Ex-Strictly star Graziano Di Prima makes vow 4 months after BBC axe

Graziano Di Prima has returned to Instagram for the archetypal clip successful 4 months to denote his planned instrumentality to dancing.

The erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing nonrecreational dancer, 30, was axed by the BBC successful July after allegations he ‘kicked and hit’ his partner Zara McDermott, 27, in the rehearsal country past series.

His rep aboriginal admitted Di Prima kicked former Love Island star McDermott and said successful a connection that helium ‘apologised astatine the time’ and knew helium had ‘made a mistake’.

After heading to Italy to lick his wounds implicit the summertime with woman Giada Lini, wherever helium took a £6-an-hour occupation picking grapes, helium has present shared a caller station connected societal media saying helium feels ‘stronger than ever and anxious to return’ to dancing.

Alongside a video of a choreographed regular with Giada – who appears connected the Italian mentation of Strictly alongside Di Prima’s chap ex pro Giovanni Pernice – connected a bridge, with clips from his puerility and vocation overlayed astatine the start, the Italian shared his connection successful English and past his autochthonal language.

‘Dance has ever been the centre of my life, my top passion, the way I chose and dedicated years of study, sacrifice, and emotion to,’ helium began.

‘After a play of reflection, I consciousness stronger than ever and anxious to instrumentality to what I emotion most: dancing.

‘The aboriginal is simply a full satellite of caller unfastened windows, acceptable to invited caller dreams and caller challenges, and I’m excited to proceed this travel with adjacent much determination and inspiration.’

Turning to family, friends and his fanbase from Strictly, helium added: ‘A heartfelt convey you to everyone who is ever determination for me.

‘I’m thrilled to creation again with the aforesaid enthusiasm and dedication arsenic always.’

Looking to the future, helium concluded: ‘See you soon, whether connected signifier oregon done caller projects that I volition beryllium precise excited to stock with you.’

He gave nary further item arsenic to what those projects could beryllium oregon if thing was confirmed to beryllium successful the pipeline.

Di Prima’s past station connected the tract had been 1 successful praise of his mother, who helium kissed connected the caput arsenic the allegations against him archetypal broke.

Strictly pro Nancy Xu, who was eliminated from the contention with her personage spouse Shayne Ward in a daze determination implicit the weekend, was 1 of the archetypal associated with Strictly to stock her support.

She near a drawstring of purple bosom emoji, portion erstwhile competitors (and champions) Stacey Dooley and Hamza Yassin liked the post, alongside Channel 5 quality anchor Dan Walker.

Despite owning up to the ‘kick’ with his rep’s statement, Di Prima aboriginal claimed his ft ‘brushed’ McDermott after helium ‘kicked the level successful frustration’ owed to the ‘pressure of the show.’

Recalling the incidental successful a antithetic light, Di Prima told the Daily Mail: ‘I’m not a monster. I’m not an abusive man.

‘The lone happening I tin deliberation of is the clip I kicked the level successful frustration. We’d practised hr aft hr to cleanable a regular with lifts. It wasn’t casual but that’s the unit of the show.

‘I wasn’t meaning to footwear her. I’d never, ne'er bash that. My ft brushed her aft I kicked the floor.’

He insisted helium had past hugged her, apologised and they ‘carried on’ with their being ‘no problem’.

In the aforesaid interview, helium vowed to ‘dance again’, sharing: ‘I volition bring joyousness to radical again with my dancing due to the fact that this is who I am: an planetary nonrecreational dancer, a antheral of integrity, a loving hubby and lad who has ne'er forgotten wherever he’s travel from.

‘I volition not fto these lies specify me. They are not who I am.’

He was besides said to beryllium ‘under aesculapian supervision’ after allegations astir his teaching methods emerged successful the summer, with his household saying that the ‘stress of the concern [was] causing important concern’.

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