Gino D’Acampo hit with fresh ‘inappropriate behaviour’ claims as ‘more than 40 people’ speak out against TV chef

GINO D'Acampo has been deed with caller claims of "inappropriate and intimidating" behaviour arsenic "over 40 people" travel forward.

ITV has chopped each ties with the tv chef, 48, and "has nary plans to enactment with him" again aft an ITV News probe revealed allegations of sexually inappropriate comments.

The dad-of-three has been sacked portion the broadcaster dropped 2 episodes of Gino's Italy: Secrets of the South this play and axed Family Fortunes, which Gino hosts.

Dozens of allegations person been made against the TV chef, spanning implicit 14 years - and ITV News has seen grounds astatine slightest 1 accumulation institution was alert of concerns made by crew.

ITV's Sejal Karia said connected Friday night: "More radical person contiguous travel guardant with further allegations astir Mr. D'Acampo.

"It means that we've present spoken to much than 40 radical who accidental they either witnessed oregon experienced alleged inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by the personage chef.

"We person besides spoken to respective radical who accidental they had a affirmative acquisition with Mr. D'Acampo."

D'Acampo says helium "firmly denied" each allegations made against him.

One pistillate who made claims against the TV personality, who has been fixed the sanction Hannah for her protection, told ITV News: "It is each precise disappointing, helium could person travel retired and said helium was truly sorry, that helium was going to instrumentality immoderate clip retired and bespeak connected what had happened and what he's been accused of.

"But what helium should person said initially that helium was atrocious that helium has wounded each these people. It is classical bully behaviour."

Another woman, who worked with the TV cook connected a task successful 2018, said successful a connection coming guardant "took a batch of courage".

She called D'Acampo's denial "disappointing" and called connected the accumulation institution to "remind Gino" and "jog his memory".

In effect to each allegations, D'Acampo 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."

This comes arsenic ITV has scrapped episodes of Gino's Italy: Secrets of the South primitively meant to aerial betwixt 6pm and 7pm connected Sunday connected ITVBe.

It has been replaced by Abbey Clancy: Celebrity Homes.

Family Fortunes, which D'Acampo hosts, has besides been axed.

ITV News reports episodes of the crippled amusement that were filmed successful 2023 volition not beryllium broadcast - and determination is thing other successful the pipeline for him.

"Most precocious Gino D'Acampo has been the big of 1 of ITV's longest-running gameshows Family Fortunes," ITV News states.

"But ITV News understands the series, filmed successful 2023, is not presently scheduled for broadcast and ITV has nary plans to enactment with D'Acampo."

D'Acampo has firmly denied each allegations but a pistillate who worked with him told the Daily Mail: “Gino said and did immoderate helium wanted.”

There person been claims helium "flicked" his genitals successful beforehand of 1 accuser, told different helium would similar to person enactment "against the room counter" and made threats to a runner if helium didn't get him a Cornetto.

One woman, who has been called Hannah to support her identity, told ITV News Correspondent Sejal Karia the TV cook made inappropriate intersexual comments to her connected a occupation successful 2011.

She alleged helium told her helium would "like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the a*** against the room counter".

This comes as....

• ITV has chopped each ties with Gino and ‘won’t enactment with him again’ arsenic they shelve Family Fortunes
• A resurfaced This Morning clip showed Gino making an inappropriate intersexual remark about Holly Willoughby
• Insiders person claimed Gino ‘did and said immoderate helium wanted’ on set
• Gino’s concern with Meliá Hotels is astatine hazard pursuing the allegations
• He returned to societal media with a jokey clip of his woman and co-star Fred Sirieix

Today Gino was blasted by fans arsenic helium continued to station connected societal media arsenic normal.

He posted a clip of his puerility sweetheart, Jessica Stellina Morrison, chatting with Fred Sirieix during a nighttime out.

But it wasn't agelong earlier she realised it wasn't her husband, bursting into fits of laughter.

Gino quipped successful his caption: "When the Wife chooses the incorrect foreigner! GDx.”

But his followers were speedy to telephone him out.

One commented: "Is this Gino actively ignoring what's connected ITV quality close now....”

However others jumped to the presenter’s defence. 

One deed back: "Can’t basal this continuous cancel culture. If you were truthful wounded by a remark wherefore hold 14 yrs to notation it. Arghhhh this satellite has gone mad. Still emotion ya Gino."

Someone other said: "I emotion Gino he’s conscionable a joker honestly getting ridiculous.”

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) called the claims "deeply concerning".

Head of Bectu Philippa Childs called the accusations against D'Acampo "very serious, arsenic is the important clip play they span" successful a connection connected Friday.

"That astatine slightest 1 accumulation institution was reportedly alert of crew's concerns astir his behaviour but continued to enactment with him should beryllium of peculiar concern, and it is imperative that ITV investigates this," she added.

Ms Childs besides said "in a assemblage wherever powerfulness imbalances tin beryllium peculiarly extreme, it's captious that radical consciousness empowered to travel guardant with concerns, without fearfulness that their careers volition beryllium adversely impacted", and called for a "radical step-change" successful the industry.

An ITV spokesperson said its accumulation companies "have the superior work for the work of attraction of everyone they enactment with, some connected and disconnected screen, erstwhile making shows".

The spokesperson besides said the alleged behaviour is "inappropriate and unacceptable" and "most of them were not reported to ITV astatine the time".

"Where issues person been raised with ITV enactment has been taken," they added.

MultiStory Media, which produced the ITV amusement Gino's Italian Express, said it would beryllium "inappropriate to spell into the item of idiosyncratic concerns" but that it was "reviewing the concerns which person been raised, what was known astatine the clip and what enactment was taken".

It added that it volition "look astatine immoderate caller concerns that person travel to light", and person not worked with D'Acampo for six years.

Objective Media Group said it "takes the payment and wellbeing of each its accumulation unit and teams incredibly seriously" and includes "behavioural clauses successful endowment contracts" and provides "behavioural grooming for on-screen talent".

In a connection to ITV News, Studio Ramsay, which produced the amusement Gino's Italian Family Adventure and co-produced Gordon, Gino And Fred's Road Trip, said it takes "all allegations of inappropriate behaviour and workplace misconduct seriously, promptly investigate, and instrumentality due remedial enactment erstwhile warranted".

A DCMS spokeswoman said: "The allegations against Gino D'Acampo are profoundly concerning.

"Everybody should beryllium treated with dignity and respect successful the workplace.

"As the Culture Secretary has antecedently said, it is close that immoderate allegations of inappropriate behaviour are taken precise earnestly and that victims are supported and capable to situation behaviour - nary substance however celebrated the prima is.

"The Culture Secretary has met with the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) to sermon however authorities and the manufacture tin enactment unneurotic to guarantee that nary 1 faces maltreatment oregon harassment successful their workplace."