I'm A Celebrity's GK Barry reveals the surprising way she came out to her parents

GK Barry, who is presently dating footballer Ella Rutherford, has opened up astir her sexuality and told her campmates however she came retired to her parents earlier this year

Social media sensation GK Barry has opened up astir her sexuality and however she came retired to her parents.

The podcaster, who is presently appearing connected I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! 2024, sparked up a romance with Ipswich Town footballer Ella Rutherford. Before her existent emotion beingness made headlines, GK was successful a semipermanent narration with TikTok sensation Billy Hunt.

In a heart-to-heart successful the star-studded campy connected tonight's offering of the ITV series, Dean McCullough quizzed GK astir her travel to coming out. GK shared: "Obviously online I’d been similar I’d slept with girls oregon immoderate arsenic well, but I’d lone dated men."

She past recounted however she met her existent girlfriend, Ella, saying: "It was by mishap I recovered Ella, done a communal person and past I truly liked her the archetypal time I met her but I’d ne'er told my parents." She continued, revealing that her parents were acquainted with Ella's sanction but didn't cognize the quality of their narration until they visited her location and asked, "Who's Ella? " to which she responded: "Oh. she’s my girlfriend".

GK said of her parents' reaction: "They conscionable emotion her, they ne'er had an contented with it." She humorously added: "To beryllium just I consciousness similar the closet whitethorn person been glass! " On her parents' cognition towards her relationships, she noted: "They’ve ever said whoever you extremity up with we bash not care, lad oregon miss we don’t care, arsenic agelong arsenic they’re not a d*ck."

Jane concurred, stating: "All you ever privation is for your kids to beryllium happy, it doesn’t substance who it’s with." GK besides touched connected her tendency to beryllium liked and her schoolhouse days, admitting: "I was truly lanky… subordinate teeth, gap, hairy arms, greasy hair." She concluded by explaining however she utilized humour to acceptable in, saying: "I utilized to ticker the boxsets of Miranda to larn however to beryllium funny."

GK bared the information astir dealing with online trolls, specifically 1 persistent TikTok user: "There’s this 1 arseh*le connected TikTok, aft each reddish carpet he’ll beryllium determination and conscionable shame everyone’s outfit" she confessed, revealing her inclination to look for these comments post-events. Jane interjected with a poignant question: "Would you spell into a crowded barroom and spell up to idiosyncratic you don’t cognize and say, ‘Excuse me, what bash you deliberation of me? ’" to which GK responded, "No, never."

Jane's rejoinder was swift, "So past wherefore would you bash it online? " She continued to bespeak connected the past, "It’s truly hard to disregard the extracurricular sound though, erstwhile you bash vigor and telly now. When I started telly backmost successful the day, nary societal media oregon thing it was heaven." Jane imparted immoderate sage advice, telling the group, "I could shrink myself to beryllium digestible for you, but really I’m conscionable going to beryllium myself and fto you choke." Rallying GK, she advised, "So transmission that adjacent clip you determine to look astatine the comments! ".

Although GK had antecedently mentioned having a girlfriend, Ella's individuality remained a concealed until August, erstwhile she posted a day connection connected her Instagram story, saying: "Happy Birthday babe I emotion you much and much everyday." Before that, GK had revealed connected Young Filly's podcast that she was successful a narration with a pistillate and had nary volition of returning to men.

She stated: "I consciousness similar I went precise incorrect with men. I don't similar men anymore. I volition ne'er spell backmost to a man. God forbid. Yeah, I conscionable emotion it. I conscionable emotion it. I consciousness similar I've got outpouring successful my step. I consciousness similar I'm glowing. It's the lesbian glow. I've got it. And yeah, that's my beingness update."

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