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Strictly star Giovanni Pernice breaks his silence on Amanda Abbington feud as he admits 'I'm definitely a perfectionist'


Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has addressed criticism abouthis teaching techiniques.

Speaking to Spencer Matthews on his Big Fish podcast last May, Giovanni, 33, gave an insight into his gruelling training regime as he revealed his key to success as a dancer was: 'Practice, pretty much 20 hours a day. Amanda continued: 'I'm very sorry that people felt the need to send me death threats, threaten my children and bring up my past, healthy relationship with an ex-partner as an ­indicator of my current mental health. The pal added that Amanda found the negative response she got on social media for not mentioning Giovanni in her exit statement difficult, but insisted her family and friends had been there to support her.

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