Tonight sees the arrival of a classic Saturday night TV show – Celebrity Sabotage. The new series begins on ITV at 8pm tonight and stars Joel Dommett, Sam Thompson, Judi Love and GK Barry as the ‘Celebrity Saboteurs’ who work with a host of celebrity guests to prank unsuspecting members of the public, but who is Celebrity Saboteur GK Barry? We’ve got all the details you need.
GK Barry will star alongside her fellow saboteurs in a new format with each new episode seeing a different group of members of the public, who all believe they have signed up for a new reality show hosted by a celebrity face such as Jo Brand or Sara Davies. However, each reality programme is completely fake and instead behind the scenes the saboteurs are doing all they can to sabotage the contestants, in the hope of winning them more money.
So who is GK Barry, one of the four main Celebrity Saboteurs? Here’s what you need to know about her.
Who is GK Barry?
GK Barry began her career making content on TikTok in her university bedroom, where she soon went viral and basically hasn’t stopped creating iconic content since then. She went onto get signed by a management company and then to create her viral podcast Saving Grace, which has included guests such as Alison Hammond, Zara Larsson and Madison Beer.
In 2024 she competed on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, which catapulted her into the mainstream and she’s since appeared as a regular panellist on Loose Women. She’s also appeared on Celebrity Masterchef: Christmas Cook-Off and The Last Leg.
She now has 4.1million followers on TikTok and 1.3million on Instagram.
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How old is GK Barry?
GK Barry is 26 years old.
What is GK Barry’s real name?
GK Barry’s actual name is Grace Keeling, her alias is created from her initials and her best friend’s surname.
What has GK Barry said about Celebrity Sabotage?
Grace appeared on This Morning alongside fellow Saboteur Joel Dommett, where they spoke about their time on the show. While Grace expressed how emphatic Joel was to the contestants, she joked about her enjoyment of the role and what it was like being in control of the contestants, saying: “I was loving it, I was like let’s hope they cry.”
However, she did admit she did feel bad when the contestants would come in with “really deep stories about why they want do this, they’ve trained their whole lives for this and we’ve sat there dressed as a bush, and ruined their day.”
As for how the contestants reacted to being pranked? Well the pair revealed once they were told they had won some very good prize money they were happy.
Is GK Barry in a relationship?
Yes! GK Barry has been dating footballer Ella Rutherford since early 2024. Ella is currently an attacking midfielder for Portsmouth.
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GK Barry announced she was dating Ella on her podcast in May 2024, when she revealed she was dating someone whom she nicknamed “eyelashes” but didn’t reveal Ella’s identity. However, it didn’t take long for TikTok to work out exactly who Grace was talking about and the couple soon confirmed their relationship.
Since then they’ve been going strong and appear to now live together and have three dogs.
Celebrity Sabotage starts tonight at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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