‘GK Barry doesn’t deserve I’m A Celebrity backlash for speaking to me’

GK Barry has been defended contented creator Bonnie Blue, the arguable prima who she interviewed successful a speech that’s been heavy criticised by radical online.

It’s been claimed that pursuing the interview, ITV has been having ‘crisis talks’ astir GK, who is reportedly successful the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! line-up for the 2024 series.

Bonnie is an big contented creator who precocious went viral aft revealing that she had enactment with 158 radical successful 2 weeks, explaining however she has specifically ventured to pupil areas successful Australia and the UK to slumber with 18-year-olds who she describes arsenic ‘barely legal’.

The 25-year-old explained however aft advertizing her location, immoderate radical volition queue up for hours to person enactment with her, archetypal showing her photograph ID and signing consent forms, which see agreeing for their brushwood to beryllium filmed and uploaded to her OnlyFans.

GK, whose afloat sanction is Grace Keeling, precocious interviewed Bonnie connected her podcast Saving Grace.

While it’s been claimed that promotional clips from the interrogation were removed from Instagram and Tiktok, the afloat interrogation – which is conscionable nether 44 minutes agelong – is inactive up connected YouTube, wherever it’s garnered much than a 4th of a cardinal views successful little than 2 weeks.

During their chat, Bonnie recalled however successful November past year, she had enactment with ‘fresh 18-year-olds’ successful Australia during Schoolies, which is erstwhile they’ve conscionable finished schoolhouse and they ‘go partying’.

‘I loved it. They loved it. And it made maine rich,’ she said, arsenic she explained her process to the 25-year-old host.

‘People deliberation it’s incorrect oregon I unit them into it. I’m like, they’re queuing for 8 hours. They precise overmuch privation to beryllium here,’ she said.

At 1 point, Bonnie emphasised however ‘nervous’ the men tin be, stating: ‘They’re holding their ID up, they’re shaking. They’re trying to motion the consent forms. It’s looking similar I’m virtually holding them to their will,’ arsenic GK laughed successful response.

The podcast big remarked that she thinks it could beryllium seen arsenic a ‘flex’ if the men who person enactment with Bonnie tin accidental that they mislaid their virginity to her.

The contented creator added that connected 1 occasion, a pupil came with his dad, and she had enactment with them separately, adding that the begetter was inactive successful a narration with the son’s mother.

In the remark conception of the YouTube video, respective radical person blasted GK for giving Bonnie a level connected her podcast.

‘This needs to beryllium taken down. This is perfectly grim,’ @Isabellcherry13 wrote, arsenic @abbyrose3236 said: ‘This is truthful crazyyy. Kinda disappointed with however Grace changes her views and agrees with her erstwhile she could of stood connected her ain backbone.’

@asmrbooktube commented: ‘I consciousness similar this video could truly impact Grace’s vocation (not to notation young girls)… this needs to beryllium taken down.’

‘This is disappointing to spot connected your transmission ngl,’ @CD-xs5rm, portion @celeste7566 stated: ‘Grace needs to recognize who her assemblage are, I deliberation she’s trying to travel crossed arsenic edgy but it’s failing. Sorryyy.’

During a caller interrogation with Metro, Bonnie defended GK, saying that the ‘backlash’ that the podcast big received ‘should person been aimed astatine me’.

‘They’re annoyed she gave maine a platform, but successful presumption of her interviewing style, it wasn’t an interview, it was ne'er meant to beryllium an interrogation. She has a podcast, wherever you tin stock your stories and experiences, which is precisely what I did,’ she said.

‘And she did not glamourise my job. She allowed maine to stock my stories. Yeah, she recovered them funny, but it wasn’t saying she was uncovering them comic successful a bully mode oregon atrocious way, she conscionable allowed maine to stock my background.’

Journalist Anna Staddon brought up the information that I’m A Celebrity is reportedly reconsidering having GK successful the line-up this year, arsenic she said: ‘Is that not a flimsy reddish emblem that your inheritance and your enactment is starring to a nationalist TV show, 1 of the biggest successful the country, reconsidering 1 of their guests?’

Bonnie expressed her prediction that GK volition inactive instrumentality portion successful the programme, earlier continuing: ‘But it besides it conscionable shows however taboo and however uneducated radical are. Unless I’m doing thing wrong, wherefore are you shaming different influencer for interviewing me? It’s trying to accidental that ok, I americium atrocious news. And yes to immoderate radical I am. But you’re trying to accidental it’s due to the fact that I’ve done thing wrong.’

At different constituent successful the interrogation with Metro, Bonnie was asked astir the accusations that she’s faced of ‘predatory’ behaviour owed to the property of radical who she has enactment with for her content.

The property of consent successful the UK is 16, portion the property of consent successful Australia varies betwixt 16 and 17 years old, depending connected the state.

‘They’re coming to me. It’s pre-planned. So they’ve already thought astir it beforehand. They person to capable successful 2 consent forms, you person to bring ID,’ she added, saying that the men are ‘fully aware’ of what they’re doing,’ she said..

‘It’s not a daze connected the time to movie it. They’re alert they request to movie it. And it’s successful a controlled environment. You can’t beryllium drinking beforehand. You can’t person done drugs. So erstwhile you deliberation of a harmless environment, it’s the information connected the doorway arsenic well. What astir it is unsafe?’

Anna past replied: ‘I conjecture it’s the cognition of however well-informed they are. It’s the cognition that this is online forever. And if they are 18, they’ve conscionable near school. Do they person the maturity to beryllium capable to marque those kinds of decisions? ‘Cause that is simply a immense decision.

‘Your enactment portion being online for bully and, let’s beryllium honest, you are earning the wealth from that. I conjecture it does beg a benignant of powerfulness dynamic of are they mature capable to consent to that? I conjecture that’s the large question.’

Bonnie answered: ‘Yeah, 100%. The happening is with that then, it’s if we’re saying 18 is excessively young to consent, they request to alteration the law. Do you cognize what I mean? If the instrumentality is 18, I’m going to abide by it and I’ll spell for 18. If they alteration it to 21, I’ll up it to 21. So erstwhile radical person got an contented with that, they’re benignant of conscionable putting their different problems connected me. Like if you don’t hold with it being 18, spell to Parliament. Stop, get retired of my remark section.’

According to a source, the contention that GK’s interrogation with Bonnie has sparked has resulted successful an ‘absolute PR nightmare’ for I’m A Celebrity.

‘I’m A Celeb is simply a household amusement and they can’t person anyone connected determination who agrees with sleeping with hardly 18 twelvemonth olds,’ they told The Sun.

‘The apical brass person held situation talks arsenic to however they grip the backlash with GK enters the show. GK has deleted the video but the furore hasn’t gone away.

‘The backlash is already immense connected YouTube and societal media this is an implicit PR nightmare for ITV.’

The root added that the amusement ‘relies connected advertisers wanting to walk wealth connected the show’, truthful it’s ‘not a bully look erstwhile 1 of the campmates has had idiosyncratic truthful arguable connected her podcast and agreed with everything she said’.

Metro.co.uk has contacted ITV and GK Barry’s representatives for comment.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! returns connected Sunday November 17 connected ITV1 and ITVX.

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