Gino D’Acampo has been called a ‘vulgar cretin’ by a woman who claims she warned ITV of the TV chef’s ‘vile’ comments about Holly Willoughby in 2018.
Allegations started surfacing against the ITV personality in December 2024, with complaints of alleged bullying and sexually inappropriate comments spanning over a decade.
An anonymous woman has shared comments made about the former This Morning host, Holly Willoughby, to her which she reported to the broadcaster at the time.
He reportedly told her he was regularly asked which he would sleep with between Willoughby and Fearne Cotton.
The married 48-year-old then allegedly said: ‘If I could put the face of one on the body of the other then maybe, but I’d probably choose Holly because I’d have more fun with her.’
The woman told The Sun: ‘I was disgusted by what he said and how he behaved. He was crude and vile. He’s a vulgar cretin.’
And in an email sent to ITV about Gino’s wider behaviour, she reportedly wrote: ‘He is certainly not a man reflecting integrity or honesty or family values.
‘One day he will be outed by many, many more and his associations will be running for the hills to disassociate themselves from him.
‘I have a voice and if I can help stop this happening to others, I will.’
The woman also claimed she reached out to BBC and Channel 5 but was ultimately dismissed and was allegedly told by ITV that it ‘didn’t matter’ because it didn’t take place during the production of a show.
She added: ‘ITV were specifically horrid and even cast doubt on what I was saying. They were cowardly.’
Per The Sun, Channel 5 was contacted in 2018 about an incident that ‘did not relate to conduct on a Channel 5 production or programme.’
ITV declined to comment, as did the BBC.
This is the latest of ongoing resurfaced allegations against D’Acampo from various colleagues as his shows are pulled from ITV’s schedule.
Earlier this month his I’m A Celebrity co-star Kim Woodburn, 82, accused the father-of-three of being a ‘full-of-himself little pig’ who stroked his private parts on set, called his penis ‘deprived and neglected’, and swore at producers.
In a statement, the TV star’s lawyer says these allegations that he does ‘not recall’ have not been ‘put to him’ until now and he ’emphatically and unequivocally denies these allegations.’
More behaviour has continued to surface including allegedly ‘thrusting his crotch’ at a female staffer and a ‘string of inappropriate behaviour’.
D’Acampo and ‘firmly denied’ all allegations.
The Family Fortunes host continued: ‘I would not do anything that I thought would upset or distress anyone. This is simply not in my nature. I do not recognise the version of events being put to me.
‘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.
‘I am a father, husband and have worked with well over 1,500 people on around 80 productions in my career, which I have been so proud of.
‘I take such matters extremely seriously and the suggestion that I have acted in an improper way against is deeply upsetting.’
An insider has claimed to The Sun, however, that it was ‘no secret that D’Acampo was difficult to work with’ as he would ‘constantly joke about his manhood and make sexually explicit comments’ that made others uncomfortable.
Another on-air interaction between himself and Cotton has also resurfaced from Celebrity Juice when Fearne’s face was recreated on a pizza, using pineapple rungs for her nose.
‘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***,’ he said to a shocked Cotton.
‘It’s because you can breathe easier,’ D’Acampo added to which Cotton replied: ‘Alright, you don’t need to elaborate!’
‘It’s just a theory I have. It’s the old Italian wisdom,’ he said.
And in a 2019 appearance on Loose Women, host Janet Street-Porter recoiled as he went in for a kiss, and they shook hands instead.
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Elsewhere in the episode he needled Coleen Nolan on the ‘best sex’ she’s ever had to which she replied she ‘can’t remember’.
Despite the mounting allegations of misconduct, D’Acampo is continuing to make public appearances.
Over the weekend he did a meet and greet with young fans outside Asda supermarket where he was promoting his air fryer and associated cook book.
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Metro has reached out to BBC, Channel 5, ITV and Gino D’Acampo for comment.
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