Who is GK Barry’s mum Loretta Bruce and what has she said about her daughter being on I’m a Celeb

LORETTA Bruce is the mum of celebrated podcaster and TikToker Grace Keeling AKA GK Barry.

While Grace headed to the Jungle for the 2024 bid of I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here, Loretta appeared connected Loose Women and revealed what it was similar to beryllium GK Barry's mum.

Mum of GK Barry

Loretta gave commencement to Grace connected August 12, 1999, successful Cambridge.

Grace would aboriginal spell connected to motorboat hugely palmy Saving Grace Podcast, wherever she has interviewed guests including Katie Price and Louie Spence.

Loretta revealed connected Loose Women that she didn't realise Grace would go truthful palmy erstwhile she was a child.

She did admit though that she knew Grace was immensely talented from a young age.

Loretta said: "I wouldn't accidental I thought thing similar this would hap but it each benignant of started erstwhile she was astir six, she utilized to spell into the room and bash these videos...She ever had something, we didn't cognize what it was and we didn't cognize if it would progress.

"She's ever been precise bully with 1 liners, the 1 liner queen!

"So determination was ever thing there."

I'm a Celebrity

Grace was 1 of the 12 contestants to caput Down Under for the 2024 bid of I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here.

The prima rapidly became a fan-favourite but initially struggled to adjust to surviving successful the Jungle.

Loretta has said that Grace is "scared of everything" and revealed that her girl won't adjacent spell into the family's loft, due to the fact that she is frightened of spiders.

Grace's conflict with bullying

Loretta revealed connected Loose Women that Grace was bullied truthful severely astatine schoolhouse that she would often "come location and outcry a lot".

The podcaster's mum shared that she hopes Grace's occurrence tin amusement radical that they tin succeed, adjacent if they are being bullied.

Loretta besides admitted that immoderate of Grace's erstwhile bullies person got successful interaction with her aft she became a success.

She added: "Funny that isn't it?"

Supporting her daughter

Grace is successful a narration with England footballer Ella Rutherford.

Loretta is simply a large protagonist of their narration and told the Loose Women panellists astir meeting Ella for the archetypal time.

She said: “When we got backmost [from holiday], we went to her location and Ella was there.

"Grace said, ‘Mum, this is Ella…’ and we said, ‘Hi Ella’ and to beryllium honorable with you, I americium truthful pleased that she’s recovered idiosyncratic that is honorable and benignant and hardworking… As agelong arsenic they're happy, I don’t care.”