Impractical Jokers' Joe Gatto accused of inappropriate behavior by two teenage girls who claim he asked them to kiss

Former Impractical Jokers' star Joe Gatto has been accused by two teenage girls of encouraging them to kiss and lift up their tops so he could stroke their stomachs in the latest allegation to hit the comedian. 

Gatto, 48, was accused of 'unwanted behaviors' by a former employee, who characterized them as 'sexual harassment,' days after he faced allegations of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old. He denied the claim.

Now, Grace Kennedy and recent high school graduate Brianna Ochoa have shared their experience with Gatto in a 10-minute TikTok video which featured alleged messages from the comedian asking for nudes, and detailed their multiple encounters with him, the most recent taking place in December 2024.

They say the alleged messages were sent in 'vanish mode,' which they believe was 'because he's smart and he knows what he was doing.' 

In a screenshot shared in the video, Brianna showed her followers that Joe reposted her photo with him after they met at one of his shows and messaged her: 'You were adorable. Thanks for coming.'

Brianna said he also paid her for 'gas and Chipotle,' sharing the Venmo notification that she was paid $35 by Joe G.

Brianna's dad accompanied them for the second show they attended and Gatto's behavior was not 'weird' when they went backstage. But after the show, Grace claimed: 'He was texting us a lot.'

Brianna added: 'A lot, a lot. Like, constantly. More than he should've.'

They say he gifted them tickets and a meet and greet for a third show on December 6, 2024 in Salem, Oregon, which is when they claim it 'started to get weird.' 

First, they claim he advised them to wear pajamas. In a screenshot of the alleged message exchange he wrote: 'Too cold for a skirt or leggings... I'm sure you won't disappoint. Wear the pjs you're in.'

'Stuff started getting weird because he was telling us to kiss,' Grace said of the meeting after the show.

Brianna added: 'Basically, he told us to kiss three times in a row. Not make out or anything. Like a peck.'

She continued: 'He was being so weird and he fed me a mango with his fingers. I was sitting on the couch and he was standing above me and he was like, "Do you want a bite?" and then he fed me with his fingers and it was really awkward.'

Grace claimed he then told them to take a seat on the couch with him and 'told us to lift up our shirts, so we did,' adding: 'We couldn't not, you know.'

She continued: 'And then he asked to touch them, and that's when it started getting weird. He was stroking our bellies. He was touching our belly buttons.' 

Grace claims he then 'kissed' her on the cheek before they left the dressing room. They allege he gave them a $100 bill 'for driving so far' and paid for a $200 hotel 'right next to his.'

Grace explained: 'We're at the hotel at this time, the one he bought us, and he's still texting us and he is asking us for videos of us kissing, making out, nudes. I mean all of that, but all of this was in vanish mode.

'He was literally basically begging us to come over to his hotel, saying that he'll sneak us around the back so none of his, you know, people on set would see,' Brianna said. 'And he was really just trying everything... like in general, "Are you gonna come over?"'

They ultimately decided to not meet up with him because they weren't going to go to a '50 year old's' hotel room in the middle of the night. 'Obviously, we were like caught up in the moment and come on now, we're lesbians and we don't like men,' Briana shared with her followers.

'We were like, "This is crazy. He has a wife and kids. Like this is insane."'

Gatto and his wife Bessy have been married since 2013. They briefly separated in 2022, but reconciled nearly two years later.

They have a daughter Milana, nine, and a son Remo, seven.

In another DM exchange that was shared in the TikTok video, Gatto allegedly messaged them: 'You ladies are chill. Happy to make you smile. I owed you from last time. Now you owe me. Oh but gave me the gift card. So we're even.' 

They replied: 'We're glad to hear that lol. We love seeing and talking to you. Makes us happy.'

Before concluding their video, they told their followers that their experience with him seemingly ended when he wanted them to 'do the dirty.' They ensured their followers that their 10-minute video was not about him 'sexually assaulting us in any way, shape or form,' and confirmed that 'nothing physical happened.'

Brianna concluded: 'Obviously, he's not a great man, and what we should be focused on is not teenage girls going to his hotel. What we should be focused on is a 50-year-old man inviting teenage girls to hotels.' Grace added: 'Married with kids.'

DailyMail.com has reached out to Brianna Ochoa and Grace Kennedy for comment.

In a statement, Gatto said: 'I have used poor judgment and as a result have violated the trust of the people I love most. But anyone who knows me at all knows full well that I wouldn’t assault anyone. 

'Working on myself is an ongoing process, and I am now going to take some time away from the public eye to focus my energies where I need to.'

On March 26, he told fans that he had entered an inpatient program for treatment and had canceled his upcoming scheduled tour dates. 

'Having taken some time to reflect, I’ve decided to voluntarily enter an inpatient program to continue working on myself,' he wrote. 

'I just want to thank my friends, fans and especially my family for all of their support – never more so than over the last few days.'

The allegations of inappropriate conduct began on March 22 when a TikTok user named Joozyb claimed he assaulted her after she met him before one of his shows in Milwaukee in September 2023.

After the show, she said they continued messaging each other, adding in her TikTok video: 'I was drunk, whatever, and he was texting me all this stuff. And, like, it was starting to get a little weird, you know.'

She claimed Gatto then put their messages on Instagram into 'vanish mode', and told her how to get to where he was staying that night.

The accuser did not go into detail about the alleged sexual assault, but said that 'some stuff happened' and shared an image of her backside with a large bruise across it, claiming: 'Here's what he did... with his TEETH.' 

He has since denied the allegations. 

He was then accused of 'unwanted behaviors' by a former employee, who claimed she first met him during one of his live shows when she was 15, and that by the time she turned 18 he had become 'very flirtatious.'

The employee, who previously worked for Gatto during his time on Impractical Jokers alleged that at times he 'inappropriately grabbed her' and 'asked for back massages.'

She further alleged that Gatto invited her to his room with a request to cuddle, and repeatedly asked her about her sex life.

In response to this, he shared the same statement: 'I have used poor judgment and as a result have violated the trust of the people I love most. But anyone who knows me at all knows full well that I wouldn’t assault anyone.

'Working on myself is an ongoing process, and I am now going to take some time away from the public eye to focus my energies where I need to.'