I’m A Celeb’s GK Barry ‘felt pressure’ to have cosmetic surgery in candid admission

Former I’m A Celebrity campmate GK Barry has shared that she has “felt pressure” to change her appearance.

The content creator, 25 – who’s real name is Grace Keeling – rose to fame on social media platform TikTok, where she has 4 million followers. More recently, she appeared on the latest series of the ITV reality show, which aired last year.

She’s now opened up about feeling a sense of responsibility to her supporters. GK also discussed the viewers’ “quite bad” acne reaction to her during a recent interview in the Australian jungle about a month ago.

GK told the Sun’s Fabulous magazine that given her “young audience,” she feels the need to “set an example.” She continued: “Saying: ‘ I won’t have work done, ‘ is important”.

The host of the Saving Grace podcast said, “I want people to see someone who has always looked in this industry.” I’ve been subjected to pressure, particularly comments about my nose. However, she asserted that people should undergo surgery because they want it, not because others think otherwise.

She also discussed reducing her makeup usage and learning to appreciate her natural skin. GK made the suggestion in a video message to TikTok fans that her diet in the jungle had “cleared” her skin after she left I’m A Celebrity in December. She teased in the post at the time: “So if you’ve got acne, just eat rice and beans”.

Whilst speaking to the magazine, she recalled having been “scared” that viewers would “take the mick” over her acne, which she described as “quite bad”. However, GK claimed that once she left the jungle, people texted her and said she made them feel more at ease about their skin.

When she’s not on TV, the former campmate claims that she now wears less makeup. GK again made fun of the skin condition’s “cleared up” symptoms and warned people who are “struggling” with their skin to travel to Australia and follow the campmates’ diet.

The guest panelist for Loose Women discussed having cosmetic surgery with the Express last year. She told the outlet that doing so would “contradict” the message of her social media “brand”. She said: “I think because my brand is so, like, being natural and being myself and whatever and taking the p*** out myself, I think]going under the knife] would contradict that if I ever got anything done so I probably wouldn’t”.

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Source: Mirror