Giovanni Pernice's six bombshells - nightmare celebrity remark to last Amanda Abbington text

Giovanni Pernice has fixed his archetypal interrogation since the Amanda Abbington ungraded - this is what helium claims truly happened betwixt them

Giovanni Pernice was 1 of the longest serving dancers connected Strictly Come Dancing – until helium was paired with Amanda Abbington.

The Sherlock and Mr Selfridge prima is said to person picked retired Giovanni during the BBC show’s ‘speed dating’ process, wherever celebs and the pro dancers conscionable for a speedy creation and a chat.

At the beginning, Giovanni was blessed with his prime of partner, believing Amanda was a large dancer who could adjacent triumph the last with him. But it wasn’t agelong earlier things turned sour and wrong weeks of joining the show, Amanda had quit.

Not lone that, but the 50-year-old went connected to marque a ceremonial ailment astir Giovanni, 34. This sparked a months-long probe that is said to person outgo the licence-fee taxpayers implicit £250,000.

In the end, just six of Amanda’s 17 complaints were upheld. They included verbal bullying and harassment – specified arsenic utilizing curse words, ‘belittling’ connection and giving antagonistic feedback to his partner. Though helium was cleared of the astir superior allegations of carnal aggression.

As Giovanni gives his archetypal interrogation since helium quit Strictly earlier this year, present are six bombshells that person travel retired of it - and helium reveals what helium plans to bash present it's each over.

Rude banter

Days aft being partnered with each other, Giovanni said Strictly bosses called him and Amanda successful for a chat aft noticing they were utilizing atrocious connection towards each different – wanting to cheque if either broadside was offended by it.

Giovanni revealed Amanda was ‘a laugh’, would usage the c-word and was often the 1 who would commencement ‘dark jokes’. He said ‘rude banter’ was what they had from the precise beginning.

When asked astir it by producers, Giovanni said: “Amanda was like, ‘Oh yea it’s fine, I telephone him that! I started it.” So astatine that time, helium didn’t deliberation determination was immoderate contented betwixt them.

Secret WhatsApps

Just 2 weeks into training, Giovanni thought things were going good with Amanda – with her adjacent sending texts telling him helium was an “incredible teacher”.

But helium aboriginal discovered she had been sending messages into the personage WhatsApp radical saying she was unhappy.

Giovanni told the Daily Mail : “One of the celebrities came to maine and said, ‘You didn’t person a large week, did you?’ I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ But Amanda had told them she had a horrible week - and that was week one, earlier the amusement had adjacent started.”

Recording rehearsals

After becoming fearful Amanda mightiness archer others ‘untruths’ astir him, Giovanni said helium began to movie their grooming sessions connected his telephone to support himself.

At that constituent helium said helium didn’t deliberation Amanda was going to impeach him of anything, but “didn’t consciousness comfy successful the room, I didn’t consciousness safe” aft uncovering retired she was “telling 2 antithetic versions of the story”.

At this point, producers began filming the sessions themselves and notified Amanda they would beryllium doing so. However, Amanda aboriginal insisted it was her who asked for the rehearsals to beryllium recorded.

Cancer scare and past text

In week six of the amusement successful October 2023, Giovanni says helium was “gutted” erstwhile helium got a telephone telephone from producers to accidental Amanda had discontinue the show.

Hours earlier, helium said Amanda had told him she couldn’t ore aft uncovering 2 lumps successful her breasts portion she was having a shower. That substance from her would beryllium the past she ever sent him.

Giovanni said helium replied saying: “Please archer maine it’s thing serious.” He adjacent called his doctors and asked astir arrangements for her to person a scan.

His past connection to Amanda was: “Can I assistance you? Please fto maine assistance you, hide astir the dance, hide astir the show, this is much important than anything.” But Amanda didn’t reply and determination was nary further connection betwixt them.

'She's retired to destruct me'

After Amanda made a ceremonial ailment astir him, Giovanni says helium “didn’t cognize erstwhile she was going to stop”.

In the past fewer months, he’s admitted being regularly reduced to tears by everything that has happened and feeling depressed – particularly erstwhile his parents were asked if helium was a bully.

But helium said the worst infinitesimal of each was erstwhile Amanda gave a TV interrogation saying immoderate of her bullying allegations against him were of a ‘sexual nature’. This assertion hasn’t been upheld by the BBC.

Giovanni revealed helium “wanted to punch the television” but knew helium had to stay soundless portion the probe was inactive ongoing. He said: “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... it seemed similar the lone constituent was to destruct me.”

Days aboriginal successful a newspaper, Amanda claimed Giovanni had said to her ‘You’re a 50-year-old menopausal pistillate but I’d inactive f*** you.’ The BBC study didn’t uphold this allegation either and a bewildered Giovanni confessed: “I had to inquire my cause what the menopause means.”

New Strictly showdown

Though helium near the amusement successful June 2024 and is presently appearing connected the Italian mentation of Strictly Come Dancing, Giovanni is acceptable to person different showdown with the BBC successful the coming days present the results of the study person been made public.

During the meeting, helium is hoping helium tin code immoderate issues astir however helium has been treated – and hasn’t ruled retired a instrumentality to the amusement successful the future.

He told the Mail: “I’d similar to perceive what they person to accidental to me. We request to person a chat astir the full thing. I’m gladsome that they got the effect they did, but there’s a fewer points I privation to speech to them about.”

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