Strictly bosses rush show couple from dance studio… because Giovanni Pernice was next door practising for stage show

STRICTLY bosses moved Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal aft uncovering retired her ex — nonrecreational dancer Giovanni Pernice — was rehearsing adjacent door, we tin uncover today.

Pete, 36, and Jowita, 30, were grooming to hole for past night’s Halloween peculiar erstwhile it emerged the Italian professional was besides moving astatine the basal successful Oval, South London.

Giovanni, 34, who decided to discontinue the BBC hit successful May pursuing allegations astir his pugnacious grooming methods, was preparing for his circuit — The Last Dance — which kicks disconnected successful January.

A root said the creation show’s chiefs decided it would beryllium a amended thought to abstracted them fixed Jowita’s past with Gio.

To adhd to the imaginable tension, world prima Pete had snogged different of Giovanni’s exes, Maura Higgins, 33, earlier successful the week.

He was spotted smooching with Love Island prima Maura astatine London’s Grosvenor House edifice connected Monday nighttime pursuing the Pride of Britain Awards.

The root added: “Pete bumped into Giovanni extracurricular the rehearsal country and helium told Jowita helium had seen Gio erstwhile helium went backmost in.

“It was awkward for Pete but adjacent much truthful for Jowita who dated Giovanni a mates of years ago.

"No 1 likes bumping into an ex.”

The root added: “The accumulation squad were notified that Giovanni was astatine the workplace and bosses made the determination to determination Pete and Jowita elsewhere.

“They were taken to a workplace successful North London for the remainder of the time but luckily it didn’t origin excessively overmuch disruption.”

Jowita, who danced a Viennese waltz with Pete past nighttime to That’s Life by Frank Sinatra, split from semipermanent partner and chap nonrecreational Michael Danilczuk successful 2022.

The break-up happened earlier her rehearsals began that twelvemonth with wildlife big Hamza Yassin, 34.

The brace went connected to triumph the show.

Shortly after, The Sun revealed that Jowita was secretly dating Giovanni aft the brace were caught kissing backstage astatine the Strictly studios successful Elstree, Herts.

However, Gio and Polish dancer Jowita, who has been connected Strictly since 2021, soon split, with pals claiming that their hectic enactment schedules got successful the mode of their relationship.

It comes arsenic Pete was said to person fallen for Jowita — contempt his snog with Maura.

He said of his nonrecreational different half: “Jowita is just . . .  I could not person got a amended partner.

“I can’t beryllium present and spell ‘she’s my life’.

“We don’t cognize each different that well. But what I bash cognize is that she makes maine consciousness good.

"And that is truly important and hopefully I marque her consciousness bully and that’s a truly bully spot to be, you cognize what I mean?”

Maura and Giovanni went public astir their narration successful July 2021 with a loved-up Instagram post, captioned: “I’m yours.”

But things soon appeared to crook sour, with Italian Open Latin creation champion Giovanni ending their narration conscionable 4 months later, leaving Maura “blindsided”.

Their break-up came aft heart-to-heart talks, during which the dancer admitted helium was not “ready to settee down”.

'BELITTLING'

Giovanni discontinue Strictly aft 9 years successful May erstwhile helium faced claims astir his pugnacious attack to ­training with his personage partners — including Sherlock histrion Amanda Abbington, 50.

She near past year’s amusement successful week six citing aesculapian reasons, but aboriginal accused Giovanni of bullying.

The BBC’s five-month investigation, which was published past month, cleared Giovanni of 10 of the 16 allegations made against him.

But it recovered instances of him utilizing “belittling” connection towards Amanda, and bosses astatine the BBC apologised to her.

A BBC spokeswoman said past night: “Pete and Jowita moved grooming rooms arsenic they were filming a Halloween VT successful a abstracted determination successful the morning.

“It is not antithetic for contestants to alteration rehearsal rooms successful the week, depending connected idiosyncratic and amusement commitments.”