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The dancer addressed a fig of claims made by the actress
- Mary Gallagher, Senior Digital Showbiz Reporter
- Published: 0:02, 22 Oct 2024
- Updated: 0:02, 22 Oct 2024
GIOVANNI Pernice has revealed the past words that helium spoke to Amanda Abbington aft their bitter fallout amid a Strictly bullying probe.
Giovanni, 34, besides retaliated to a drawstring of claims made successful his archetypal interrogation since the BBC released its decision.
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Sherlock histrion Amanda, 50, discontinue Strictly Come Dancing past year, and aboriginal made a ceremonial ailment astir Giovanni on with 3 of his erstwhile creation partners.
She near the amusement during week six, aft uncovering 2 lumps successful her breasts, and fearing she had cancer.
She antecedently revealed her nightmare rehearsals with Gio got truthful atrocious she was relieved erstwhile the crab scare meant she could discontinue the show.
Giovanni has present recalled the infinitesimal Amanda told him astir her wellness scare during their rehearsals.
He insisted helium instantly contacted a doc to put a scan, and said that was the past clip that they ever spoke.
The ballroom dancer told MailOnline: "Amanda told maine that she couldn't ore due to the fact that portion she was having a ablution she had recovered 2 lumps.
"I said, 'Please archer maine it's thing serious,' and the archetypal happening I did was telephone my doc and tried to organise for her to person a scan close away."
Also in the interview the Sicilian denied making intersexual remarks during rehearsals, but conceded that they had "very rude banter".
He recalled: "Amanda was a laugh, we were making each different laugh. She would accidental precise atrocious things, similar the c-word. She would usage it.
"In existent fact, the accumulation unit came to america and said, 'We person noticed that you telephone each different that word, is it ok?'
Amanda Abbington reveals she held tearful concealed gathering with Giovanni Pernice's erstwhile partners astatine her location and 'they each said the aforesaid thing'
"And she was like, 'Oh yea it's fine, I telephone him that! It's perfectly fine, I started it', those were her words. And I was like, 'Yes guys, we are fine, we are joking similar this.
"She's the idiosyncratic who would commencement the joke. She would archer a acheronian joke.
"That was the banter we had from the beginning, precise rude banter."
He besides addressed Amanda's assertion that helium had said to her: "You're a 51-year-old menopausal pistillate but I'd inactive f*** you," which the probe did not and find grounds of.
Giovanni said helium was bewildered by Amanda's claim, and responded: "I had to inquire my cause what the menopause means."
The pro dancer said helium realised Amanda wasn't enjoying rehearsals aft their co-star alerted him to her frustrations aft conscionable 1 week.
He said helium was near acrophobic she mightiness misrepresent their clip unneurotic - and truthful helium began secretly signaling their sessions, saying: "I did it to support myself".
After a backlash from Amanda, and different former personage creation partners, Giovanni was astatine the centre of a five-month bullying tempest and escalating crisis.
The BBC past period cleared him of 10 of the 16 allegations made against him by Amanda.
The Beeb besides apologised to Amanda arsenic she revealed her acquisition with him was “morbid and toxic".
Amanda past conducted a fig of interviews connected high-profile platforms similar Newsnight, Channel 4 News and The Sun.
Recalling her interviews, Giovanni said helium was perpetually crying and distraught, and the claims near his household successful pieces.
He said: "I rang my parents up crying. They are the closest radical to me. They were asked if their lad was a bully.
"Everyone got upset, that made maine upset. There were truthful galore tears of vexation and sadness."
Giovanni is acceptable talk retired again connected Lorraine Kelly's daytime chat amusement connected Tuesday morning.
Strictly's afloat ungraded truthful acold
Strictly Come Dancing's ungraded has been increasing implicit the past fewer months, with respective large players speaking retired astir what went on. Here are the cardinal moments of what's happened truthful far
16th May: Giovanni Pernice sensationally quits Strictly Come Dancing aft 9 years connected the show.
17th May: Giovanni becomes the centre of an authoritative investigation aft 3 erstwhile partners – believed to beryllium Amanda Abbington, Laura Whitmore and Ranvir Singh – marque complaints to the BBC.
16th June: Giovanni releases an official connection vowing to wide his name and denies immoderate wrongdoing.
8th July: Strictly confirms Aljaz Skorjanec volition instrumentality to the series, replacing Giovanni, aft initially quitting the amusement 2 years ago.
10th July: Amanda Abbington launches fresh ineligible proceedings to get the rehearsal footage from her clip with Giovanni, aft allegedly helium refused to merchandise the videos.
13th July: Graziano Di Prima is axed from Strictly for "gross misconduct" aft footage of his attraction of Zara McDermott is brought to the attraction of the BBC.
Graziano rapidly broke his silence, apologising for his behaviour successful a connection and saying helium "deeply regrets it", adding his "intense passionateness and determination to triumph mightiness person affected his grooming regime."
15th July: Strictly bosses implement caller work of attraction protocols, including having a chaperone contiguous passim each rehearsals.
16th July: Zara McDermott speaks retired publically for archetypal time. She states portion the accumulation squad were "amazing to enactment with", she recovered the rehearsal country "completely different", confirming there's footage of "certain situations".
19th July: Anton Du Beke is put nether the spotlight for his "1970s attitude" and treatment of pistillate celeb stars, peculiarly aft allegedly referring to 2009 spouse Laila Rouass arsenic a "p***" aft getting a spray tan.
21st July: Paralympian Will Bayley, who has limb information arthrogryposis, revealed helium was encouraged to leap from a array during a creation routine, contempt fears. The stunt caused an wounded that forced him to retreat from the show.
22nd July: MasterChef's Gregg Wallace admits helium broke down successful tears and got a nasty accent rash connected his look during his clip connected Strictly successful 2014.
22nd July: Despite ongoing issues, the Strictly nonrecreational formed statesman rehearsals for this year's series.
23rd July: Celebrity cause Melanie Blake claims she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed pro dancer portion backstage connected the show, and claims she witnessed ageism, rudeness and a unsmooth attraction to the constituent of injury.
23rd July: Strictly is forced to beef up information aft 'an intruder scales the partition of the rehearsal studio'.
23rd July: BBC brag Tim Davie breaks his soundlessness connected the ongoing allegations against Strictly, saying helium is 'deeply sorry', adding: "Hundreds of people, beryllium they pros, contestants oregon unit person been portion of it and had a superb experience.
"At the aforesaid clip if idiosyncratic thinks determination was thing incorrect oregon they privation to speech astir their acquisition past of people we privation them to rise that with us. Be successful nary uncertainty we volition instrumentality it seriously, perceive and woody with it arsenic appropriate."
24th July: Strictly 2023 prima Krishnan Guru-Murthy holds a bombshell interrogation with Amanda Abbington connected Channel 4 news, wherever she claims she was bullied, with immoderate of the 'humilation being of a intersexual nature'.
27th July: Laura Whitmore releases a connection regarding her Strictly experience, saying "I thought my acquisition was circumstantial to maine but I’ve since learned I was wrong".
She adds she is not portion of the authoritative complaint, but has travel guardant to enactment Amanda with the BBC, alongside others.
28th July: Laila Rouass speaks retired against the accusations regarding Anton Du Beke, saying she "never felt pressured" by him and "personally insisted connected six to 7 hours grooming a day".
10th August: Graziano breaks his soundlessness connected his Strictly axe, saying "these vile, mendacious allegations person ruined my life."
He besides told of the "shocking" extremity to his relationship with Zara McDermott.
We besides revealed that Amanda Abbington was besides quizzed for a 2nd time arsenic Strictly execs recruited 15 caller unit to show rehearsals.
11th August: Just arsenic the probe was expected to conclude, Amanda made a melodramatic intervention. Giovanni was connected the brink of being cleared until Amanda handed successful much substance messages.
24th August: Graziano Di Prima called successful top lawyers to writer the BBC and to effort to wide his name. He recruited large hitters Whitestone Chambers to combat his corner.
A root said: "They’ve besides looked astatine his BBC contract and judge determination are grounds to sue."
Meanwhile, the BBC besides delayed releasing the findings of the probe into Giovanni Pernice. The Sun revealed that the results of the three-month probe were improbable to beryllium announced successful August.
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