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SCANDAL-hit telly cook Gino D’Acampo is simply a “full-of-himself small pig”, his ex-I’m A Celeb campmate Kim Woodburn claims.
Kim became the archetypal named idiosyncratic to talk retired astir the Italian arsenic ITV yesterday pulled re-runs of his shows amid accusations of sexually inappropriate behaviour.
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Runner-up to jungle king Gino successful 2009, she said helium made her consciousness uncomfortable during the bid by stroking his penis implicit his shorts — and adjacent talking to it.
She besides alleged helium cheated successful a Bushtucker trial, swore astatine unit and was escorted disconnected set.
ITV hid his behaviour and gave him a “great edit”, she claimed.
Kim said: “He was a horrible, vile man. A full-of-himself small pig.
“His connection to the unit was disgusting. He cheated, called this shaper a ‘f***ing bastard’ and ‘c***’, 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.
“He treated unit similar garbage, helium didn’t care. He’s reduced galore radical to tears implicit the years.”
ITV News this week said it had uncovered damning allegations of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour against Gino, 48.
He denies immoderate wrongdoing.
Speaking of their clip successful the Australian jungle, Kim, 82, told The Sun: “He utilized to basal implicit a log and changeable his penis country 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’.
Watch Gino D'Acampo accidental helium ‘played astir Holly Willoughby’s genitals’ successful resurfaced This Morning clip
“He would accidental his penis was being deprived and neglected, and his woman would springiness him a bully seeing to erstwhile helium got home. We would each conscionable crook away. It made maine uncomfortable due to the fact that it was vile and crude. It’s not due to bash that successful beforehand of women. But Gino thinks helium tin bash what helium wants.”
Kim added: “ITV were incorrect to support him connected that set, and past helium goes and wins. He got a large edit.
“ITV cognize they covered up that helium cheated, and it doesn’t astonishment maine to perceive they person been covering up his different atrocious behaviour that has taken implicit the years.
“They’re a disgrace. What is incorrect with these TV execs?”
Yesterday it was alleged that Gino made disgusting intersexual jibes to pistillate colleagues — with dozens coming guardant to kick astir their “unacceptable, distressing and horrendous” experiences moving with him implicit 12 years.
One pistillate claims helium told her successful beforehand of unit connected acceptable that helium would “like to crook maine implicit and f*** maine up the **** against the room counter.”
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Gino has denied each the allegations, saying: “I bash not recognise the mentation of events being enactment to me.”
In I’m A Celeb bid nine, TV’s Queen of Clean Kim hugged Gino arsenic helium was crowned champ. But she insists determination is nary emotion lost.
She added: “People similar him, they dainty unit similar filth, they’re rotten pigs and they’re each truthful saccharine connected camera. It’s horrible.
“The unit each hated him and the formed suffered him. They enactment up with him, mostly due to the fact that helium was cooking each the nutrient and you’re fortunate to person a cook successful the jungle but helium brought thing other astatine all.”
Things came to a caput erstwhile Gino was sent to bash a Bushtucker proceedings with Kim, exemplary and vocalist Sam Fox, histrion George Hamilton and erstwhile EastEnders histrion Lucy Benjamin.
Kim said: “We were each successful this Jacuzzi-type happening afloat of h2o with a wheel. There were these small flags which weren’t allowed to interaction the water, and abruptly this unit subordinate shouted, ‘Gino, you’re out! You’re cheating’.
People similar him, they dainty unit similar filth, they’re rotten pigs and they’re each truthful saccharine connected camera. It’s horrible
Kim Woodburn
“All these radical successful suits came retired to look astatine the footage and determination it was, we could each spot helium had cheated. But Gino started effing and jeffing, utilizing the c-word, calling this 1 young antheral unit subordinate ‘a portion of s***’.
“Gino refused to permission and we couldn’t proceed filming, truthful these 2 guys came in, took 1 limb each, and forced him off.
“He was swearing and cursing and kicking astatine the men, until you couldn’t perceive him anymore.
“None of that was shown connected TV and helium should person been thrown retired determination and then. But erstwhile we got backmost to camp, helium was determination and thing much was said.
“I mean, you person to blasted ITV for this going connected don’t you? They had each seen him astatine his worst, his vilest, and darn me, helium goes and wins the thing.
“Was it rigged? It was odd. Damned odd. They deliberately chopped each this worldly retired and fto him win.
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“If they had shown what helium was truly like, helium ne'er would person got a occupation connected telly. I deliberation ITV protected him for each these years due to the fact that helium brings successful the money.
“I deliberation they besides saw helium would beryllium charismatic for women watching him, this handsome Italian chef.”
Kim is present calling for a afloat ITV probe — akin to its probe into Phillip Schofield, and the probe MasterChef producers Banijay are carrying retired into axed big Gregg Wallace.
Kim said: “I don’t deliberation Gino should enactment connected TV again.
“It’s astir clip we stood up for the crew’s rights. They request to beryllium capable to instrumentality radical to tribunal erstwhile they are being treated badly. They’re treated similar slaves. We request to halt this bullying.”
Explaining wherefore she has gone nationalist with her claims, Kim said she is excessively agelong successful the bony to interest astir keeping TV bosses sweet.
Don’t contradict you’ve done each this, bow retired similar the man that you’re not, and apologise. Your cocky, arrogant rude ways, and the mode you person treated the crew, person caught up with you
Kim Woodburn
She said: “Listen, I’m astir 83, I’ve got a batch of money, I ain a large location and I’ve got a smashing husband. I don’t request to work, truthful this is the lone clip I tin bash it. What person I got to lose?”
Addressing the cook directly, Kim said: “Thank your fortunate stars Gino that you’ve been connected apical wealth for each these years due to the fact that you didn’t merit it. There are a batch of amended presenters than you and you tin discontinue comfortably, which is much than immoderate of the unit tin do.
“Don’t contradict you’ve done each this, bow retired similar the man that you’re not, and apologise.
“Your cocky, arrogant rude ways, and the mode you person treated the crew, person caught up with you.
“I americium delighted and I’m atrocious it didn’t hap sooner.”
Gino has 3 children with woman Jessica.
I americium delighted and I’m atrocious it didn’t hap sooner
Kim Woodburn
He has hosted respective prime-time ITV shows, including Let’s Do Lunch with co-host Mel Sykes.
Ex-Towie prima Amy Childs was a impermanent successful 2012.
Gino was a regular connected This Morning, and appeared connected Loose Women, wherever helium hugged Denise Welch portion she performed successful 2011.
ITV has confirmed 2 repetition episodes of Gino’s Italy: Secrets of the South this play volition not air.
And episodes helium hosted of Family Fortunes, filmed successful 2023, person besides been axed from the schedules.
Last year, ITV acceptable up a complaints-handling portion and introduced behaviour guidelines for on-screen personalities.
The broadcaster was approached for comment.
BUSINESSES OF STAR ‘AT RISK’
GINO D’Acampo risks losing his concern empire — which spans TV shows, restaurants and deals with large supermarket chains.
The under-fire Italian cook runs six restaurants crossed the state including branches successful Manchester, London, Leeds and Liverpool.
In 2022, helium was forced to liquidate his erstwhile concatenation My Pasta Bar, which had 3 branches successful London, with debts of £5million.
The star, reportedly making £2million a twelvemonth from TV work, was accused of failing to wage the chain’s unit £37,000 successful wages.
Gino, 48, antecedently partnered with Asda to motorboat a kitchenware and cooking range.
His £16 frying pans, woody boards, £5 scissors and trays were inactive disposable past night.
The store antecedently sold Gino’s scope of integrated cupboard staples, acceptable meals and frozen dinners with a “taste of Italy”.
He besides launched a £330 pizza oven successful 2023 which helium has continued to plug connected societal media.
And the TV prima has besides written galore cookbooks filled with recipes from his location state — which are inactive disposable connected Amazon.
WALLACE PROBE STARTS
By Ellie Henman
MASTERCHEF chiefs’ probe into Gregg Wallace’s on-set behaviour has formally begun – with a bid of women interviewed by instrumentality steadfast Lewis Silkin aft being brought successful by the show’s accumulation company.
Sources accidental the archetypal signifier of the probe is present officially underway – with a drawstring of women who complained astir him including Rod Stewart’s exemplary woman Penny Lancaster and broadcaster Kirsty Wark invited to be to springiness grounds against the under-fire TV host.
Insiders accidental bosses astatine amusement makers Banijay UK are hoping to person the probe completed “as rapidly arsenic possible” but admit the process is “very clip consuming” – owed to the magnitude of worldly and lengthy clip play involved.
It is not known which of the women person agreed to be an interview.
The 60-year-old seasoned grocer volition besides beryllium asked for his ain relationship of alleged incidents, alongside combing done immense amounts of archive footage and documents.
A TV root explained: “The lawyers spent a spot of clip gathering their thoughts and making a program earlier Christmas, and present they are conducting the interviews.
“They person approached anyone who antecedently raised concerns, either with the BBC oregon with the accumulation team, but person besides made it wide that anybody with what they judge to beryllium applicable accusation tin besides interaction them.
“They are sitting down with women from each walks of life, immoderate of whom person spoken retired publically and others who person not been named truthful acold – ranging from inferior producers to large sanction endowment successful their ain right.
“It’s a immense cognition – but it’s the lone mode to marque definite nary chromatic is near unturned and to support the integrity of the show, which is inactive incredibly popular.”
Other witnesses who person not made allegations of their ain are besides being approached to springiness statements.
Allegations implicit Gregg’s “inappropriate” behaviour archetypal emerged successful November past year, with the prima aboriginal agreeing to measurement backmost from his relation connected the amusement pending the afloat autarkic inquiry.
But helium has ever denied wrongdoing – and recovered himself successful further contention aft helium attempted to enactment the complaints down to “a fistful of middle-class women of a definite age”.
He aboriginal apologised for the remarks, and agreed to measurement distant from the amusement for the clip being, saying: “I privation to apologise for immoderate offence that I caused with my station yesterday, and immoderate upset I whitethorn person caused to a batch of people.
“I wasn’t successful a bully caput abstraction erstwhile I posted it. I’ve been nether a immense magnitude of stress, a batch of emotion, I felt precise alone, nether siege, yesterday, erstwhile I posted it.
“It’s evident to maine I request to instrumentality immoderate clip retired portion this probe is nether way. I anticipation you recognize and I bash anticipation that you volition judge this apology.”
But helium precocious returned to the nationalist oculus via his Gregg Wallace Health level – a £12-a-month subscription usher to healthier eating, fare and workout aft helium himself transformed his physique.
On a blog published connected the website, helium wrote: “Just beryllium mindful of each the decisions that we marque passim the day.
“Just inquire yourself what you tin bash that volition marque each of these a small spot better.
“Mistakes are ne'er the extremity of your journey. See them for what they truly are, they are simply slip-ups, you are lone human. If you larn a acquisition from them that is simply a large measurement forward.
“Be benignant to yourself. Just beryllium alert that this isn’t the astir important thing. The astir important happening is to absorption not connected perfection but connected progress.”
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