Giovanni Pernice ‘wouldn’t change’ teaching style after BBC Strictly Come Dancing probe

Giovannia Pernice has said helium “wouldn’t change” his teaching benignant aft helium was investigated implicit his behaviour erstwhile grooming Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington.

Appearing connected ITV’s Lorraine connected Tuesday greeting successful the Italian dancer’s archetypal TV interrogation since the results of the probe were released, Pernice said: “From my definite constituent of view, I’m relieved the information that the astir superior allegations were thrown out.”

“Yes, six has been upheld but 11 hasn’t been upheld, which is again, the astir superior were not.”

He continued: “When it comes to that 1 upheld we got immoderate allegation of verbal bullying, arsenic we say, I accommodate with the idiosyncratic that volition spell successful beforehand of me, and vice versa. I deliberation this is beingness similar this.

“If you’re successful the country and we determine 1 benignant of narration wrong america two, I consciousness harmless astatine that time, we were OK with it and was fine. Never been a trouble of ‘Please don’t accidental this to me’. And the different allegation, that was maine being frustrated, which I recognise.”

Asked if helium volition alteration his benignant of teaching pursuing the investigation, helium told Lorraine: “I wouldn’t alteration my teaching benignant because, successful my opinion, it’s a profession, dancing is simply a precise hard happening to do.

“I person achieved 4 finals, I won the amusement with Rose [Ayling-Ellis], present I’m breaking records successful Italy with Bianca [Guaccero].

“I’ve perchance got each the records connected Strictly, but it’s not to stroke my ain trumpet, I deliberation it’s a hard discipline, and for me, teaching, the mode I teach, is the palmy mode to attack this.

“Yes, you could alteration the approach, but not changing the teaching style.”

Pernice, who is not portion of this year’s Strictly nonrecreational dancing line-up and has since joined the Italian edition, antecedently rejected “any assertion of threatening oregon abusive behaviour”.

In an interrogation published by MailOnline connected Tuesday, helium described Abbington arsenic “a laugh” who told “dark” jokes, adding that they some enjoyed “very rude banter” with 1 another.

He claimed helium had initially been blindsided by her claims of abusive behaviour.

“I've inactive got [Amanda's] messages,” helium told MailOnline. “They say: ‘Thank you truthful overmuch for your patience today, you're an unthinkable teacher,’ truthful I conscionable thought it was each great.”

But helium became alert Abbington had been complaining to different members of the show, and said helium began to movie their grooming sessions.

“I asked for chaperones and cameras successful the room,” helium said.

“I started to grounds myself connected my phone. Obviously we were dancing and I wanted to spot the video backmost but astatine the aforesaid time, I did it to support myself. I told the accumulation squad I was doing it due to the fact that I didn't consciousness comfy successful the room, I didn't consciousness safe.

“At that point, I didn't deliberation she was going to impeach maine of thing - but she was saying 1 happening to maine and thing other to others connected the WhatsApp group. She was telling 2 antithetic versions of the story. They told maine not to [film rehearsals] immoderate much but that they were going to bash it instead.

“They sent idiosyncratic successful with a camera and radical to watch.”

When Abbington went nationalist with her accusations, Pernice said helium was often brought to tears and feared the allegations would destruct his career.

“I rang my parents up crying,” helium told MailOnline. 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.”

When, successful a TV interrogation with Channel 4, Abbington alleged immoderate of the bullying was “of a intersexual nature”, Pernice said helium had “wanted to punch the television”.

“I didn't ticker it,” helium told MailOnline. “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?’ helium said.

“My Sicilian humor would emergence up and I'd think, "This isn't the truth" - but I had to stay soundless .

“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.”

The BBC study cleared Pernice of unit and carnal maltreatment and said helium did not marque threats and was not intimidating.

However, it did find moments of “inappropriate behaviour of intersexual banter successful the workplace” positive the usage of curse words and “belittling, dismissive and insulting” language.

Last month, the BBC said: “We person assessed the complaints and we person upheld some, but not all, of the complaints made. We privation to apologise to Amanda Abbington and to convey her for coming guardant and taking part. We cognize this would not person been an casual happening to do.

“At the time, though the accumulation squad took steps to code the issues arsenic they understood them, yet these were not enough. This is wherefore the measures we person taken to further fortify our existing protocols are truthful important.” Afterwards Pernice posted a video online saying helium was “happy” to yet beryllium capable to gully a enactment nether a “difficult time”.

The amusement returned connected September 14 for its 20th day with a caller formed of celebrities, and immoderate changes including having chaperones contiguous “at each times” during rehearsals.

“Despite this vile abuse, I've ne'er regretted coming forward, and today's apology from the BBC is simply a vindication of my complaint,” she said astatine the time.

“It's not conscionable a vindication for me, it's a vindication for the different radical who person contacted maine since I made my ailment to explicit concerns astir their ain experiences connected Strictly Come Dancing. I anticipation those who person felt incapable to talk retired present volition beryllium much assured that they volition beryllium listened to and believed.”