Giovanni Pernice finally breaks silence on Amanda Abbington's Strictly sex complaint

Amanda Abbington abruptly near the 2023 bid of Strictly Come Dancing arsenic an probe was launched into Giovanni Pernice's behaviour

Strictly Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has breached his soundlessness connected Amanda Abbington's enactment complaint.

The nonrecreational dancer has opened up successful an interrogation wherever helium has denied the intersexual allegations against him. He and the histrion were paired up unneurotic connected the 2023 bid of the amusement but she near abruptly citing idiosyncratic reasons.

However, it past came retired that an probe into Giovanni's behaviour had been launched arsenic bullying allegations came to light. Opening up astir her experience, Amanda said that she had PTSD from the amusement owed to Giovanni's behaviour which progressive complaints of a intersexual nature. Six of the 17 allegations were upheld by the BBC investigation.

Now Giovanni has spoken to the Mail Online astir what helium experienced during this time. Three months aft the BBC had launched its probe Giovanni recovered that Amanda was going to look successful an interrogation with Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy wherever she claimed that the bullying allegations against Giovanni were "of a intersexual nature".

Speaking astir however helium felt erstwhile the interrogation was airing, Giovanni said: "I wanted to punch the television. I didn't ticker it, I couldn't ticker the interrogation due to the fact that I was thinking, 'Why would you speech connected unrecorded TV erstwhile we've some been asked not to speech astir it?' My Sicilian humor would emergence up and I'd think, 'This isn't the truth' – but I had to stay silent.

"It was the archetypal clip determination was speech of thing sexual. Of course, I was disquieted it could destruct my vocation – the radical that travel to my shows are kids and women. I was painted arsenic a idiosyncratic I americium not. It seemed similar the lone constituent was to destruct me."

Giovanni has besides revealed the last speech betwixt himself and Amanda earlier she lodged a ailment to the BBC. Giovanni said helium was "gutted" erstwhile helium received a telephone from BBC unit informing him that Amanda had quit. Prior to the call, Amanda had opened up to Giovanni during rehearsals, explaining that she had recovered 2 lumps successful her breasts, conscionable months aft being fixed the each wide from a mammogram.

"Amanda told maine that she couldn't ore due to the fact that portion she was having a ablution she had recovered 2 lumps," helium told the Daily Mail. He went connected to adhd that helium said to Amanda helium was hoping it was "nothing serious" and adjacent offered to get his ain doc progressive to person a scan "right away."

"So the past connection betwixt america was maine saying to her: 'Can I assistance you? Please fto maine assistance you, hide astir the dance, hide astir the show, this is much important than anything,'" helium told the outlet. Giovanni added: "This was the past clip I heard from Amanda."

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