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How Strictly's Graziano Di Prima and wife Giada Lini had a friendship with Zara McDermott and were thinking about starting a family before misconduct probe


Just two weeks before his firing, Graziano gushed over how his wife Giada Lini and Zara had shared a close friendship.

Just two weeks before his firing for allegedly 'punching and kicking' Zara McDermott, Graziano gushed over how his wife Giada Lidi and the Love Island star had shared a close friendship MailOnline revealed that Strictly production staff raised concerns about Graziano's conduct last year, but bosses only went as far as to issue quiet warnings to him. 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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