Controversial commentator Katie Hopkins has been criticised for mocking ITV presenter Kate Garraway after the demise of her husband, Derek Draper.

Draper was mentioned to be one of many UK's longest-suffering COVID sufferers, spending 13 months in hospital after contracting the virus in March 2020, and died earlier this month.

In a video posted on X, Hopkins - who has a million followers on the location - wrongly claimed ITV was set to air a documentary titled "Life after Derek", with Garraway releasing a e book to go together with it.

Neither declare is true, however the former Apprentice contestant added that "he's only been dead a week" as she laughed and drank a glass of crimson wine.

"8.30 tonight there's a documentary on the TV that you all need to watch, yeah, it's a Kate Garraway documentary, so it's important that I finish on time for you tonight," she mentioned within the publish on Saturday.

"And it's Kate Garraway: Life After Derek."

She laughed, earlier than including: "There's also a book she's releasing to go with the documentary… he's only been dead a week."

Along with the video, which has been "viewed" greater than 4 million instances in accordance with X's scrutinised figures, she mentioned the documentary is "allegedly sponsored by Fizzzzzzzeeerr", in a reference to the Pfizer COVID vaccine.

Draper contracted the sickness lengthy earlier than the vaccine was accessible.

Reacting to the video, broadcaster Lorraine King described Hopkins as a "sick person", whereas comic Dom Joly mentioned she has "zero empathy" and is a "total grifter".

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Other social media customers responded to the video, with some folks writing that her feedback have been "horrible".

Hopkins had been completely banned from X - then referred to as Twitter - in 2020 for breaching its guidelines on "abuse and harmful contact", earlier than being reinstated final yr.

She used to current on radio broadcaster LBC however was sacked after making feedback concerning the Manchester Arena bombing.

She has additionally in contrast migrants to cockroaches and mentioned she would use gunships to cease them from crossing borders.

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