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The TRUTH behind the Giovanni Pernice scandal: Insiders reveal how the BBC 'thought Amanda Abbington was a troublemaker' and the Strictly bosses' big regret, while Gio's friends break their silence to KATIE HIND
It's surely the most opaque and confusing scandal in modern TV history. Just what 'horrendous things' did Strictly Come Dancing's star Giovanni Pernice do that has upset others so badly?
The crisis at the BBC's best-loved Saturday night programme is worsening by the day — and now threatens not only to destroy the career of the 33-year-old Italian heartthrob (who memorably won the glitterball with EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis in 2021) but to jeopardise the entire future of the show. Last night, dancers and producers alike were taking trenchant sides in this increasingly ugly dispute, after a raft of fresh allegations against the ballroom star emerged over the weekend in a red-top newspaper. The scandal took a fresh twist this week when professional dancer Korina Travis, 29, who has performed with Pernice at private functions, wrote on Instagram: 'I've known him for years as a fellow competitor and he has done horrendous things to me.
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