GK Barry has revealed she knew her girlfriend Ella Rutherford was the one for her after their very first date.
The social media star, 25, made the surprising confession on Jaime Laing’s podcast Great Company on Thursday.
The internet personality discussed her love life, her friendship with fellow I’m A Celebrity camp mate Rev Richard Coles and how she previously wasted time dating men.
GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, explained that she had previously dated men and women but it took her a while to summon up the courage to ask out her now footballer girlfriend.
The podcast host confessed that she had previously slept with women but had never gone on any dates and the idea of it made her nervous.
But she took the plunge anyway and has never looked back.
GK Barry, 25, has revealed she knew her girlfriend Ella Rutherford was the one for her after their very first date (stock image)
GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, explained that she had previously dated men and women but it took her a while to summon up the courage to ask out her now footballer girlfriend (pictured)
Grace revealed she knew the date was so successful she knew she was in love immediately and even started telling people Ella was the one she was going to marry
She told the Made In Chelsea star: ‘It’s funny, because I’d slept with women, but I was like, I don’t know if I would date women.
‘And then when I met Ella, I was speaking to her for a bit, and I was like, we get on well. So, I was like, you know what? F**k it. I really like her. I think she’s really funny, so I’m just gonna f***ing do it. You only live once.’
Grace went on to say that the date was so successful she knew she was in love immediately and even started telling people Ella was the one she was going to marry.
She said: ‘She came round. And I was like, oh no, we’re gonna, we’re gonna have to get married, like, straight away.
‘We got on so well, it was like that, like that 100 per cent I remember going to, I had my PrettyLittleThing shoot the next day, and I skipped into that shoot, and I went, “I’m in love with a girl”.
‘And it’s all I talk about; all I talk about. And everyone was like, “okay, well, this is, you know, are you because you’ve just met her?” And I was like, “no, you don’t understand. I love her. After a day, I love her”. And they were like, “okay”.’
The I’m A Celeb star also discussed how she found dating men difficult and would often feel unfulfilled because they were on ‘different wavelengths’ and prefers dating women.
She told the podcast: ‘It’s completely different. I think women are just a lot more thoughtful. And you are on the same wavelength at all times.
The I’m A Celeb star also discussed how she found dating men difficult and would often feel unfulfilled because they were on ‘different wavelengths’ and prefers dating women
Grace also revealed she loves her Charlton Athletic girlfriend ‘so much’ and is so happy she was even ready to tie the knot – although she has designated Ella as the stay-at-home mum
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‘And you know, sometimes when I was dating men, I’d say this has really p***ed me off, like, and they’d be like, I don’t understand why that’s p***ed you off, blah, blah, because you’re on such different levels.
‘Whereas with Ella, I’m like, this has p***ed me off. And she’s like, “okay, I can see how that p***ed you off”. And you talk through it, yeah.’
Grace also dished out some details of her romance with the Charlton Athletic striker who she started seeing at the start of the year.
The reality star revealed she is very loved-up and is so happy she is even ready to tie the knot – although she has designated Ella as the stay-at-home mum.
She also admitted on the podcast that she struggles spending time apart from the professional athlete and even sometimes imagines how she would react if her girlfriend dies.
She said ‘We are both leeches. We can never be away from each other. And I feel like I don’t know, I just love her so much, and sometimes I imagine her dying to then be like, would I? How would I react? And I’m really upset when I imagine her dying, and that’s how I know.’
‘I’ve never really wanted to get married or like to have like kids. But I would with her. She would have to be the stay-at-home mum, and I would have to escape to my job a little bit. But I would do that with her, and that’s how I know she’s the one.’
And while Grace seems head over heels in love with Ella, there is another person who holds a special place in the star’s heart.
The podcast host confessed that she had previously slept with women but had never gone on any dates and the idea of it made her nervous but she fell in love immediately
Grave admitted she struggles spending time apart from the professional athlete and even sometimes imagines how she would react if her girlfriend dies
Grace’s girlfriend Ellie even met the social media star at the end of the rope bridge following her exit form the reality show (pictured)
Grace and her fellow camp mate the Rev Richard Coles became firm friends during their time Down Under and it seems their friendship has flourished outside the Jungle too.
The Saving Grace podcast host has even been planning a night out with the TV star and has already planned where they’ll dance the night away.
Grace jokingly told Jaime that she wants to take Richard to Freedom Bar, a gay club in the heart of London because she could ‘see him on the pole’.
The star also revealed that their friendship worked so well because they fed off each other and taught each other new things – although Grace admitted there was a definite difference in information shared.
She said: ‘I became best friends with him [Richard], and we taught each other everything.
‘He was teaching me about Victorian children and his love for pots. I was talking to him about scissoring and vajazzles.
‘So that was how our relationship worked, and he honestly, it’s the best man I’ve ever met.
And while Grace seems head over heels in love with Ella, there is another person who holds a special place in the star’s heart – the Rev Richard Coles (both pictured on Loose Women in Dec 2024)
Grace and the reverend bonded in the jungle over their sexuality and experiences growing up and the I’m A Celeb fans fell in love with the duo
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‘Yeah, I love him. He’s an icon.’
Grace and the reverend bonded in the jungle over their sexuality and experiences growing up and the I’m A Celeb fans fell in love with the duo.
During the competition, Richard opened up about how it feels to be a gay man involved in the church.
The writer, presenter and priest, 62, was ordained in 2005 and met his future husband, fellow priest David Oldham. In 2010 they entered a civil partnership together but David tragically died in 2019 after battling alcoholism.
He added: ‘Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look at documents from the early church, or the church of the middle ages and I just think – so gay.’
The conversation inspired Grace to speak about why she turned away from religion as a child.
The TikTok star told Richard she used to be religious, and spoke about going to a religious camp when she was younger, where there were men telling her not to have sex before she was married.
She said that even at 13, she thought: ‘Well, that’s not gonna happen. I see my future and it involves scissoring now.’
Grace admitted in the Bush Telegraph: ‘I came into this jungle, maybe not knowing who I would gel with or who I would be close with in here and never in a million years if you told me that I would be getting on best with a reverend would I have believed you.
‘But, he is honestly… I think he might be my favourite person in here.’