Kim Woodburn has claimed TV chef Gino D’Acampo ‘stroked himself over his shorts’ and ‘talked to his penis’ in front of his campmates on I’m a Celeb.
The Italian TV chef appeared on the popular ITV show in 2009 and was crowned the king of the jungle.
Gino was in a celebrity line-up which included the How Clean is Your House star, Jimmy White, Justin Ryan, Stuart Manning, Sabrina Washington, George Hamilton, Joe Bugner, Sam Fox, Colin McAllister, Lucy Benjamin, Katie Price and Camilla Dallerup.
Kim recently slammed Gino, branding him a ‘full-of-himself little pig’ and accused him of inappropriate behaviour during their time on the show.
The TV personality alleged that Gino used inappropriate gestures and language and it made her uncomfortable. She also claims that he cheated during a Bushtucker trial and was verbally abusive towards the crew, writes The Mirror.
In a recent interview, the 83-year-old claimed the 48-year-old chef would touch himself over his trousers and ‘talk to his penis’ in front of the cast.
She claimed: “He used to stand over a log and stroke his privates over his shorts. He’d talk to his penis saying, ‘I know you haven’t had any sex, but when you get out of here, you will get so much’.”
She toldThe Sun : “He would say his privates were being deprived and neglected, and his wife would give him a good seeing to when he got home. We would all just turn away.”
She went on to say the alleged moments made her ‘uncomfortable’ as it was ‘vile’ and ‘crude’.
Since ITV News’ investigation, they have now spoken to “over 40 people” who have either witnessed or experienced alleged inappropriate and intimidating behaviour by Gino and his TV shows have been removed from the ITV schedule as a result.
The TV chef, who would often cook on This Morning, has appeared on shows including ITV’s Family Fortunes and Gino and Fred: Emission Impossible.
In response to all allegations, Gino told ITV News: “I have been told by ITN news that allegations have been made about me acting inappropriately, some dating back over ten years ago. I have never been made aware of these matters previously and the allegations are firmly denied. 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.”