Amanda Abbington has revealed past partners of Strictly Come Dancing tried to warn her of Giovanni Pernice’s actions after she first heard of their link up.
Speaking to Krishnan-Guru Murthy on Channel 4 News, Amanda candidly opened up on her experience on the dance contest as the drama continues to unfold. Giovanni has been accused of bullying Amanda during training sessions for last year’s series prior to the pair exiting the competition on week 5. The Italian dancer denies the allegations.
However, speaking to the news anchor, Amanda, 50, claims she was told “sorry” by past competitors after news broke she would be paired with Giovanni.
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She told her former co-contestant how as soon as the news broke they were texting her saying: “I’m so sorry.”
A shocked Krishnan-Guru gasped: “That’s a really odd thing to do,” before Amanda replied they told her it was going to be “tough”. She said she thought she would be okay as she is “quite a tough old bird”.
“I thought I could [handle it] because I’ve been around the block a bit, you know?”
A tearful Amanda also opened up on feeling “abandoned” by the BBC during the Strictly bullying row – and says there are still 50 hours of video footage they will not let her see. Amanda confirmed she would be willing to talk to BBC Director General Tim Davies about her experience after he revealed a statement apologising to previous contestants if they had to deal with any issues. He said: “I’m very sorry that anyone has had an experience on Strictly that hasn’t been wholly positive.”
He added: “From my point of view, I need to be assured that we have the right safeguarding procedures and duty of care processes in place to deliver a full show. And that is the first question I ask as director general. I think I am assured by the robust actions actually, that we have taken in terms of the changes we’ve made, production team members in the training room, the two new roles, in terms of welfare producers, that we are in a position to deliver a very good season this year.
While she acknowledges his comments, Amanda said she is yet to speak to anyone from the BBC following her allegations.
She was speaking to the channel while at the Park Theatre in North London where she is currently rehearsing the play When It Happens To You. Speaking of the play, she explained to the presenter: “This play has certainly reinforced my belief that you can be in a rehearsal room and be nurtured and looked after. Because you start to think, ‘oh, you know, am I going mad?’ but I’m not mad, as you know, but yeah it’s been brutal and relentless and unforgiving.”
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