WAG dreams and designer vagina fails – the romance of GK Barry & Ella Rutherford
WITH her theatrical hysteria and friendly attitude, jungle sensation GK Barry has already proven to be a firm favorite on I’m A Celebrity.
But her biggest fan of all waits patiently behind the famous rope bridge: her footballer friend Ella Rutherford.
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The pair met TikTok star GK – real name Grace Keeling – earlier this year who opened up to fellow campmates about their relationship in last night’s episode.
Speaking to The Sun’s Jane Moore and Radio 1’s DJ Dean McCullough, GK, 25, he said: “It was by accident that I found Ella, through a mutual friend, and I really liked her from day one. I met her.”
She had mentioned Ipswich Town earlier striker as “the love of my life” and as GK prepares to go to trial again tonight, 24-year-old Ella has been watching intently from their home, sharing stories praising her “little jungle babe”.
With all eyes on GK as the competition heats up, we look at the pair’s sizzling romance, from quirky codenames and provocative social media videos to awkward vagina blunders.
With an impressive 3.6 million followers on TikTok, social media is GK’s bread and butter
TACTILE TIKTOKS
Sportswoman Ella herself has a not too shabby 104,000 followers. Just as GK headed into the jungle, Ella proved how in love she was when she shared an intimate video on the site, featuring her and GK in a variety of fun scenarios, including cuddling on the couch, kissing and fighting. . She captioned it: “The nation will fall in love just like I did.”
Body language expert Judi James believes the girls’ natural chemistry and playfulness indicate a sweet love with a bright future.
“This is an authentic, twin-like couple romping, playing, snuggling and kissing in a very natural-looking, non-performative way,” she explains, after watching the video.
“There are signs of deeper love through those telling softer eye expressions and the closeness of the head in many of their poses. Their body language suggests that there is love on both sides.
“They snuggle like kittens or puppies, suggesting trust, comfort, security and mutual affection.”
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PUBLIC CODE NAME
Although the couple has now completely broken up the openThere was a time when GK kept their blossoming romance a secret from her fans, choosing a unique code name for Ella to use for the first few months of their relationship.
Instead of blowing their cover, GK affectionately – and rather bizarrely – called her friend Eyelashes, apparently due to the fact that she has “the best (fake) eyelashes in town.”
GK said on her Saving Grace podcast in May: “I’m not going to say who it is, but I’m going to give her a nickname called Eyelashes. So when I talk about eyelashes, I’m talking about the love of my life.”
The bisexual star insisted she was done with men. “I’m in love. She came to me like a dream, and I was obsessed.
“I feel like I’ve missed something. I feel like I’ve gone very wrong with men. I don’t like men anymore. I will never go back to a man.”
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GK Barry and Ella Rutherford – full relationship
GK BARRY gave girlfriend Ella Rutherford a sweet gift before entering the I’m A Celeb jungle – but how did their love story unfold?
Before finding love with Ella, GK was previously in a relationship with TikTok star Billy Hunt, who she met through former Gogglebox star Joe Baggs.
But following their split, the podcast host, 25, and the England striker, 24, started dating in the summer of 2024.
The couple met each other’s families and went on holiday together.
Ella previously shared photos on social media of the pair enjoying some quality time together on holiday.
Grace was then seen donning a T-shirt that read, “I love my girlfriend,” with a red love heart.
The pair then sparked speculation that they were married – after Grace called herself a ‘WAG’.
The Saving Grace host also referred to herself as “feminine,” further fueling the rumor mill.
WAG-DREAMS
The couple sparked marriage rumors in August when sassy GK posted a video calling herself a WAG and Ella her ‘wife’.
While shooting a cooking video from their kitchen, GK teased, “Welcome to another episode of cooking for my wife, because I’m a WAG. When she comes back from football she is a mean hungry animal.”
To add more fuel to the fire, GK captioned the video: “The WAG series continues.”
Many fans were quick to assume this meant the couple had tied the knot, although GK later backtracked and denied they had walked down the aisle.
She admitted she feared her family would assume she had done so without their knowledge, creating a rift between them. I have no problem with disagreements,” she said later.
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PARENTAL APPROVAL
GK officially came out as bisexual in 2023 and on last night’s episode of I’m A Celeb she spoke candidly about introducing Ella to her mother Loretta and stepfather Andrew.
Speaking of meeting Ella, she confessed that she hid the romantic part of it from them. “I never told my parents,” she said. “I would have said, ‘Oh, I’m just going to my friend Ella’ or ‘I’m staying with Ella,’ so they would have heard her name.”
It wasn’t until Loretta and Andrew came to her house and Ella was there that GK opened up about their budding romance – and now her parents are happy with their relationship.
GK said: ‘They just love her, they’ve never had a problem with it. They always said whoever you end up with, we don’t care, boy or girl, we don’t care, as long as they’re not crazy.
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VAGINA BLUNDER
Although GK is funny and candid about herself, she only recently started teasing Ella with intimate and sometimes embarrassing stories about their romance.
One such anecdote came after a night at the pub, when GK made a humiliating blunder in front of Ella’s family.
Taking to TikTok, she told her fans: ‘I just woke up after going to the local pub. The first thing I remembered when I opened my eyes was saying in front of Eyelashes’ family that she had a designer vagina. GK later joked that the stress of the faux pas had caused another pimple.
Judi James believes the banter and ability to gently mock each other in public is a good sign.
“They seem to want to keep it all quite light, with the playfulness and jokes,” she explains. “This gives the impression of mutual love for each other.”
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