Strictly pro breaks silence amid rumours celeb 'threatened to quit before live show'
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing pro, Giovanni Pernice, has broken his silence amid claims that he and his dancing partner, actress Amanda Abbington have not been seeing eye to eye.
It had been reported that the Sherlock star threatened to quit before the first live show of the new series. However, Giovanni seemed keen to address this, and took to social media to set the record straight.The dancer lifted a still image from Amanda's Instagram stories and shared it to his own, which shows her smiling during a training session.
He wrote alongside the image: "I usually don't say those things early (as probably everybody knows) but I am extremely proud of you and I can't wait for people to watch what we have created." Amanda's post also offered scope that there was no hard feelings between the two.
Beside the picture, she said: "The smile you give your pro partner at the end of the camera rehearsal when you know you are in safe and hugely talented hands." The Sun had reported that Amanda was not happy with Giovanni's "militant" attitude during training sessions.
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