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Graziano Di Prima's wife Giada Lina responds to Zara McDermott's statement with telling move after Strictly dancer was sacked for 'hitting and kicking her' in rehearsals


Graziano, 30, was axed from the BBC show last week over reports he verbally and physically abused his celebrity partner Zara McDermott , 27, during last year's series.

And on Tuesday, the Love Island star broke her silence as she took to Instagram to explain that while much of her time on Strictly 'was everything I could have dreamt of', there were 'particular incidents which are incredibly distressing'. Graziano, 30, was axed from the BBC show last week over reports he verbally and physically abused his celebrity partner Zara, 27, during last year's series Insiders have also revealed that Graziano is already packing up his life in the UK and plans to start again in Italy alongside his wife Giada, a fellow dancer who stars on the Italian version of Strictly.

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