Gino D’Acampo once d!tched all his clothes in front of Gordon Ramsay’s mum in a resurfaced TV moment, amid ongoing allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
The stunt took place during an episode of Gordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip, which originally aired nearly five years ago, featuring Gino alongside Fred Sirieix.
In light of the allegations, ITV has pulled two scheduled re-runs of Gino’s Italy: Secrets of the South set for this weekend, and has also canceled upcoming episodes of hosted by Gino, filmed in 2023.
The racy moment in the clip shows Gino, 48, and Fred attempting to impress Gordon’s mum, Helen, with a gourmet burger.
When their efforts fall short, Gordon dares them to dive into his Bel Air pool completely naked.
He said: ‘You lost, big deal. Get your clothes off and jump in the pool.’
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Gino D’Acampo (right) once d!tched all his clothes in front of Gordon Ramsay ‘s (middle) mum in a resurfaced TV moment, amid ongoing allegations of inappropriate behaviour
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The stunt took place during an episode of Gordon, Gino and Fred: American Road Trip, which originally aired nearly five years ago, featuring Gino alongside Fred Sirieix
While Helen remarked: ‘I always knew I wanted to pick Gordon, because I wanted to see them jump in the water with no clothes on!’.
The stunt, with both men completely nude, prompted an immediate apology from Gordon.
However, Helen seemed unfazed by the whole thing, laughing and reassuring him: ‘I enjoyed it, don’t worry about it.’
Gino was hit with more claims of inappropriate and intimidating behaviour as 40 people have now come forward in total.
ITV News said it has now spoken to ‘over 40 people’ during its investigation, all of whom claim to have had either seen or experienced alleged inappropriate or intimidating behaviour by the celebrity chef.
Gino’s TV shows have been removed from the ITV schedule because of the claims.
‘This is simply not in my nature. I do not recognise the version of events being put to me.’
He added: ‘Not only have these allegations never been raised with me before, I have been repeatedly supported by executives at the highest level and was commissioned on prime-time programmes during the period in which it is now suggested I was acting inappropriately.’
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The racy moment in the clip shows Gino, 48, and Fred attempting to impress Gordon’s mum, Helen, with a gourmet burger
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When their efforts fall short, Gordon dares them to dive into his Bel Air pool completely naked
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The stunt, with both men completely nude, prompted an immediate apology from Gordon
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However, Helen seemed unfazed by the whole thing, laughing and reassuring him: ‘I enjoyed it, don’t worry about it’
Dozens of people described their experience of working with the chef as ‘unacceptable,’ ‘distressing’ and even ‘horrendous’, according to the investigation.
Among the allegations are that Gino described a young woman’s breasts as ‘perfect’ and ‘like a mouthful’, and that he threatened to have s3x with a colleague’s girlfriend if she did not bring him an ice cream.
At least one production company was reportedly aware of complaints about the Italian star’s behaviour – yet continued to work with him on further TV projects.
One woman told the investigation that D’Acampo made a vulgar s3xual comment towards her during a magazine shoot in 2011.
She claims the celebrity chef said he would like ‘like to turn me over and f*** me up the a*** against the kitchen counter’ in front of the entire crew.
The woman said there were laughs from other employees when he made the comment and she was left feeling humiliated.
‘I remember a ripple of laughter,’ she recalled, while others ‘looked nervously into their cups of tea’.
She said the incident left her feeling ‘horror’ and ‘sh0ck’ but admitted she was not surprised nobody intervened.
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It comes as dozens of people described their experience of working with the chef as ‘unacceptable,’ ‘distressing’ and even ‘horrendous’, according to the investigation.
She said the comment was ‘aggressive’ and she saw it as ‘some kind of powerplay’.
Gino’s legal team firmly denied this allegation. They said: ‘This allegation from almost 15 years ago has never, until now via a media request, been raised or put to Mr D’Acampo.
‘He does not recall it, nor accept that it happened.’
An ITV spokesperson said it is ‘production companies who have the primary responsibility for the duty of care of everyone they work with, both on and off screen, when making shows’, describing the behaviour as ‘inappropriate and unacceptable’.
The spokesperson added: ‘Most of them (the allegations) were not reported to ITV at the time. Where issues have been raised with ITV action has been taken.’
Gino began his TV career in the early 2000s as a judge on ITV cookery competition Too Many Cooks, before achieving fame after winning series nine of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2009, going on to become a regular chef on This Morning.
