January 7th 2024.
Actress Amanda Abbington has reportedly requested to see footage of her and former Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice during their training sessions.
In October last year, Amanda announced that she had withdrawn from the show due to ‘personal reasons’. Giovanni expressed his sadness in an Instagram post, writing ‘Amanda...I am so sad we can’t continue but I am proud of what we achieved and I am sending you so much love.’
Subsequently, Amanda was reportedly not invited to the Strictly final, which saw Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola lift the Glitterball Trophy. In response to this, a source close to Amanda has revealed that she has requested to see footage of her and Giovanni’s training sessions and has sought legal advice.
The source also claimed that Giovanni can be ‘incredibly full-on’ and that Amanda has been ‘left broken and saddened by the whole experience.’ They described that the actress was ‘really stressed by having to spend eight hours a day with Giovanni’ and ‘spent a lot of time crying.’
Amanda and Giovanni had performed four routines together on the Strictly dancefloor, receiving a score of 31 out of 40 for their final Foxtrot. Amanda then took a week off due to ‘medical reasons’, and the week after that, she withdrew from the competition.
In her announcement, Amanda thanked the other contestants and the production team, writing ‘It was an absolute joy working with my fellow contestants...It’s a wonderful bunch of people and I’ll miss all of them.’
The BBC has declined to comment on the situation, and both Amanda and Giovanni’s representatives have not yet responded. Strictly Come Dancing can still be watched on BBC iPlayer.
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