GK Barry held back tears as he had an emotional reunion with his mother, Loretta Bruce, after leaving I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The influencer, whose real name is Grace Keeling, was kicked out of the jungle alongside Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall during Friday’s episode of the ITV show.
GK gave his mother a huge hug when he arrived at the hotel in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia.
The fresh-faced 25-year-old, who arrived in a car with her girlfriend, footballer Ella Rutherford, looked delighted as she ran into Loretta’s arms, covering her face with her hands as she cried.
At the beginning of Friday’s episode, Loretta surprised the TikTok star in the jungle and told her daughter she was doing “really good.”
GK Barry had a tearful reunion with his mother Loretta after leaving I’m A Celebrity
The TikTok star burst into tears while giving her mother a big hug.
The 25-year-old was greeted by her mother when she arrived at her hotel in Surfer’s Paradise, Australia.
Loretta also praised GK’s friendship with his campmate, the Reverend Richard Coles, calling him a “calming influence.”
He then recalled one of the duo’s heart-to-heart talks, joking: ‘Did you really have to talk about scissors? ‘Everyone knows it now!’
As Loretta left, GK begged his mother to give his girlfriend Ella a ‘kiss’, and presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly later revealed the footballer was waiting for her on the bridge.
The influencer had a tearful reunion with Ella on the famous bridge when she was evicted.
He told presenters Ant and Dec about his experience in the jungle: “I can’t believe I saw myself like this on national TV for days.
‘It was worse than I expected, I thought it would just be getting a tan and having a good time.
“That was hell, I wouldn’t put my worst enemy through that, but the people there were amazing, so that made it great.”
And she added: “I feel much more comfortable with myself, being me, I feel like I have found myself in Thailand, one of those.” That will last a week.
He arrived in a car with his footballer girlfriend, Ella Rutherford.
Loretta surprised GK in the jungle before her daughter’s eviction
GK was also greeted by her former campmates Maura Higgins and Dean McCullough.
Discussing her unlikely bond with Richard, she said: “I usually eat when I’m bored, so those things were difficult, until Richard came along and I was never bored.”
‘I’m a mean, loud-mouthed person and when he came in I thought we weren’t going to click here. But he’s dirtier than me, I was surprised we got along so well, he’s my favorite person.
‘He thinks he can save me and I think I can save him, it’s a two-way system. He’ll take me to the opera and I’ll take him wandering.
He continued, “The first thing I’m going to do is give Ella a big kiss and eat a bacon roll.”
Later, on the spin-off show, Unpacked, he told host and former winner of the show Sam Thompson: “I would never do it again, but this has been one of the best experiences.” It was like a family there. Reverend Richard is my husband, we are going to lunch, I am very excited.
‘I’m going to spend all my time with him and my missus from now on. You have to take me in a minivan with that man.
‘I learned from him the slang “praise him” and that he showers naked, his little vicar is outside. I was the most easily intimidated, I was cursing at the crew all day.
She previously told Richard that she used to be religious and talked about going to a religious camp when she was younger, where there were men who told her not to have sex before getting married.
Evicted star Barry McGuigan gave the vlogger a big hug
Melvin Odoom seemed delighted to be reunited with his former campmate
GK admitted that his time in the jungle was “hell” but that it helped him regain his confidence.
He had an emotional reunion with his girlfriend Ella on the famous bridge after being expelled.
Grace later said that even at 13 she thought, ‘Well, that’s not going to happen.’ I see my future and that means scissoring now.’
Richard asked Grace what scissoring is, which she decided not to explain in detail, but told him it was something lesbians do.
He then made jokes about the “scissor brotherhood,” and the couple laughed.
GK admitted in the Bush Telegraph: “I entered this jungle, perhaps not knowing who I would join up with or be close to here and never in a million years if you told me I would get on better with a Reverend, would I have believed you.
“But honestly… I think he might be my favorite person here.”