I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here star GK Barry has revealed she’s in hospital with her girlfriend Ella Rutherford.
The social media star, who was a fan favourite on the hit ITV show, posted the scary news on her Instagram story.
The photo showed GK – real name Grace Keeling, 25 – sitting in a hospital waiting room chair and was captioned:’Currently in A&E with Ella, the emetophobia and germ phobia has been confirmed.’
She continued: ‘Walked in to a woman throwing up and passing out. If I ever break a bone or do anything that needs me to attend A&E just let me die.’
While it’s clear that it’s Ella and not GK in hospital, it remains unclear what caused the pair to make the emergency visit.
According to the NHS, emetophobia is a fear or anxiety of oneself vomiting or seeing other people vomit. It can be associated with a fear of losing control, or the feeling of being unable to escape from somewhere.
GK has previously spoken about having this phobia, so the moment the couple experienced in A&E was likely extremely upsetting for GK.
When the podcast host first arrived to take on Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s bushtucker trials in the jungle competition, alongside the likes of Reverand Richard Coles and Coleen Rooney, she was quickly faced with her fear.
She told fans online before arriving in the jungle that she was terrified of ‘everything’, adding: ‘I haven’t slept in a month. I am scared of the trials and I am genuinely scared of everything.
‘The eating trial to me is the worst thing you can do to a human being.’
She explained further during an appearance on Loose Women, saying: ‘Whether it’s me being unwell or other people being unwell near me, actual vomit, I didn’t realise that was a thing because no one actually likes vomit.’
She went on to say she went to see a professional because she was ‘so scared of flying’ and didn’t know why, and she was told it was linked to the travel sickness she suffered from as a child.
‘It used to make me panic when I would be sick because I didn’t know what to do and now I just associate that panic with sick.
‘I’ve had so many traumatic… someone threw up on me on a bus, I hope he’s doing well in hell, nasty.
would struggle so much with getting on public transport, I would look at someone and if they were fidgeting, I’d be like, “They’re going to vomit”.’
She went on to say she couldn’t use public transport or toilets, and was so scared of being ill.
‘I absolutely would despise being around kids because they were unwell, or just carrying loads of germs.’
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She added that she’d tried hypnotherapy for help, but it was actually going to university and being ‘surrounded’ by sick that worked.
‘I had to force myself to be like, yeah, vomit.’
But it’s clear even her fear of vomit could not keep GK from supporting Ella in hospital.
The pair were revealed to be dating back in June and have seemingly been inseparable ever since, with GK often speaking publicly about her love for her partner.
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