TIKTOK star GK Barry has had her fair share of celebrity beef even before entering the I’m A Celeb jungle.
The UK’s biggest social media personality – whose real name is Grace Keeling – has previously butted heads with a number of stars.
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GK Barry is headed for the jungle and set to cause mischiefCredit: PA
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Frankie Bridge and GK have had words in the pastCredit: Getty
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Wayne Lineker and GK had an awkward encounterCredit: Instagram
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Ekin-Su threatened to sue GK over a podcastCredit: instagram
The influencer has ruffled the feathers of Loose Women’s Frankie Bridge, reality star Wayne Lineker and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
The 25-year-old revealed previously that Love Island star Ekin-Su threatened to sue her over a podcast chat.
While it isn’t clear what she said to rile up the Turkish beauty, GK claimed Ekin, 29, was left furious after her comments on Saving Grace.
KISS FM presenter Harriet Rose asked GK: “In an interview with Cosmopolitan, you said that someone once threatened to sue you for talking about them on Saving Grace. Who was it?”
Grace confessed: “F**k, oh it was Ekin-Su. She was like, ‘Yeah, if you don’t take this down, we’ll sue you.’
“I didn’t take it down but she didn’t sue me, though.”
A shocked Harriet replied: “I’ve got to say that is the one question I genuinely did not think you would answer.”
Grace joked: “If you think I’m doing that shot, I’ll answer anything.”
The blonde star hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women.
She has even gone on to endorse popular brand such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers.
Loose Women’s Frankie Bridge clashed with the content creator live on the show after saying she had given her ‘a backhanded compliment’.
Watch moment GK Barry arrives in Australia and reveals what she’ll miss in the I’m A Celeb camp
The star appeared on the ITV show as part of the panel and joined Denise Welch, 66, Kaye Adams, 61, and Frankie, 35, on the programme.
The Loose Women were discussing career changes, and how GK had got into social media.
GK confessed about her career path: “I just fell into it…
“Do you know what though, I always wanted to be one of The Saturdays.
“When I grew up I got no GCSEs because I was like, ‘I’ll just be Frankie'”.
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Frankie was not impressed with comments made by GK
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GK has only recently joined the Loose Women panel
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GK with her girlfriend Ella before the jungleCredit: Instagram
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Grace has built up an impressive online following
An unimpressed Frankie then pulled a face and said: “That felt like a backhanded compliment!”
Her co-stars continued to make jokes about how Frankie wasn’t the youngest panellist anymore.
In another awkward moment, Frankie joked that she was ‘fuming’ after no longer being the ‘baby’ of the show.
GK replied: “I know there is a feud now and I was so excited to meet Frankie but now there is a feud!”
Frankie admitted back: “I don’t like you yet, go away!”
Barry also had words with Gary Lineker’s younger brother Wayne Lineker after she was left gobsmacked by his hospitality treatment while on holiday.
Wayne, 60, who is the owner of star-studded O Beach club in Ibiza, invited her to his restaurant but then shunned her.
Promised she would be looked after by him, she explained on her podcast: “I went to his restaurant and he went, I’ll give you a discount if you come back.
“So I thought, Ibiza is well expensive, so I went there.
“He was with this girl and her mum, and I was like, I’ll just say hello, and I went to say hello and the mum went, ‘Not while we’re eating!’.
“I thought, the cheek!
“He went, Hello. I thought, Yeah, hello.
“Anyway, hope you choke b***h.”
Before leaving for the jungle, GK pulled out the stops with a farewell gift to her England footballer girlfriend Ella Rutherford, 24.
She gave her a huge bunch of flowers and shared it on a post on her Instagram page.
The Sun exclusively revealed their romance was getting serious in the summer 2024, after they met each other’s family and holidayed together.
Grace rose to fame on TikTok during the first Covid lockdown in 2020 and soon ventured into the world of podcasts.
She now boasts over 3.6million TikTok followers after gaining more than a million in just over a year.
I’m A Celebrity 2024
As the hit ITV show enters into its 24th series, a brand new batch of famous faces look set to enter the Aussie jungle once again to face terrifying Bushtucker Trials and living amongst the critters in camp in order to come out on top and be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle. The Sun’s Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars heading Down Under this year…
Coleen Rooney – Arguably the most famous name heading into the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney, will be making a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to head into the camp this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever.
Tulisa – The popstar and former X Factor judge looks set to be making a triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year’s I’m A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal.
Alan Halsall – The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he will be hoping to become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities when he gets into camp.
Melvin Odoom – The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. He has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet – the Aussie jungle.
GK Barry – The UK’s biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brand such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers.
Dean McCullough – A rising star amongst this year’s bunch of celebs, Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live.
Oti Mabuse – The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She origianlly found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV’s Dancing On Ice.
Danny Jones – The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle, after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he’s now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice, along with bandmate Tom. A jungle insider said: “As well as bringing some of the star appeal of the group with him, he’ll be supplying some serious guy candy for the campmates and viewers at home.”
Maura Higgins – The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard. Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year.
Jane Moore – The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist will be braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge – having recently split from her husband. It will be Jane’s first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past.
Barry McGuigan – Former pro boxer Barry will become the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to breast cancer. He told The Late Late Show in 2021: “She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache.”
Rev. Richard Coles – Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is set for I’m A Celebrity — and is ready to let rip at his old employer. The former Communards and Strictly star, 62, said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year.An insider said: “Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth.”
