Strictly star witnessed ‘people slamming doors and running down the street in tears’ during rehearsals

Strictly Come Dancing prima Annabel Croft has revealed she saw ‘doors being slammed and radical successful tears’ during her clip connected the show.

The erstwhile tennis professional, 58, appeared connected the 2023 play of the BBC series, wherever she was paired with pro dancer Johannes Radebe, 37.

The brace made it each the mode to the semi-final, with Annabel saying the acquisition was ‘life-changing’ and ‘extraordinary’ erstwhile they were eliminated.

However her play of the amusement was aboriginal marred by accusations made against pro dancers Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima, who person some since near the series.

After a lengthy probe by the BBC, complaints of verbal bullying and harassment made against Pernice by his creation spouse Amanda Abbington wherever upheld.

Meanwhile Di Prima was accused of ‘kicking and hitting’ spouse Zara McDermott, with the Italian dancer apologising and adding helium had ‘made a mistake’.

Reflecting connected what she witnessed successful the high-pressure environment, Annabel has present said it was not lone Abbington who struggled during the series.

At a caller lawsuit astatine The Barbican successful London, she said different personage contestant allegedly ran disconnected down the thoroughfare successful tears aft an altercation.  

‘There is simply a batch of accent down the scenes,’ she said.

‘You were rehearsing adjacent doorway to assorted couples and would spot doors being slammed and idiosyncratic moving disconnected down the roadworthy and tons of tears,’ she added, arsenic reported by The Sun.

Last twelvemonth the BBC introduced measures to enactment the welfare of those taking portion of the show.

‘Concerns that person arisen successful caller months person been fundamentally astir grooming and rehearsals. The actions we denote contiguous are designed to code that,’ it was announced.

It was past elaborate that creation rehearsals would beryllium monitored, with ‘a accumulation squad subordinate contiguous during grooming country rehearsals astatine each times.’

Last period Pernice, who joined Strictly successful 2015, expressed his hopes helium could 1 time instrumentality to the show contempt his content it was unlikely.

‘I would emotion to spell backmost to Strictly due to the fact that Strictly changed my life. It is simply a monolithic show, but I don’t deliberation they’re going to person maine back. They’re not,’ helium told the Daily Mail.

‘I’m upset arsenic well. It’s been a great, great, large 10 years. I achieved everything. But it’s not my choice, it’s not my decision.’

Metro has contacted the BBC for comment.

Strictly Come Dancing is streaming connected BBC iPlayer.

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