Gino D’Acampo reportedly feels “hard done by” and has accused both ITV and his top chef pal of working against him amid his current s3xual misconduct crisis.

The former This Morning star is under investigation after being accused of inappropriate behaviour dating back over 12 years, and ITV News revealed that over 40 people had been spoken to regarding his alleged wrongdoing – with the most recent complaint allegedly made in 2023.

Gino, 48, has “firmly denied” the allegations, and reportedly blames both Gordon Ramsay and ITV for putting him in the situation. Gordon worked with Gino and fellow chef Fred Sirieix on the series Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip, which had several spin-off seeing the stars travelling together. An insider claimed that Gordon’s sudden departure from the show coincided too neatly with Gino’s investigation.

A source said that lots of information coming out of Gordon’s camp has been very ‘anti-Gino’ every since the Hell’s Kitchen star stopped working with Gino and Fred Sirieix
“There has been a lot coming out about his time with Gordon Ramsay and it is very anti-Gino. One minute they are working together and the best of friends. Then he leaves the Road Trip series and he is basically finished within a couple of years,” they told the Mail Online.

A different person added that Gino also had beef with ITV, and that the broadcaster encouraged his cheeky chappie persona. They said that Gino was “told to behave as he did,” and so was confused by the sudden turn against him. “He will be making that clear when he thinks it’s time to speak out,” they added. The Mirror has reached out to Gino’s reps for comment.

Another friend of the star emphasised how much viewers seemed to enjoy Gino’s on-screen antics, and claimed that ITV was cutting Gino adrift despite benefitting from his popularity.

“He feels pretty hard done by. You have to wonder, ITV surely profited from all of this and now they are running away from it by getting rid of him,” they said.

“It appears to be a typical case of ITV realising that they wanted him to be a certain way – and then it blew up in their faces.”

Earlier this week, a source claimed that Gordon himself had made it clear that he had issues with Gino’s behaviour, and was ready to turn his back on his former friend.

“Gordon was horrified with what had gone on and felt it was time to step in and stop it,” the insider told the Mail Online.

They added: “He has three daughters and a wife, Tana, who he absolutely adores and felt it was disgusting. He wanted to change those ways but then it led to difficulties between them.

“Gordon found there was a lot of unacceptable behaviour going on, he saw things he didn’t think were okay so he spoke up. That was that, friendship over.” They added that the Ramsay family are said to be “throwing Gino under the bus.”