Gino D’Acampo accused by I’m A Celeb co-star of making vile comments about his ‘deprived penis’

Gino D’Acampo has been blasted by Kim Woodburn, his erstwhile I’m A Celebrity campy mate arsenic she calls the cook a ‘full-of-himself small pig’.

Woodburn, 82, appeared successful I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here successful 2009 and came successful arsenic runner-up to the jungle King D’Acampo, 48.

The prima who archetypal recovered fame successful her 60s erstwhile she presented the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? suggested successful a caller interrogation that D’Acampo was fixed a ‘good edit’ to look good.

Woodburn alleged that helium made her consciousness uncomfortable during the bid and stroked his crotch, cheated successful trials, swore astatine the crew, and had to beryllium escorted disconnected the set.

‘He was a horrible, vile man. A full-of-himself small pig,’ she told The Sun.

She besides referenced 1 circumstantial incidental erstwhile D’Acampo stroked his backstage parts and spoke to his penis: ‘He utilized to basal implicit a log and changeable his privates implicit his shorts. He’d speech to his penis saying, “I cognize you haven’t had immoderate sex, but erstwhile you get retired of here, you volition get truthful much”.’

She recalled that helium called his penis ‘deprived and neglected’.

‘His connection to the unit was disgusting. He called this shaper a ‘f****** b******’ and “****”, past refused to permission the set.

‘We had to halt filming portion 2 men took him by the limb and forced him disconnected the acceptable backmost to the camp. They should person thrown him disconnected the show. Ghastly it was.’

She besides alleged that helium treated the unit similar ‘garbage’ and made respective radical cry. Woodburn besides added that ITV was ‘wrong to support him connected the set’.

These allegations from Woodburn travel arsenic D’Acampo has been accused of inappropriate behaviour by assorted erstwhile colleagues.

It has been alleged that helium ‘thrust his crotch’ astatine a pistillate colleague and is ‘slowly being sidelined’ by ITV arsenic dozens of radical person travel guardant to marque claims astir the TV chef.

Since the allegations person arisen his shows person been ‘pulled from schedules’.

The TV star’s lawyer responded to the allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a statement: ‘This allegation from astir 15 years agone has never, until present via a media petition for comment, been raised oregon enactment to Mr D’Acampo.

‘He does not callback it, nor judge that this happened. Mr D’Acampo is horrified to beryllium accused of “power play” and an “aggressive act”. He emphatically and unequivocally denies these allegations.’

D’Acampo said successful a afloat statement: ‘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.’

Metro has reached retired to Gino D’Acampo’s representatives for comment.

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