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MAIN - ITV in crisis talks over GK Barrys Im A Celeb appearance after podcast backlash (Image: Getty)
ITV execs are in a flap after GK Barry, due to join I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, recently sparked outrage with her controversial podcast episode.
Social media sensation Grace Keeling, better known as GK Barry, is on the brink of entering this year's star-studded Im A Celeb lineup alongside big stars such as Coleen Rooney, dance supremo Oti Mabuse, former fisticuffs champ Barry McGuigan, and pop icon Tulisa.
Additionally, Love Island alum Maura Higgins is tipped to be swooping into the jungle, stepping in for Tommy Fury.
Yet, Barry caused quite the stir recently when she featured Bonnie Blue, a creator who prides herself on shock value, on her podcast Saving Grace.
In a scandalous reveal, Bonnie bragged about her escapades with "barely legal" lads aged 18 and 19, reports the Mirror.
Bonnie Blue on GK Barry's podcast (Image: Saving Grace/Youtube)
She boasted about her uni tour during Freshers Week aimed at sleeping with hordes of students, then bragging about it on her lucrative OnlyFans page. Fans were quick to lash out at GK for giving Bonnie a platform, branding the content "harmful" to young listeners.
Bonnie has come under fire for allegedly glorifying controversial acts, with one critic stating: "Her audience is 13-20 year old girls. Young and impressionable. This is not the message young girls should be hearing. We need to start de-platforming."
Amid this storm of disapproval, I'm A Celeb seems to be caught in an 'absolute PR nightmare'.
"I'm A Celeb is a family show and they can't have anyone on there who agrees with sleeping with barely 18 years olds," an insider reportedly told The Sun.
"The top brass are in the middle of crisis talks trying to figure out how to deal with the negative reactions when GK joins the show. GK has since deleted the video but the controversy shows no sign of abating."
Openly discussing her personal exploits, including an encounter with a father and son, Bonnie shockingly revealed during GK's episode: "When the son first saw me with his dad, I thought he was going to tell me off but he wasn't, he was jealous and wanted to join in."
In an attempt to drum up excitement for the program, GK posted snippets from the upcoming episode on the show's online platforms. However, due to mounting backlash, those clips have now been taken down.
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One commenter expressed their letdown: "Now she has deleted the videos from the Saving Grace TikTok account without even acknowledging the damage she has done... I am so so disappointed in her."
Express Online has reached out to ITV for comment.
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