I was bi but scared to date a woman, says GK Barry as she talks marriage plans & the reaction to THAT lesbian sex chat
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IF you tuned into the last series of I’m A Celebrity, it may have been the first time you’d come across campmate GK Barry, but watch out, because 2025 is set to be her year. Despite a tendency to scream loudly, the 25 year old – full name Grace Keeling – won over jungle viewers with her down-to-earth personality to finish in fifth place.
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It is that same relatability that saw Grace go from a normal student to having more than 4 million followers on TikTok, making her a huge fortune that has allowed her to buy her own house and a Porsche. It’s little wonder she was snapped up by the Loose Women panel last year – and she’s even bagged herself a footballer girlfriend in the process.
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“I’m not very academic,” Grace admits. “But I’m smart in other ways. I can tell a really good story. “During the pandemic, I started uploading TikTok videos about my uni experiences, exes and nights out, thinking: ‘No one is ever going to see them.’.
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“Six months later, I’d hit 100k followers, then after a couple of months I’d hit 1 million. “It was really quick.”. She juggled her growing profile with completing a film studies degree, before doing a masters in digital marketing at Nottingham Trent University, as well as holding down a part-time job at Costa Coffee.
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“I did the masters as I felt I had missed out [on the full uni experience] because of Covid. “By the time I left uni, I had quit my job as I couldn’t juggle it and TikTok. “I’d get a message asking me to do an advert halfway through serving a cappuccino!”.
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