Gino D’Acampo hits back after trolls slammed him for kissing and cuddling his daughter in bed
GINO D’Acampo has hit back after trolls slammed him for kissing and cuddling his seven-year-old daughter in bed.
The TV chef, 43, was bombarded with a flurry of comments last month from people claiming it was “wrong”.
Last night, the Italian cook showed daughter Mia some more paternal affection and told his critics that they were “weird” for calling out his actions.
Gino hit back in a video with Mia and said: “You know last time I put a picture in the bed and put kiss and cuddles, a lot of people they thought it was weird. I thought it was nice because we can do cuddly, and I love you so much.”
Mia asked: “Why did they think it was weird?”
And Gino explained: “I don’t know. I think they are the weird ones. Nothing wrong with daughter and daddy cuddling in bed, right? What message should we send these people?”
He added: “What’s the message we should give these weird people?”
The adorable kid stuck out her tongue and her middle finger as said: “Ugh!”
Gino laughed and gasped: “Mummy is going to kill you!”
He captioned his video on Instagram: “Something to think about…….I wish you all a Happy New Year…..GDx”
Gino’s fans rallied around him and one said: “All the people making the t**tish comments clearly don’t have the same bond with their children. This is a loving daddy cuddling his 7 year old daughter – A very normal activity!!!”
Another person wrote: “What a sad society! When a loving Dad can’t spend normal quality time with his daughter.”
The bubbly chef is married to his teenage sweetheart Jessica Stellina Morrison and they have three kids together, including teenage sons Luci and Rocco.
The pair met when he was working in Sylvester Stallone’s Mambo King restaurant in Marbella and after a brief split, they moved to the UK.
Gino lost his way when he was convicted of robbing 80s singer Paul Young’s home in 1998.
The young waiter nicked Paul’s £4,000 guitar collection, alongside a platinum disc, and served two years in jail.
He was caught after his DNA matched tests on cigarette butts he had dropped in the star’s bedroom in Mill Hill, North London.
Gino turned his life around and has won six Guinness World Records – making 22 ravioli in two minutes and the longest time for “running across custard”.
Following his rise to fame, fans quickly began snapping up Gino’s cookbooks.
D’Acampo has more than 11 different titles, including Italian Home Baking and Gino’s Pasta.
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