I'm A Celeb's GK Barry deletes videos ahead of jungle debut after podcast guest backlash
Podcast host GK Barry, who is set to join the upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, has removed a string of videos after receiving a backlash to one controversial guest on her podcast.Social media star Grace Keeling, better known by the moniker GK, hosts the popular podcast Saving Grace, and has welcomed stars including Alan Carr, Olivia Bowen, Amy Childs, Coleen Nolan and more onto her famously unfiltered online chat show.
Grace has recently joined the Loose Women panel, and is rumoured to star on the new series of I’m A Celebrity this month. The podcast host will reportedly join Coleen Rooney, Oti Mabuse, Barry McQuigan, Tulisa and Maura Higgins in the jungle, as the star-studded was recently revealed ‘in full’. But, one recent guest on her podcast has sparked a huge backlash following the news that host Grace, 25, is set to head into the jungle.
Just two weeks ago, Grace shared her podcast episode featuring an interview with the controversial OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue on the podcast - an adult content creator who made headlines for bedding 100 men in a day. She has also been open about touring universities during Freshers Week with the aim of sleeping with as many students as possible, before uploading the X-rated videos of it all to her OnlyFans account.
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The interview quickly went viral - and viewers were quick to slam the tone and choice of guest, with many finding the subject matter ‘harmful’ to her audience of young women, and was at risk of ‘glorifying’ the acts. The Sun reports that one user commented: “Her audience is 13-20 year old girls. Young and impressionable. This is not the message young girls should be hearing. We need to start de-platforming.”
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Another viewer added: “GK Barry agreed with all Bonnie said and it's sickening. What was said is disturbing and has nout to do with feminism. The glorification of [sex work] has put girls and young women in serious danger.” Another user wrote: “Gk Barry having bonnie blue on her pod and AGREEING with the harmful s*** she was saying is beyond disappointing. Do better babe.”
In one particularly controversial viral moment from the episode, adult content creator Bonnie spoke about sleeping with a father and son, saying: “When the son first saw me with his dad, I thought he was going to tell me off but he wasn’t, he was jealous and wanted to join in."
Grace had previous posted promotional clips from the interview with Bonnie Blue on the show’s Instagram and TikTok accounts - but has since taken them down amid the backlash. Eagle-eyed TikTok users have since noticed the missing videos, with one user writing of Grace: “Now she has deleted the videos from the Saving Grace TikTok account without even acknowledging the damage she has done… I am so so disappointed in her.”
In an exclusive interview with OK!, Grace recently opened up about how her rise to fame on social media has improved her mental health and anxiety, saying: “When I first started this journey, I wouldn’t even get on public transport on my own... it’s really made me a lot more independent and confident. It’s all quite surreal."
