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Unseen posts reveal how Giovanni Pernice arrived in London a fresh-faced young dancer with a simple dream 'not to be rich, just to be happy'. So, as insiders reveal his 'BBC fame changed him', where DID it all go wrong for Strictly's Italian Stallion?
The star arrived in London almost ten years ago with barely a word of English and needing a BBC translator to get him through his first series where he got to the final with Georgia May Foote.
When he landed in London three years later the fresh-faced dancer posed happily in front of Big Ben on Facebook, where weeks earlier he had said: 'I want to live my life without stress and worries. But while many could argue he is the greatest Strictly professional of all time, Giovanni has now walked away from the show he loved amid claims of bullying, sparked by the shock departure of Amanda Abbington during the last series. Surprised: Giovanni Pernice's mum and dad have said the dancer 'was just doing his job' following partner Amanda Abbington's shock departure from Strictly Come Dancing (pictured with his parents outside Buckingham Palace)
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