Gino promises 'TV full monty' if show wins award
This Morning chef Gino D'Acampo has promised viewers 'the full monty' if the show picks up a gong at the National Television Awards next week. The Italian-born star, who was crowned King of the Jungle in the 2009 series of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!, has promise to cook naked if the ITV1 show wins Best Topical Magazine Programme at the ceremony next Wednesday. He said: "It started as a joke to say if we won I would cook naked and now it is one of those situations. I regret that I said it, but I am going to stick with it because I'm that sort of person. "You need to stay clear of barbecues or big frying or anything where you might spill on yourself, but I will do it and there will be no apron or anything. It will be the full monty. "I'm not worried about the cooking, it's the stripping I'm worried about. I'm worried I might get ITV into trouble if my bits end up on the screen." This Morning is up against Loose Women and BBC Breakfast for the award. The ceremony, hosted by Dermot O'Leary from the O2 Arena, will be broadcast live on ITV1 on Weds, January 26.
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