Gino D’Acampo was ‘sexualised’ by TV bosses according to another shamed star

John Barrowman thinks there is no way back for Gino D’Acampo when it comes to TV work – but says some producers in the past encouraged some of his antics by “sexualising” the way he worked.

Gino, 48, once cooked naked on This Morning in 2011 except for an apron and shamed actor Barrowman says things like this which would have been cleared by production likely gave Gino the green light for other behaviour which has now been deemed inappropriate.

Barrowman, who has barely worked on British TV after allegations of his behaviour on the Doctor Who set emerged, was asked by fans in a Q&A where he saw himself when it came to TV this year.

He replied: “At the moment, no. You won’t see me. Nothing lies ahead for me on television because at the moment…. because of all the c**p that was said about me which is not true … they kind of turned their back on me.

“It’s the same thing to do with Gino D’Acampo at the moment which is unfortunate because they’re the ones who…. the TV shows…. and I use this as an example.. like the one where he’s on the TV show and he’s standing there cooking in an apron but he’s naked.

“Now he didn’t decide to do that. Production asked him to do it. So they’re sexualizing him in the same way as when I was on camera and they would do something like ‘You gotta be naked. You’ve got to do this.’ So we then feel that there’s an atmosphere of ‘Let’s have a laugh and let’s have fun’. So then when it comes out that we’ve had a laugh, they all go ‘Oh my God. We’re not on with this!’ This is hypocrisy basically. It’s kind of the same thing that I went through.”

John Barrowman is currently on a theatre tour performing for fans ( 
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Barrowman added: “Once that all dies out maybe (I will be back on TV) but I figured I’m going to tour more.”

Barrowman comments follow on from former Coronation Street star Vicky Entwistle who has come to his defence and slammed her former employers.

She said: “I don’t know this man personally, therefore have no reason to stick my neck out in his defence. BUT!!! ITV played that man for all he was worth… cheeky, naughty, foreign, hilarious!!! It all fitted in 10 years ago… now with a new WOKE agenda they crucify him?!?!”

An ITV investigation found accusations of “distressing” and “sexually inappropriate” behaviour by Gino over 12 years. This also included comments some staff said were “disgusting”.

ITV News said on Friday they had now spoken to “more than 40 people” who claimed they had “witnessed or experienced” inappropriate behaviour. They also said they had spoken to people who had had positive experiences with him within the TV industry.

In a statement via his legal team, D’Acampo “firmly denied” the “deeply upsetting” allegations. A statement continued: “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,” he said, adding that the suggestion that he acted in an improper way was “deeply upsetting”.

D’Acampo, 48, has been a regular on UK television since the early 2000s. He has primarily worked for ITV, including on a number of cooking and travel shows, as well as making appearances on other entertainment programmes.

Barrowman faced a backlash over historic accusations that he exposed himself on the Doctor Who set.

He made a brief appearance on Channel 4’s Celeb SAS but is no longer on the Dancing On Ice judging panel or involved in Doctor Who.