Giovanni Pernice has responded to one of his former Strictly Come Dancing partners’ admissions about working with him. The dancer is no longer part of the BBC One dance contest following an investigation into his behaviour on the show. He was cleared of the most serious allegations.
The BBC apologised to Sherlock star Amanda Abbington as they upheld some of her complaints against her former dance partner during the 2023 series.
In a statement in September, the broadcaster said: “We have assessed the complaints and we have upheld some, but not all, of the complaints made. We want to apologise to Amanda Abbington and to thank her for coming forward and taking part. We know this would not have been an easy thing to do.”
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Now, Michelle Visage has told how she and Giovanni “fought every day” during her time on Strictly but they’re “still friends” now. The RuPaul’s Drag Race host appeared on the dance show in 2019.
Reflecting on her own experiences, Michelle told the Metro newspaper’s 60 Seconds column: “I was absolutely fine with him. We fought every day but that’s the way two Italians communicate. That’s our love language. I’m still friends with Gio. Is he tough? Yeah. Is he the best teacher? Yeah. Would I dance with him again? In a heartbeat.”
Giovanni has since shared a screengrab of her Metro segment and wrote on his Instagram Story: “Give the time and the place and I will be there…” adding a face surrounded by hearts emoji and a red heart icon.
Back in October, the BBC’s report found that some of the language used by Giovanni towards Amanda could be “belittling” and agreed with the actress that his feedback was, at times, “overly negative” and that he had used profanity during rehearsals.
The report noted after reviewing several hours of rehearsal footage as part of an official investigation that there were two moments of “inappropriate behaviour of sexual banter in the workplace”, which were found to simply have been “made and received as jokes” between the pair.
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