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Strictly's Amy Dowden is the latest star to snub Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima as she wades in on tarnished show's bullying row


The dancing pro, 33, is returning to the BBC show this year after having time off to undergo chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

A slew of chaperones and welfare producers have been employed for season 22, in order to meet the 'decisive steps' to protect the celebs and dancers, laid out by the BBC's director of unscripted programming Kate Phillips, last month. A slew of chaperones and welfare producers have been employed for season 22, in order to meet the 'decisive steps' to protect the celebs and dancers, laid out by the BBC’s director of unscripted programming Kate Phillips, last month In one interview, Amanda compared the dance show to 'the trenches' telling Channel 4 News that BBC producers had been left 'horrified' by clips that also allegedly exhibited 'humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature'.

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