Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice urged fans to ‘ignore’ Amanda Abbington’s claims and to wait for the BBC’s review after the Sherlock actress accused him of bullying in a bombshell Channel 4 interview
Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has responded to the bombshell claims Amanda Abbington made during a tell-all interview with Channel 4 News.
The professional dancer urged fans to ‘ignore’ Amanda’s claims as he said the truth will come out.
Giovanni was axed from the line-up of BBC dance show this year after ‘bullying’ allegations were filed by his 2023 dance partner Amanda. The Sherlock actress claimed she was diagnosed with PTSD after training with Giovanni which she likened to ‘being in the trenches.’
As the BBC investigation continues, Amanda sat down with Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 and doubled down on her previous claims about the dancer. The actress claimed there are ’50 hours of footage’ that are being blocked from her lawyer’s eyes by BBC bosses. Amanda said: “You know, 50 hours is a lot of footage, and a lot of time spent in a room that was toxic.”
Amanda broke down at several points throughout the interview and said BBC producers told her they were ‘horrified’ by the footage they recorded of her time in the training room with Giovanni. However, a spokesperson for Giovanni slammed the ‘defamatory allegations’ and said in a statement: “We would urge people to wait for the review’s conclusion and not to pay heed to these very serious and defamatory allegations that have no evidence in support of them.”
She broke down in tears as she shared her Strictly experience
The star claimed others have complained before her
His spokesperson also said that “Giovanni refutes any claim of threatening or abusive behaviour.” In the interview, Amanda claimed she wasn’t the only person to complain about Giovanni. She said that she thinks six other people have complained before her. “I know a lot of people went in to speak to them. I’m the official complainer. I think there’s about five or six (other complainants) from what I can gather, but there’s three main people, who’ve made complaints, mine’s the official one,” Amanda said.
At one point, Krishnan asked: “I heard, not from you, from somebody else, about an instance of, I suppose you’d call it humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature, is that right?” A tearful Amanda replied: “Yeah. I mean, you know, one of the many things.” Amanda then confirmed that the violent threats have been made by die-hard Strictly and Giovanni fans.
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After the interview aired, the BBC released a statement saying: “Anyone involved in a complaint has a right to confidentiality and fair process and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment further on individuals. However, when issues are raised with us we always take them extremely seriously and have appropriate processes in place to manage this. As we have said before, we would urge people not to indulge in speculation.
“More generally, the BBC and BBC Studios takes duty of care extremely seriously. Our processes on Strictly Come Dancing are updated every year, they are kept under constant review and last week we announced additional steps to further strengthen welfare and support on the show.”
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