraordinary. Am I really doing this? I never thought I’d do this in a million years.
Extraordinary! Brian told GMB viewers of the dramatic moment: “The energy changed, I thought it was extraordinary.” Am I really doing this? I never thought I’d do this in a million years’
Early reviews of the fourth and final season of Succession have praised its final version as “energetic, brutal and hilarious”.
Early reviews have hailed its first four episodes as packed with “powerful” performances and “compelling dialogue” from creator Jesse Armstrong, ahead of the series’ return to HBO on Sunday.
Others have noted that the episodes will be packed with surprises and mark a “long and glorious goodbye” to the acclaimed show, which will air its final episode on May 26.
The Season 3 finale of Succession revealed that Logan Roy doesn’t trust any of his children and would rather sell the company to a stranger, especially since they teamed up to prevent the company from leaving the family.
And the final run begins with Logan no longer on speaking terms with his offspring, as he goes ahead with the sale of Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsso, with the Roy family questioning their future once the deal is complete.
Succession is available from March 27 on the streaming service NOW and Sky Atlantic. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 are available to catch up on NOW and Sky On Demand.
The final season of Succession: what do the critics think?
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“It is a drama set in the heart of darkness, with comedy set to illuminate its timeless and inescapable depths. Gather your strength to take one last look into the abyss.
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“Everything Succession fans love is here: the acid dialogue, the private planes, the horror its characters feel every time they’re forced to confront the real world.”
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“Based on the four episodes I’ve seen, it has plenty of surprises, fanged vipers and toast-dropping surprises in its luscious Tom Ford sleeve.”
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“This propulsive plot is, as usual, only half the story, as Succession is also one of the funniest comedies on television.
“I almost feel sorry for the cast, who will probably never again get the chance to deliver such magnificently well-crafted dialogue.”
THE IRISH TIMES – ‘They are all as frightful as we remember. But beneath the comedy lurks horror. As Succession never tires of reminding the viewer, these people aren’t just running over each other. They are also running the world. Ultimately, the joke in this jet-powered black comedy is on us.”
ROLLING STONE – ‘It advances at full steam until the end. Much of what happens is shocking and/or surprisingly moving, especially since it’s a show about the worst human beings alive.
VARIETY – ‘Although the season takes a little longer to heat up than its predecessors, once the shady dealings begin in earnest, ‘Succession’ is more intense than ever.
“And with the series finale in the offing, the show has a full tank of gas and an 800-pound gorilla foot on the pedal.”
COLIDER – ‘Right off the bat, the cast of Succession are delivering some truly spectacular performances in Season 4 with the full ensemble in top form.
“It’s obvious that this is a collective that has been working closely together for years now, with each bouncing off each other in even more nimble ways, coming together in a way that makes every conversation compelling.”
IGN – “Powerful performances by the Roy clan deliver a dazzling masterclass in pent-up emotions that compete with years of desperate approval from the family patriarch.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – “I think I said last season was The Season of Sarah Snook and I’d be inclined to say it again, except it could just as easily be The Season of Kieran Culkin, and let me tell you… even if the Jeremy Strong process irritates Cox or Whoever it is, man, it gives results.
DEADLINE – ‘Satisfying authenticity with precision, like certain brutal Manhattan penthouses and karaoke joints, and the pleasure and carnage that comes with royal wealth and power, Succession’s swan song satisfies in no small part because it brings together many of the elements disparate that graced the past seasons.’