Strictly Come Dancing professional breaks silence on backstage bullying allegations

Nikita Kuzmin has shared his views connected the ongoing play and claims of bullying down the scenes connected Strictly Come Dancing aft a drawstring of celebs issued complaints

A Strictly Come Dancing prima has addressed the allegations of maltreatment and bullying.

Professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin, 26, has antecedently remained tight-lipped surrounding the ongoing allegations. But successful a caller interrogation conscionable earlier the archetypal unrecorded show, helium was asked whether the claims of toxicity and bullying had formed a "shadow" connected the programme for him.

When prompted by BBC Breakfast, Nikita responded: "I don't deliberation so, no." Elsewhere, his personage partner, Olympian Sam Quek, added: "I've had the champion clip truthful far, I can't adjacent deliberation of it to get amended than what it is now. Every acquisition I've had since I've been present has been apical notch and I deliberation everyone feels the aforesaid here."

Currently, the BBC are investigating claims of maltreatment down the scenes. It comes aft histrion Amanda Abbington made allegations of "bullying" and "aggressive behaviour" against her erstwhile creation spouse Giovanni, whom she was partnered with past year.

Giovanni has powerfully denied immoderate "abusive oregon threatening" behaviour during his clip connected the show. He was subsequently dropped from the 20th series. Elsewhere, erstwhile pro-Graziano Di Prima has besides been axed by bosses implicit allegations astir his behaviour successful the rehearsal rooms.