'Big Saturday night star made relentless sexualised comments like Gino D'Acampo'

TV presenter Richard Osman has claimed a 'big Saturday night' prima made sexualised comments erstwhile astatine enactment successful the 1990s amid allegations against Gino D'Acampo

Richard Osman has claimed a "big Saturday nighttime star" would marque changeless sexualised remarks erstwhile astatine work.

His claims travel aft TV chef Gino D'Acampo is facing accusations of "distressing" and "sexually inappropriate" behaviour aft dozens of radical elaborate experiences described variously arsenic "unacceptable, distressing and horrendous". The claims to ITV News person been made implicit a play spanning much than 12 years with implicit 40 radical said to person travel forward.

D'Acampo has "firmly denied" the allegations, adding that they were "deeply upsetting". TV presenter Richard shared his opinions connected the claims arsenic helium spoke astir the amusement industry, including allegations astir an unnamed star. He claimed: "A person of excavation who worked successful the 90s with a precise large Saturday nighttime star.

"She was saying, time aft time aft day, it was sexualised comments each time each day. Always being laughed successful by the producers, ever laughed successful by the crew. In those days, determination was thing you could do. There was obscurity to go, due to the fact that what are you going to say?"

While connected his podcast The Rest Is Entertainment, Richard spoke astir the signifier of men successful TV being accused of inappropriate behaviour. He said: "This worldly does not happen, radical bash not suffer their jobs conscionable due to the fact that they said a mates things a mates of times. It is simply a signifier of behaviour. It has upset a fig of radical implicit a fig of years.

"If you are successful occupation arsenic a presenter but really your unit loves you and the radical that enactment with you conscionable spell 'that's what they bash and they're a truly bully guy'. Then determination has to beryllium a full bid of things that happen."

In ITV News' investigation, 1 pistillate claimed Gino told her helium would "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter" portion moving connected a photoshoot. Another alleged that erstwhile she went to little him astir a determination shoot, helium opened the doorway successful his boxer shorts and made jokes astir his privates, leaving her feeling uncomfortable.

While a abstracted assertion accused Gino of threatening a inferior subordinate of unit connected Gino’s Italian Express. “I was contiguous erstwhile Gino said to the runner, ‘If you don't get maine a Cornetto, I volition f*** your girlfriend’,” 1 pistillate unit subordinate said. Responding to the claims successful their entirety successful a connection to ITV News, Gino said: "I person been told by ITN quality that allegations person been made astir maine acting inappropriately, immoderate dating backmost implicit 10 years ago.

"I person ne'er been made alert of these matters antecedently and the allegations are firmly denied. I would not bash thing that I thought would upset oregon distress anyone. This is simply not successful my nature. I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me. Not lone person these allegations ne'er been raised with maine before, I person been repeatedly supported by executives astatine the highest level and was commissioned connected prime-time programmes during the play successful which it is present suggested I was acting inappropriately.

"I americium a father, hubby and person worked with good implicit 1,500 radical connected astir 80 productions successful my career, which I person been truthful arrogant of. I instrumentality specified matters highly earnestly and the proposition that I person acted successful an improper mode against is profoundly upsetting."

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