October 5th 2024.
Amanda Abbington, known for her role in Sherlock, recently shared that her departure from Strictly Come Dancing was due to a cancer scare. The BBC had previously issued an apology to her and upheld some of her complaints against her former dance partner, Giovanni Pernice. However, they cleared him of the more serious allegations of physical aggression in a review that was published earlier.
Now, Abbington has opened up about the events that led to her decision to leave the show. She revealed that things with Pernice had become so difficult that she was actually relieved when she discovered the lumps in her breast. Although she had initially cited "personal and medical" reasons for her departure in week six of the season, she now explains that the two lumps turned out to be benign.
In an interview with The Sun, Abbington shared, "By my final week, on Thursday morning, I was in the shower and I found two lumps. I had gotten the all-clear after a mammogram a couple of months before." She also added that she was grateful for the early detection and was able to seek treatment immediately.
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Abbington also shared that her experience with Pernice was not a pleasant one. She alleged that he was physically aggressive towards her during training and that he even refused to look at her at one point. She recalled a specific incident where she was so frustrated that she left the training room to get the lumps checked at the hospital.
According to Abbington, this was the "catalyst" she needed to finally leave the toxic situation. She claimed that she was subjected to a "toxic environment" and experienced "inappropriate, mean, nasty bullying" from Pernice, which led to the investigation.
In response, Pernice denied any accusations of threatening or abusive behavior. He has since joined an Italian dance show and is not part of this year's Strictly professional dancing line-up.
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