The TikTok star is one of the favourites to be crowned Queen
I’m A Celebrity’s GK Barry has been voted to do the first official trial of series. In last night’s episode, the internet personality struggled to hold her emotions in after Ant and Dec announced she would be facing the Bushtucker trial.
Holding her head in her hands, GK Barry said “I’m going to die” after the results of the first public vote. Jane Moore from Loose Women comforted her with a hug and told her “You can do this. Just focus. Focus”.
The TikTok star was visibly emotional as she was supported by her campmates. Before the public vote was announced fans had seen all the celebrities compete in a race to camp. During the Hell Hole task the Saving Grace creator let out a number of screams as she searched for a key among cockroaches.
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On I’m A Celeb spin off show, I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked, Dec suggested that it was at this point that the British public decided GK should undertake the trial. The Loose Women star will take on Vile Volcano in tonight’s episode, November 18.
After seeing the emotional side of GK Barry, fans took to X, formerly known as Twitter with the same predictions. One fan said: “You just know she’s going to be on your screen screaming every night because people will keep voting her to do the trials.” another added “GK Barry has just nominated herself for every trial.”
Another fan shared the famous scene of Gillian McKeith fainting on the ITV show with the caption: “GK Barry after getting voted for every Bushtucker trial after showing the nation she’s scared of everything” and a further said “Imagine our surprise when GK Barry was chosen for the trial.”
The bookmakers have the TikTok star among the favourites to be crowned queen of the jungle. Oddschecker have GK Barry priced at 6/1, the second favourite behind Danny Jones.
Known as GK Barry, Grace Eleanor Keeling said ahead of the show: “I haven’t slept in a month. I am scared of the trials and I am genuinely scared of everything. The eating trial to me is the worst thing you can do to a human being. You also don’t know who you are going to click with either but hopefully after the first week, I will settle in nicely.”