Inside GK Barry’s love life: Who she’s dating, a public breakup and ‘never going back’ to men

TikTok icon Grace Keeling, better known as GK Barry, is about to enter the I’m a Celebrity jungle and she’s set to provide a whole host of entertainment as she’s revealed she is scared of everything.

The 25-year-old from Cambridge, who has 4.5 million social media followers, blew up on TikTok during lockdown with her funny videos and now hosts celebrity guests on her own podcast Saving Grace.

That’s enough about her, now who is she dating? Here’s everything you need to know about her love life, both past and present.

GK Barry is dating a footballer

Grace is currently dating footballer Ella Rutherford, who plays as a striker for Ipswich Town. She started her career at Millwall and has also bagged herself a place on the England women’s squad.

The pair started dating at the start of the year but kept things very private to begin with.

GK Barry revealed she was in a new relationship on her podcast in May but didn’t want to disclose her other half’s name, so nicknamed her “Eyelashes” because she gets lash extensions.

“Big news everyone. Big news. No one’s died, but I am in love. I’m off the market,” she said.

“I’m not gonna say who it is but I’m gonna give her a nickname called Eyelashes. So whenever I talk about Eyelashes, I’m talking about the love of my life.”

However, she did say that her girlfriend plays football and has good calves, and it didn’t take fans long to work out who “Eyelashes” was.

Now, the pair are a lot more open about their relationship, filming the odd TikTok together, gushing about each other on social media, and doing a whole podcast episode.

She had a very public breakup

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Before that, Grace, who has openly spoken about being bisexual on numerous occasions, was dating a guy called Billy Hunt.

She met him through another well-known TikToker, Joe Baggs. He played Cupid and set them up at a party he hosted.

Billy wasn’t in the limelight and was simply a friend of Joe’s, although he quickly became somewhat of an influencer while dating Grace.

They often posted photos together and went to big events and red carpets, but it all went south at the start of the year.

After being open about how they were moving in together, Grace suddenly shared that she was single in a January podcast episode but never revealed why they broke up.

Grace says she’ll ‘never go back’ to men

When Grace first revealed she was dating Ella, she said she would “never go back” to dating men.

“I feel like I went very wrong with men. I don’t like men anymore. I will never go back to a man. God forbid. Yeah, I just love it. I just love it,”she said on Saving Grace.

“I feel like I’ve got spring in my step. I feel like I’m glowing. It’s the lesbian glow. I’ve got it. And yeah, that’s my life update.”

The 25-year-old added that she’d been “missing out” by not dating women and now has a “spring in her step”.

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Featured image by: GKBarry/Instagram and Ella Rutherford/Instagram