I’m A Celeb’s GK Barry deletes controversial clips from her podcast following backlash over guest – as she gears up to enter the jungle
Podcaster GK Barry has canceled some promotional clips from one of her recent interviews with a controversial guest – ahead of her stint on I’m A Celebrity.
The internet personality, 25, is known for hosting some of Britain’s most famous faces such as Alan Carr, Olivia Bowen, Rylan and Rob Rinder, Coleen Nolan on her Saving Grace show.
The star – whose full name is Grace Keeling – was recently joined by controversial media sensation Bonnie Blue, who made headlines for taking on the challenge of bedding 100 men a day.
The choice of guest and subject matter was heavily criticized and sparked backlash, and recently eagle-eyed fans noticed that GK has now removed the episode’s promotional clips on both Instagram and TikTok.
Although the presenter, who is also a newcomer to the Loose Women panel, has not removed the full episode from her YouTube channel.
Podcaster GK Barry, 25, has canceled some promotional clips from one of her recent interviews with a controversial guest – ahead of her stint on I’m A Celebrity (pictured last month)
The star – whose full name is Grace Keeling (L) – was recently joined by controversial media sensation Bonnie Blue (R), who made headlines for taking on the challenge of bedding 100 men a day.
MailOnline has contacted GK representatives for comment.
GK came under fire for its ‘disappointing’ choice of content, with several viewers also pointing out that she lacks the ability to ‘disagree with her own guests’ and easily ‘takes on their opinions’.
Fans raised their eyebrows and accused her of being a ‘very bad influence on young girls’ and couldn’t hide their ‘shock’ at the interview.
Some wrote under her YouTube clip:
‘This has to be torn down. This is absolutely grim’;
‘Grace’s problem is that she can never disagree with her guests or challenge them in any way. She adopts their views. this can make for great interviews under some circumstances, but agreeing with such outlandish views as these is completely irresponsible. save this lecture for the incel podcasts’;
‘quite disappointed at how Grace changes her views and agrees with her when she could have stood on her own backbone’;
‘Grace agrees with her when she talks about men cheating on their wives. Honestly, this is SO disappointing!’;
The internet personality is known for hosting some of Britain’s most famous faces such as Alan Carr, Olivia Bowen, Rylan and Rob Rinder, Coleen Nolan on her Saving Grace show
The star – whose full name is Grace Keeling – was recently joined by controversial media sensation Bonnie Blue (pictured), who made headlines for taking on the challenge of bedding 100 men a day.
GK came under fire for its ‘disappointing’ choice of guests and topics, with viewers calling out its ‘harmful content for young girls and women’
Fans also stormed X – formerly Twitter – with comments about GK’s controversial interview ahead of her time in the jungle
“I feel like this video could really impact Grace’s career (not to mention young girls)… this needs to be taken down.”
Fans also stormed
‘I don’t think people are paying enough attention to the situation of Bonnie Blue and GK Barry. Her audience consists of girls from 13 to 20 years old. Young and impressionable. This is not the message young girls should hear. We need to start de-platforming.”
The social media influencer is said to join the likes of Coleen Rooney, Maura Higgins and Danny Jones in the Australian jungle when the ITV show returns to screens this month.
It was first reported in August that podcaster GK was in ‘advanced talks’ to join the I’m A Celebrity line-up.
Although it was previously reported that GK would appear on the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, but turned down a place on the scandal-plagued show.
Grace Eleanor Keeling, better known as GK Barry, is an English social media star, presenter and internet personality who rose to fame during the first Covid-19 lockdown.
During lockdown, while studying film at Nottingham Trent University, GK started her TikTok account and started posting vlogs about her daily life.
She quickly gained a huge following and within a year she had amassed a whopping one million followers on the video sharing platform.
Currently, she now has a whopping 3.6 million followers on TikTok, 61,000 subscribers on YouTube and an impressive 850,000 fans on Instagram.
The social media influencer is said to join the likes of Coleen Rooney, Maura Higgins and Danny Jones in the Australian jungle when the ITV show returns to screens this month
During the lockdown, GK started her TikTok account and started posting vlogs about her daily life; she quickly gained a huge following and within a year she had amassed a whopping one million followers on the video sharing platform
Cambridge-born Grace created her podcast Saving Grace in April 2022 and has interviewed numerous celebrities including Coleen Nolan, Olivia Bowen and Alan Carr.
In early 2024, GK took the podcast, which is also uploaded as a vodcast on YouTube, on a sold-out tour across the country.
Since gaining recognition online, GK has made a number of TV appearances and this year was a regular guest panellist on Loose Women – making history as the youngest panellist to appear on the show.