‘Why didn’t we get out?’ Kate Langbroek FINALLY admits she made the wrong decision by keeping her family in Italy as coronavirus ravages the country
Kate Langbroek and her family have been in lockdown in the Italian city of Bologna for 48 days straight due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
And on Thursday, the 54-year-old radio presenter admitted she regrets not coming back to Australia earlier as she watches her home country flatten the curve.
Appearing on The Project for her ‘weekly check-in’, Kate said Australia was doing ‘really good’ compared to Italy, where there have been 25,085 deaths from coronavirus.
‘Maybe we should have returned earlier’: On Thursday, Kate Langbroek (pictured) said she regrets not leaving Italy before the COVID-19 pandemic worsened
Co-host Peter Helliar asked Kate: ‘Are you looking at us (Australia) going, “Maybe we should have returned earlier… Why didn’t we get out?”‘
‘What do you think, Helliar?’ Kate sarcastically replied.
‘You’re like one of the people on the lifeboat on the Titanic yelling out at the band, who’s still playing as the boat goes down, “Do you wish your violin was here, mate?”
‘Thanks for the comfort!’
Savage! Co-host Peter Helliar (left) asked Kate if she wished she would have returned earlier, to which Kate sarcastically said: ‘What do you think, Helliar?’
Just another day in Bologna! Kate and her husband Peter Allen Lewis wait in line to enter the supermarket amid the COVID-19 pandemic
During her interview, Kate also revealed she had stopped learning Italian because she feels ‘frozen in this weirdly interior world’ of her apartment.
‘People use this opportunity to improve themselves, like you have just shown people being creative and people singing songs with their kids and TikTok-ing and la-la. I’m not one of those people!’ she said.
‘You get to know yourself under these circumstances, and my God, I’m an ordinary person! I’m just churning out meals, trying to keep the spirits up, but I’m not learning Italian.’
Trapped: Kate, her husband of 17 years Peter (left) and their four children Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan are currently in lockdown in their Bologna apartment
Kate, her husband of 17 years Peter Allen Lewis and their four children Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jan are currently in lockdown in their Bologna apartment.
The family initially went to Italy for a gap year but extended their stay for another 12 months in December, before the COVID-19 pandemic escalated globally.
In Italy, there have been 187,327 confirmed cases of coronavirus, which have resulted in 25,085 deaths. Of the cases, 54,543 people have recovered.
Meanwhile in Australia, there have been 6,660 confirmed cases, 5,047 recovered cases and 76 deaths.
Pandemic: In Australia, there have been 6,660 confirmed cases, 5,047 recovered cases and 76 deaths