Gino D’Acampo left Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby speechless with a vile X-rated joke in a resurfaced clip as he faces allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour.
The TV chef, 48, has been rocked by multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate and intimidating behaviour over a 12-year period – claims which he denies.
Amid the ITV News investigation, a clip from Celebrity Juice has reemerged, of him making a lewd comment about rival team captain Fearne’s looks.
In the segment from 2010, Ferne’s face had been recreated on a pizza, with host Keith Lemon – played by comedian Leigh Francis – joking: ‘Look at the likeness!’.
Gino, who was sat next to his captain Holly said: ‘I have a theory and I’m sorry, you know how much I like you, right, but I think when you have big nostrils, actually you can suck like f***’.
Fearne, 43, was left stunned as her mouth fell open while Holly, also 43, raised her hands to her face while the audience chanted the chef’s name.
Gino D’Acampo left Fearne Cotton (pictured) and Holly Willoughby speechless with a vile X-rated joke in a resurfaced clip as he faces allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour
The TV chef, 48, has been rocked by multiple allegations of sexually inappropriate and intimidating behaviour over a 12-year period – claims which he denies (L-R) Gino, Holly and Paloma Faith
Amid the ITV News investigation, a clip from Celebrity Juice has reemerged, of him making a lewd comment about rival team captain Fearne’s looks
Gino continued: ‘It’s because you can breathe easier’, to which Fearne replied: ‘Alright, you don’t need to elaborate!’.
He went on: ‘It’s just a theory I have. It’s the old Italian wisdom. It was a compliment’.
It comes after another clip from This Morning in November 2021, Gino joked about Holly Willoughby’s genitals, which outraged viewers at the time.
Holly was left red-faced as Gino made a crude reference to her intimate areas while he used her body to illustrate a map of Italy.
Gino first joked that her bellybutton was Rome before Phillip Schofield jumped in and remarked: ‘I’m very concerned if he’s going to talk about Sicily here.’
But Gino continued: ‘No, Sicily is all the way down here. But if your bellybutton is Rome, I was born in Naples, which is on your side.
‘But I went to school where Vesuvius is. It’s more inland so I can technically say I spent my youth training and playing around… your vagina.’
Holly was left shocked by the crude remark and shrieked: ‘Oh my God!’
In the segment from 2010, Ferne’s face had been recreated on a pizza, with host Keith Lemon – played by comedian Leigh Francis – joking: ‘Look at the likeness!’
Gino, who was sat next to his captain Holly said: ‘I have a theory and I’m sorry, you know how much I like you, right, but I think when you have big nostrils, actually you can suck like f***’
Fearne, 43, was left stunned as her mouth fell open while Holly, also 43, raised her hands to her face while the audience chanted the chef’s name
But Gino insisted: ‘There’s nothing wrong with it, it’s just a word that everybody knows.’
At the time, the comments garnered an outraged response from viewers, who branded the segment ‘crude’, while others chastised him for ‘humiliating’ Holly.
The comments included: ‘Gino starts his innuendo by saying vagina at 11am and starts them all off over again. Getting a bit boring now’;
‘My late mum loved This Morning but now it’s all dirty talk every chance they get…’;
‘Why is Gino so disgusting he’s not funny! Get him off TV’; ‘Gino is a total pig! It isn’t what he said it’s the fact it was deemed ok to say it to Holly live on the TV.’
The shocking joke has resurfaced as the chef is at the centre of claims from dozens of people who describe his alleged conduct over the past 12 years as ‘distressing’ and ‘unacceptable’.
According to ITV News, at least one production company was aware of repeated complaints from staff members about Gino’s behaviour – yet continued to work with him on further TV projects.
On Friday, ITV pulled all of Gino’s shows from its upcoming schedules, MailOnline revealed.
It comes after another clip from This Morning in November 2021, Gino joked about Holly Willoughby ‘s genitals, which outraged viewers at the time
In the segment from November 2021, Holly was left red-faced as Gino made a crude reference to her intimate areas while he used her body as a map of Italy
Holly (R) and Fearne (L) pictured with host Keith Lemon
One woman, given the pseudonym Hannah, described a disturbing moment during a magazine shoot in 2011.
She claims that, in front of an entire crew, Gino made an explicit sexual comment, telling her he would ‘like to turn me over and f*** me up the a*** against the kitchen counter,’ leaving her humiliated.
‘I remember a ripple of laughter,’ she recalled, while others ‘looked nervously into their cups of tea’.
Hannah said the incident left her feeling ‘horror’ and ‘shock’ but admitted she was not surprised no one intervened.
Gino has firmly denied all allegations, calling them ‘deeply upsetting’.
His legal team 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.’
Another woman, given the pseudonym Natalie, recounted an unsettling experience while briefing Gino for a location shoot.
‘He opened the door in his boxer shorts, nothing else,’ she claimed.
‘Then he jumped on the bed, put his leg up and made a crude reference to his private parts, joking about their size.’
Natalie described feeling ‘disgusted’ and accused the TV chef of using his position to behave inappropriately.
Gino’s legal team strongly refuted this version of events, stating: ‘To his knowledge, no such allegations have been made against him in relation to ‘Gino’s Italian Express’.
‘This is the first time – six years later – that he has been informed of these alleged incidents, which he categorically denies.’
In yet another claim, a former colleague alleged that in 2019, Gino aggressively confronted a young crew member over an ice cream.
According to ITV News, at least one production company was aware of repeated complaints from staff members about Gino’s behaviour – yet continued to work with him
It has since emerged that ITV have pulled Gino D’Acampo’s latest Italian odyssey show from its upcoming schedules , MailOnline can reveal on Friday
‘I was present when Gino said to the runner, ‘If you don’t get me a Cornetto, I will f*** your girlfriend,’ the woman told ITV News.
Another crew member who witnessed the incident said the remark had ‘stuck in my head for years’.
‘He was using his power to bully and intimidate us,’ she said. ‘For what? A cookery programme.’
Gino’s representatives responded, saying he was ‘mortified’ by the accusation and ‘does not recall this incident at all’.
A separate claim relates to the filming of Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip in 2018.
A woman, referred to as Lena, recalled: ‘Without saying hello or good morning, he just loudly announced he felt like f****** that morning.’
Another crew member claimed Gino made a crude comment about a female colleague’s chest, allegedly saying:
‘Shouldn’t we be talking about her t**? They’re perfect, like a mouthful.’
It has since emerged that Objective Media Group, the production company behind Gordon, Gino and Fred, was aware of complaints about Gino as early as 2018.
One woman who worked on Gino’s Italian Express told ITV News: ‘His ‘cheeky chappy’ persona allows him to hide in plain sight. If I see him on TV, I have to leave the room.’
Gino, who has built a multi-million-pound career on his larger-than-life personality, has denied all allegations against him.
His legal team said: ‘No-one has ever made these complaints directly to Mr D’Acampo. He does not recall making these comments, nor does he accept that they were made.’
