ITV warned about Gino D’Acampo’s behaviour ten YEARS ago after This Morning crew made complaints about sexual comments

STAFF connected This Morning raised concerns astir scandal-hit cook Gino D’Acampo 10 years ago.

Several unit and accumulation members flagged issues with bosses about D’Acampo, 48, including bullying and sexually inappropriate comments.

ITV absorption was alerted arsenic precocious arsenic 2023, we tin reveal.

An insider said: “It was nary concealed that Gino was hard to enactment with and galore unit members dreaded being connected acceptable with him.

An insider said: “It was nary concealed that Gino was hard to enactment with and galore unit members dreaded being connected acceptable with him.  

“He would perpetually gag astir his manhood and marque sexually explicit comments that would marque radical uncomfortable.

“He knew helium was ‘The Talent’ and would propulsion his value around. A batch of radical recovered him to beryllium a bully, but felt they weren’t taken earnestly erstwhile they approached elder unit members.

“Gino seemed to get distant with it due to the fact that it was each portion of his cheeky charm and appeal, but underneath determination was thing much sinister.”

Italian-born D’Acampo archetypal appeared connected This Morning’s cooking conception successful 2010, and featured up until past year.

Last week it emerged helium is facing more than 40 complaints to ITV of “inappropriate intersexual behaviour”, spanning much than 10 years.

D’Acampo, who has 3 kids with woman Jessica, firmly denies the allegations.

His I’m A Celebrity campmate Kim Woodburn, 82, yesterday called him “vile”, telling The Sun helium was abusive to crew connected the 2009 series, which helium won.

ITV has present chopped each ties with him, with 2 repetition episodes of Gino’s Italy: Secrets of the South present not airing this weekend.

A spokeswoman told The  Sun connected Sunday: “ITV has made our presumption precise clear.

"Our committedness to those we enactment with is wherever a ailment is made to ITV oregon superior concerns raised, we’ll look into it, and if we find that thing inappropriate has happened, we volition instrumentality action.”

Last night, D’Acampo’s lawyer insisted that nary 1 astatine This Morning “has ever raised concerns with him”.