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What Giovanni said to Amanda Abbington on day she quit Strictly over cancer scare - and why insiders now say her departure seemed 'bizarre', reveals KATIE HIND
When Amanda Abbington tearfully told Giovanni Pernice that she'd found lumps in her breasts, he reacted like a perfect gentleman, say his friends.
After describing her shock health scare in a newspaper interview at the weekend, the ongoing saga of Abbington's dramatic departure from Strictly last October – which everyone has heard, many times, was due to her 'mistreatment' and 'bullying' in rehearsals which left her with PTSD – took a confusing turn. Then, in recent days, the 50-year-old Sherlock actress, who quit the show in week six, revealed intimate details of her cancer scare, saying that was the reason she left. 'Giovanni is focusing on his job on Ballando con le Stelle [the Italian version of the show] and supporting his partner Bianca, and hopes that Ms Abbington can soon accept the review's findings and look to the future.'
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