‘I didn’t want to argue with my two friends over contracts’: Gino D’Acampo QUITS ITV’s Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip after three series
Gino D’Acampo has revealed he has quit his popular ITV show Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip after three series.
The chef, 46, said in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday that he leaving due to a row over ‘complicated’ contacts.
The show saw the Italian TV favourite travel the globe with fellow foodies Gordon Ramsay and Fred Sirieix as they explore the local cuisine.
Gino said that his friendships with his former colleagues had nothing to do with his exit with their ‘strong’ bond meaning more to him than arguments over contracts.
Telling his followers: ‘Last week I decided not to film any more Gordon, Gino and Fred Road trips. The reason is very simple – nothing to do with Gordon or Fred, the friendship is very strong’.
Quit: Gino D’Acampo has revealed he has quit his popular ITV show Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip
Travels: The show saw the Italian TV favourite (left) travel the globe with fellow foodies Gordon Ramsay (centre) and Fred Sirieix (right) as they explore the local cuisine
He continued: ‘It’s just because we can’t get the dates together and sometimes when we do get the dates together sometimes they get changed and it causes a lot of problems for me because I have other stuff that I have to do’.
‘Personal problems as well because when I have to change things with my family it is very complicated and also because contracts’.
Gino is married to Jessica Stellina Morrison with whom he shares sons Luciano, 21 and Rocco, 18 and nine-year-old daughter Mia.
Gino went on to say: ‘Because contracts start to become very complicated and very stressful, I personally value the friendship with Gordon and Fred so much that I would rather the friendship than arguments with the contract’.
‘So I have decided not to do it anymore because I want to be friends with the boys for many, many years ahead.’
The popular show first aired in 2018 with the trio travelling France and Italy, before heading to America in 2020 followed two years later by a trip to Greece.
The series has also spawned three Christmas specials.
Back in December during an appearance on This Morning Britain Gino recalled first meeting his wife he was a 17-year-old chef and she was a waitress in a restaurant.
Tricky: Gino said that his friendships with his former colleagues had nothing to do with his exit with their ‘strong’ bond meaning more to him than arguments over contracts
Honesty: Telling his followers: ‘Last week I decided not to film any more Gordon, Gino and Fred Road trips. The reason is very simple – nothing to do with Gordon or Fred, the friendship is very strong’
Saucy stuff: The popular show first aired in 2018 with the trio travelling France and Italy, before heading to America in 2020 followed two years later by a trip to Greece – as well as three Christmas specials
Opening up about falling for Jessica, he said how they had ‘kissed for the first time in the meat fridge.’
However, the This Morning regular raised eyebrows as he spilled the beans on the couple taking their romance to the next level, telling how as an inexperienced teen, he was hoping to ‘get laid’ when she invited him to her house to cook.
He started his TV career back in 2004 and has gone on to become a household name and was crowned I’m A Celeb’s King of the Jungle in 2009.
As well as cooking he has also worked as a host and now fronts ITV’s Family Fortunes after the channel revived the show in 2020.
Lovebirds: Gino is married to Jessica Stellina Morrison (pictured together in 2015)
Boys: The couple share sons Luciano, 21 and Rocco, 18
Daughter: They also share youngest daughter nine-year-old Mia
Family: They have all featured with him on screen (pictured together on the ITV show)
It comes after Gino left This Morning viewers in hysterics earlier this month as he went on a mission to learn how corks are made.
The celebrity chef who hails from Italy, was misunderstood as saying an X-rated word during the segment.
Host Phillip Schofield was then forced to interrupt the pre-recorded clip of Gino and clarify he was saying ‘cork’ not ‘c**k’ while Holly Willoughby cringed at the clip.
Introducing viewers to Gino’s latest Italian adventure, Phil began: ‘Lots on the way, including an Italian escape with Gino’.
The clip then cut to Gino talking about wine, saying: ‘What I really want to know is why Sardinian cork is so special. And how many corks do you produce a day?’.
The expert then replied: ‘More or less, we produce two million corks’.
With the word having been repeated three times, Phil was quick to jump in, shouting: ‘No, no, no, stop
He continued: ‘He’s at a cork factory. It’s cork! A wine cork factory in Sardinia,’ stressing the word in question.
Funny: It comes after Gino left This Morning viewers in hysterics earlier this month as he went on a mission to learn how corks are made
Phil then said: ‘Who knew you could learn so much about cork,’ with Holly adding: ‘apart from how to pronounce it’
‘There’s more from Gino and his questionable pronunciation,’ Phil quipped.
Twitter was awash with conversation surrounding the incident, with one viewer penning: ‘I’m not hearing cork on Gino’s segment’
Another said: ‘Cork Gino cork!!’
A third added: ‘ Honestly who let Gino do a feature on cork’
He’s previously had viewers and the presenters in hysterics with his pronunciations of words like ‘sheet’.
Gino has admitted he has come close to being ‘cancelled’ by fans but insisted that he ‘doesn’t care’ what people think.
Blunder: Host Phillip Schofield was forced to interrupt the pre-recorded clip of Gino and clarify he was saying ‘cork’ not ‘c**k’ while Holly Willoughby cringed at the clip
Awkward! The celebrity chef who hails from Italy, was misunderstood as saying an X-rated word during the segment
He has become known for his cheeky innuendos after shooting to fame on This Morning and has since hosted an array of popular cookery shows.
But Gino claimed that he he come very close to being hit by cancel culture for his saucy jokes, saying he ‘dangerously’ walks the ‘fine line’ with his humour.
He told The Sun : ‘There is a fine line on television and I think I walk the line, I’ve been walking that fine line for the last ten to 15 years.’
Gino said he thinks he ‘gets away’ with a lot more on TV than other people can because viewers have known him for around 15 years.
However, he insisted that he has never ‘crossed the line’ with his jokes, saying he would have been ‘fired’ if he did.
He said: ‘But I can get away with the accent and because I’m Gino and everybody knows me for a long time, I can get away with many things that someone else could not get away with it.’
Advising other people to brush off cancel culture, he added: ‘What they should do is instead of fighting the cancel culture is the way I do it – ‘I don’t care what you’ve got to say’ – that’s what I think.’
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
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