Giovanni Pernice's response to Amanda Abbington quitting Strictly over cancer scare revealed

Strictly Come Dancing pro Giovanni Pernice is said to person acted similar a 'perfect gentleman' erstwhile Amanda Abbington tearfully confided successful him astir uncovering lumps successful her breasts

When Amanda Abbington confided successful a "very concerned" Giovanni Pernice about discovering lumps successful her breasts, helium reportedly responded with utmost kindness and concern.

Friends adjacent to the Italian dancer accidental the erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing professional, 34, swiftly reached retired to his network, providing her with contacts of highly recommended aesculapian professionals. The claims from Giovanni's pals travel Amanda's latest tell-all interview.

Amanda opened up implicit the play astir her alleviation astatine exiting the BBC bid past twelvemonth owed to the crab scare. The Sherlock histrion filed a ailment against Giovanni soon aft quitting the amusement and made a fig of allegations astir him. He has ever powerfully denied Amanda's claims.

A BBC enquiry into the substance exonerated the nonrecreational dancer from allegations of unit earlier this period but did contented an apology to Amanda aft confirming immoderate of her accusations of bullying. In her latest interview, Amanda recalls discovering 2 lumps successful her breast, which turned retired to beryllium non-cancerous, during what turned retired to beryllium her 'final week' connected Strictly. She adds she was relieved her crab scare meant she could discontinue the competition.

Looking backmost connected a backstage moment, Amanda shared that she informed Giovanni of her volition to question aesculapian attention, saying: "'I'm going to spell to the infirmary present due to the fact that I recovered 2 lumps successful my bosom this morning'." His response, according to her, was simply "let maine cognize however it goes".

Speaking to The Sun, she reflected: "It was the catalyst I'd been benignant of waiting for, which is terrible. But that's what I was thinking, that it was a healthier enactment than being successful that room." She besides acknowledged feeling a consciousness of relief, reasoning "OK, I person to woody with this present instead. Phew."

But a root astatine the BBC claims Giovanni's absorption to Amanda's wellness scare was a batch much sympathetic than her latest interrogation suggests. "As acold arsenic everyone was concerned, Amanda near due to the fact that she had recovered immoderate lumps successful her breasts that understandably near her disquieted she could person cancer," they claim.

They went connected to archer the Daily Mail: "Nobody wants to person to spot anyone spell done that and determination was a batch of kindness shown to Amanda. Gio was precise acrophobic and wanted to assistance her successful immoderate mode helium could. The adjacent happening is that she has PTSD... the script changed. None of it made sense. She has said she near for a wholly antithetic aesculapian reason. The full happening seemed bizarre." Representatives for Amanda had nary remark erstwhile presented with these caller claims.

Following BBC probe result being made nationalist past week, Amanda dropped hints astir considering ineligible enactment during her quality connected Newsnight, hosted by Victoria Derbyshire. Amanda opened up astir getting advice, saying she was "taking guidance from my lawyer connected a day-to-day basis", successful enactment with her treatment with Victoria astir her adjacent steps post-inquiry. She elaborated: "There's a 30-page study that maine and my lawyers are inactive digesting. There are inactive things successful determination that are unresolved."

In response, a spokeswoman for Giovanni firmly stated: "The BBC concluded its reappraisal astir a week ago. It is profoundly concerning that Ms Abbington appears hellbent connected continuously misrepresenting the review's findings successful TV and paper interviews. Giovanni is focusing connected his enactment connected Ballando con le Stella and is determination for his partner, Bianca. He remains hopeful that Ms Abbington volition travel to presumption with the review's conclusions and determination forwards." The nonrecreational dancer has consistently refuted the allegations levelled against him.

Friends of Giovanni person since accused Amanda of taking things "gone excessively far" and attempting to "destroy" him. "Amanda went excessively far, what is she doing? She knows afloat good what was successful the report, she kept referring to it during the interview, saying that she had a 30-page study with her successful the studio, which she said she and her lawyer are digesting," 1 told the Daily Mail aft Amanda's Newnight interview.

Another commented: "When volition she stop? Once again Abbington is destroying Giovanni successful the media. For months, determination person been stories successful the papers of acold much superior things Amanda says helium did to her, those person not been upheld truthful what has she got to accidental astir that?"

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