I’m A Celebrity’s GK Barry and Reverend Richard Coles have revealed their bizarre funeral plans to each other amid their blossoming friendship.
The singer and priest, 62, and the TikTok star, 25, whose real name is Grace Keeling, have formed an unlikely friendship amid the ITV show.
Richard and GK opened up to each other during Monday’s episode about their sexuality as the TikToker revealed she turned away from religion as a result.
And on Wednesday, the pals delved into darker territory as they touched on their funeral plans with Richard admitting he has so many his memorial would last 17 hours.
Meanwhile GK said she’d like hers to be ‘short and snappy’, with ‘Burn Baby Burn’ playing as she is taken to the crematorium.
I’m A Celebrity’s GK Barry and Reverend Richard Coles revealed their bizarre funeral plans to each other amid their blossoming friendship during Wednesday’s episode
The singer and priest, 62, and the TikTok star, 25, whose real name is Grace Keeling, have formed an unlikely friendship amid the ITV show
In the camp, GK asked, ‘Do you wish that you could go and watch your funeral just to see what people say?’
Richard replied he would want to see that it was done according to his wishes, as he told GK: ‘My funeral at the moment is coming in at 17 hours.’
Discussing funeral catering, GK shared her opinion: ‘I’m very against having quiche at a wake.’
Speaking in the Bush Telegraph about Richard’s funeral, GK said: ‘Rev wants a funeral that lasts 17 hours, feels excessive but I do understand. I’ll be there, I hope I’ll at least be on the sixth row.’
Asking the reverend if he’d officiate her funeral, she described: ‘I want short, snappy, come out to ‘Staying Alive’ a bit of fun, go into the crematorium ‘Burn Baby Burn’ bit of fun…’
Explaining he liked dressing up in the clothes for funerals, Richard told GK about a funeral he led in winter where he was dressed in celebrant wear, including a long full length cloak and a hat.
He told GK: ‘I was walking down the hill, looking like this, feeling quite pleased with myself, it was a good funeral and a van went past and he leaned out and shouted: “Oi, f***ing Dumbledore!” leaving GK in stitches.
Their chat comes after they spoke about sexuality amid their blossoming friendship, with GK revealing why she turned away from religion as a child.
On Wednesday, the pals delved into darker territory as they touched on their funeral plans with Richard admitting he has so many his memorial would last 17 hours
Meanwhile GK said she’d like hers to be ‘short and snappy’, with ‘Burn Baby Burn’ playing as she is taken to the crematorium
During Monday’s episode of the ITV show, GK and Richard spoke about juggling sexuality and religion.
GK told Richard she used to be religious, and spoke about going to a religious camp when she was younger, where there were men telling her not to have sex before she was married.
She said that even at 13, she thought: ‘Well, that’s not gonna happen. I see my future and it involves scissoring now.’
As the pair discussed faith, GK asked Richard: ‘Did you find it quite difficult being gay and doing that job?’
Richard confessed: ‘No, not at all. I’ve never given it a moment’s twinge of anxiety over whether God thought it was alright or not.
‘Whether other people thought it was alright or not, well I’m happy to have that argument…’
During Monday’s episode of the ITV show, GK and Richard spoke about juggling sexuality and religion
She said that even at 13, she thought: ‘Well, that’s not gonna happen. I see my future and it involves scissoring now’
He added of his sexuality: ‘Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look at documents from the early church, or the church of the middle ages and I just think – so gay.’
GK admitted in the Bush Telegraph: ‘I came into this jungle, maybe not knowing who I would gel with or who I would be close with in here and never in a million years if you told me that I would be getting on best with a reverend would I have believed you.
‘But, he is honestly… I think he might be my favourite person in here.’
During their chat, GK asked Richard who the most interesting person that he thinks he’s met. Richard replied: ‘I think I’m looking at her.’
