I'm A Celeb's GK Barry's relationship timeline - from TikTok star to footballer

Grace Keeling, known online as GK Barry, is heading for the jungle to take part in this year's I'm A Celeb - but who is the famous England footballer she is rumoured to be dating?

GK Barry has been announced as one of the famous faces entering the Australian jungle next week, despite her podcast Saving Grace stirring up some backlash online. The social media star went viral after posting skits online while studying at Nottingham Trent University, going on to launch her hit podcast Saving Grace and growing her audience to over three million.

Grace, 25, faced controversy last week after featuring infamous adult star Bonnie Blue on her podcast. But despite some calling for her place in ITV's I'm A Celeb to be stripped, she is still set to appear in the show that launches on November 17.

Despite grilling celebrity guests on her podcast, Grace tends to keep her private life hidden from the public. TikTok fans predicted the content creator was dating footballer Ella Rutherford, who plays for Ipswitch Town.

Neither of them confirmed their relationship status until Grace's 25th birthday in August when Ella, 24, wished her happy birthday on Instagram, confirming the rumours as she posted a cosied-up picture of the pair alongside the caption: "I love you more and more every day." Grace had long implied she had a girlfriend on the podcast but never mentioned names.

She said she would "never go back" to dating men and said she felt like she'd "been missing out" by not dating women. She said: "I feel like I went very wrong with men. I don't like men anymore. I will never go back to a man. God forbid. Yeah, I just love it. I just love it. I feel like I've got spring in my step. I feel like I'm glowing. It's the lesbian glow. I've got it. And yeah, that's my life update."

Before her latest relationship, Grace was in a long-term relationship with TikTok star Billy Hunt who joined her at events and even appeared on her podcast. The former couple met through Gogglebox star Joe Baggs and hit it off.

The TV personality admitted that she "launched" herself on the internet personality. Grace said: "So my version of events. Joe Baggs had a party. [Billy was] the only straight man there, [I] launched myself at him. It's been history ever since."

But seven months after filming the podcast episode in early 2023, the couple confirmed they had split up. Talking directly to the camera, she said: "I just want to start out by addressing the elephant in the room. I am single, and that's it really. I'm not really going to go into why.

"I know a lot of you want to know why, all the deets, all the gossip, to be honest, I would too. I'm not going to lie, but I will not be speaking about the reasons why.

"I'm just going to leave it as, I'm single, and that's it. I know I put a lot of my relationship in the public eye. My bad, I won't be doing that again!"

This could explain why Grace opted to keep her apparent current relationship away from prying eyes, with Ella yet to appear on the podcast's sofa.