ITV I'm A Celeb fans moved as two stars form unlikely friendship amidst sexuality discussion

Viewers were moved arsenic they watched GK Barry and Reverend Richard Coles unfastened up astir their sexuality portion chatting successful the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! camp

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestants GK Barry and Reverend Richard Coles person bonded implicit sexuality portion successful the jungle together.

The duo sat down for a treatment astir attraction and relationships - with former Bronski Beat instrumentalist Richard, 62, discussing being cheery portion successful the clergy, and podcaster GK, 25, discussing her ain realisation that she is attracted to women. On Monday night, ITV viewers saw the duo unfastened up to 1 different during the latest highlights amusement of I'm A Celebrity.

Fans watched arsenic GK inquisitively questioned Richard astir balancing being cheery with religion. She asked: “Did you find it rather hard being cheery and doing that job?” The Reverend confessed: “No, not astatine all. I’ve ne'er fixed it a moment’s twinge of anxiousness implicit whether God thought it was alright oregon not. Whether different radical thought it was alright oregon not, good I’m blessed to person that argument…”

He added of his sexuality: “Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look astatine documents from the aboriginal church, oregon the religion of the mediate ages and I conscionable deliberation - truthful gay.” GK admitted successful the Bush Telegraph: “I came into this jungle, possibly not knowing who I would gel with oregon who I would beryllium adjacent with successful present and ne'er successful a cardinal years if you told maine that I would beryllium getting connected champion with a reverend would I person believed you."

She added: "But, helium is honestly... I deliberation helium mightiness beryllium my favourite idiosyncratic successful here.” Opening up to the Reverend further, GK told Richard that she utilized to beryllium religious, and spoke astir going to a spiritual campy erstwhile she was younger, wherever determination were men telling her not to person enactment earlier she was married. She said that adjacent astatine 13, she thought: “Well, that’s not gonna happen. I spot my aboriginal and it involves scissoring now.”

Then the taxable of speech moved on to GK asking Richard who the astir absorbing idiosyncratic that helium thinks he’s met. Richard replied: “I deliberation I’m looking astatine her.” He added that the brace person an "odd friendship." Viewers watching on were touched by the candid exchange.

Fans took to X to complement the duo - with 1 writing: "GK and Rev Richard specified a beauteous axenic relationship #ImACeleb" on with a reddish bosom emoji. Another typed: "i’m truthful gladsome grace asked that,, one was truthful funny !! #ImACeleb." A further instrumentality typed: "Grace and Rich are my fave #ImACeleb."

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