Who is GK Barry? Meet social media and Loose Women star joining I'm A Celeb 2024

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Influencer and podcaster Grace Eleanor Keeling, known as GK Barry, has touched down in Australia and is confirmed to be heading into the I’m A Celeb jungle as the 2024 campmates are confirmed.The social media giant joins a star-studded cast including former Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse, Coronation Street icon Alan Halsall, Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough, singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Loose Women's Jane Moore, TV presenter Melvin Odoom, WAG Coleen Rooney, McFly's Danny Jones and boxing champion Barry McGuigan.The TikTok sensation is known best for her witty dry humour, and her Saving Grace podcast where she interviews other influencers, love island stars and British Icons like Alan Carr and Alison Hammond.She originally found fame in 2020 by posting videos on TikTok during lockdown, before branching out to podcasting in 2022.

Now Grace can be seen presenting, she has hosted the socials for Pride Of Britain awards and is the youngest member of the Loose Women panel - after joining the show in August this year.ITV bosses are likely hoping to appeal to the Gen Z audience by having Grace on the show.

But who really is GK Barry?Grace Eleanore Keeling goes by GK Barry, the pseudonym came about at the start of her social media journey when she didn't want anyone in her area to come across her videos.

She explained in 2021 that Barry is actually one of her friends' last names.The 25 year old documented her daily life as a student at Nottingham Trend University, and has quickly built an empire.