Kate Garraway New Relationship Opens Up at Chelsea Flower Show with Liam Halligan

kate garraway new relationship moved into public view at the Chelsea Flower Show, where the Good Morning Britain presenter spoke about Liam Halligan for the first time. She called the romance “lovely” and kept the comments light, but the setting made the shift clear: this was no longer just private speculation.

Chelsea Flower Show remarks

Garraway, 59, told The Mirror, “It is lovely. I suppose it is!” She added, “We basically haven't really had time for a proper date! I don't want to jinx it! I don't want to say anything because I will jinx it! I will jinx it. We all love an Irishman don't we?”

She also said, “He says to me, 'Now we're in the papers, is there are a chance we can actually have some dates?'” and, “Yes. It's lovely. And it's lovely to have you all caring!” That gives the relationship a rare public framing from Garraway herself, rather than from photographs or outside chatter.

Liam Halligan's early days

Halligan is an Irish-British economist and journalist who hosts The Telegraph's weekly Planet Normal podcast. Last week, he wrote in the Spectator that the relationship was still early days but there was a “definite spark,” which sits alongside Garraway’s decision to talk openly at Chelsea.

He also cycled from London to Paris in 24 hours to raise funds for Duchenne UK, and Garraway was spotted cheering him on at the fundraising event last week. The public appearances have moved the story from rumor to something both sides are now willing to acknowledge in public.

Family pressure and 2005

Garraway was widowed in January 2024, when Derek Draper died after a lengthy battle with Covid. She married Draper in 2005, and they had two children, Darcey and Billy.

She said her mother and father have not been very well and that family issues had consumed the time that might otherwise have gone into dates. That is the friction in the story: a new relationship is arriving while her private life is still carrying the weight of a recent bereavement and present-day family strain.

For readers following Garraway’s next public appearance, the useful takeaway is simple: she has now acknowledged the romance herself, and Halligan has already put “definite spark” on the record. The relationship is out in the open, but the pace still looks cautious rather than staged for rollout.