Footballer 'ugly cried all her lashes off' seeing girlfriend's TV fame

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The wait is over – I’m A Celebrity’s official line-up has finally been revealed! This November a group of famous faces are set to head into the Australian jungle once again. This time around, sports stars, journalists, social media influencers, footballers’ wives, and radio DJs are swapping their comfy day-to-day lives for some nights under the stars – alongside creepy crawlies.

ITV‘s I’m A Celebrity is hugely anticipated every year. This November, the all-new series kicks off on Sunday the 17th and welcomes some super famous campmates. Many of the celebrities need no introduction as Colleen Rooney and Danny Jones make the cast list, but others are lesser-known, judging by people’s tweets on X (Twitter), despite their larger-than-life characters.

GK Barry heads into the jungle

The I’m A Celeb series 24 campmates have officially been revealed this November and GK Barry is heading into the jungle.

The 25-year-old TikTok sensation rose to fame around five years ago. GK’s real name is Grace Keeling and she hails from Cambridge.

GK racks up a whopping 3.5 million TikTok followers nowadays, and she also has a YouTube subscriber count of 490k.

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The I’m A Celebrity star also has 866k Instagram followers and fans may also recognize her from Loose Women.

Speaking of her decision to appear on the testing ITV show, GK tells fans: “I’m not good with heights, I’m not good with animals, I’m not good with anything this show entails.”

She’s expecting “screaming and crying” from herself when it comes to the trials. But, she’s “excited” to get to know all the other campmates because she’s “so nosey.”

GK’s girlfriend ‘ugly cries’ seeing her on TV

Just like her co-stars, I’m A Celebrity’s GK is leaving her loved ones at home while she heads off to Australia.

Her girlfriend, footballer Ella Rutherford, took to Instagram Stories to share she’s been left with a cardboard cut out of GK to keep her company.

Showing a clip she took of GK appearing on her TV, Ella shared with her fans that she was “ugly crying her lashes off” seeing her girlfriend head onto the show.

Ella added the Fifth Harmony song ‘That’s My Girl’ to the Story which sees her zoom in on GK’s face.

She also tells people to “mind their business” if they “see her kissing the cardboard cut out.”

GK and Ella are clearly very much loved up.

During a September episode of Saving Grace, the star’s vodcast channel, Ella said her “life turned around” after falling in love with GK.

The two tell the story of how they met – GK followed Ella on Instagram and Ella shot her a DM – before explaining how Ella has the nickname “eyelashes.”

GK asks Ella: “Can you explain to people why I call you eyelashes?”

Ella replies: “Because I have the best eyelashes out there… they’re not real, but they are the best.”

GK adds: “You’ve got the best eyelashes in town, babe.”

The two also chatted about their first holiday to Benidorm, and what it was like meeting one another’s families.

Ella doesn’t appear in shot on the vodcast, as GK explains she wants to preserve her “mental health.”

“I’m not showing her face, still. I know you all know who she is, I know you do. But, for my mental health, I’m pretending you don’t. She’s not on, but her voice is on.”

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