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Strictly pro Gleb Savchenko’s regret over his behaviour towards celebrity partner Anita Rani

BBC Strictly star Gleb Savchenko once admitted that he wishes he could have taken it easier on his celeb partner, Anita Rani.

They made it to the semi-finals in a series that was eventually won by Jay McGuinness and Aliona Vilani. My schedule with Anita was 9 to 6 so every time we’d come in we’d do a little bit of warm up, 9.30 we started learning and by like 1 we’d have an hour break for lunch and 2 to 6 we’d rehearse and I remember we were so exhausted at some points but I was like: ‘No we have to do it,'” he said. Claudia and Tess may have a difficult job to do (Credit: BBC) The show has been rocked by several allegations of abuse and bullying – most notably Zara McDermott ‘s allegations that Graziano Di Prima kicked and shouted at her.

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