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Strictly's Anton Du Beke seen for first time since being dragged into misconduct scandal after breaking his social media silence


The outing came after the judge, 58, broke his silence after his '1970s-style behaviour' with former Strictly dance partner Laila Rouass 'raised concerns'.

As he is the latest star to be thrown into the misconduct scandal, Anton brushed off the resurfaced historic row by sharing a slew of Instagram reposts on his birthday on Saturday morning. As well as Giovanni, professional dancer Graziano Di Prima, 30, was axed from the show this week and later apologised for hitting and kicking his celebrity partner Zara McDermott, 27, during rehearsals last year. Kate Phillips, BBC's Director of Unscripted, said: 'Whilst we know our shows have been positive experiences for the vast majority of those who have taken part, if issues are raised with us, or we're made aware of inappropriate behaviour, we will always take that seriously and act.

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