Giovanni Pernice breaks his silence on Amanda Abbington ‘feud’

Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has addressed criticism abouthis instructing techiniques.

The dancer has come beneath scrutiny in current weeks after his 2023 companion Amanda Abbington claimed that the present left her with PTSD and reportedly demanded footage of her rehearsals with Giovanni.

During an look on The One Show on Wednesday night time, Giovanni was requested about coaching of his superstar companions, to which he mentioned: ‘I’m positively a perfectionist.’

‘Like all people else, I wish to win. But for me it is extra about bringing the perfect out of companions, particularly if I see that there’s expertise there. I wish to do my job correctly.’

His alleged feuds with 2016 companion Laura Whitmore and 2020’s Ranvir Singh have additionally resurfaced, whereas 2021’s Rose Ayling-Ellis and 2017’s Debbie McGee have spoken out in his defence. 

Giovanni has beforehand lifted the lid on his intense rehearsal schedule. 

Speaking to Spencer Matthews on his Big Fish podcast final May, Giovanni, 33, gave an perception into his gruelling coaching regime as he revealed his key to success as a dancer was: ‘Practice, just about 20 hours a day. 

He continued: ‘The studio is open 24 hours. Well, 18 hours a day, sleep and return to the studio and follow. Lots of classes.’

Giovanni additionally credited his can-do angle and refusing to simply accept defeat along with his success. 

Explaining how he feels about shedding, the star defined: ‘I do not wish to sound cliché, however whenever you lose, when one thing would not go the best way you need it to go, I’m a kind of individuals who will get again up, similar to Rocky Balboa, one in every of my idols, you go down however you then immediately get up.

‘There isn’t any level for me whenever you lose to cry about these issues, you’re the one that chooses about your future. Nobody else can do it for you, so it’s important to discover a method to make it higher.’

Asked whether or not he ever feels emotionally weak, he responded: ‘I steer clear of that, the explanation why, I feel it is a waste of time.

‘I feel vulnerability is sweet, it is stunning however it simply would not actually make sense in my head, as a result of there’s at all times an answer to do higher.

‘I’ve obtained thousands and thousands of issues, however I at all times discover a method to make issues higher, I’m not one in every of these individuals who cry. So weak just isn’t a phrase I can use to explain myself.’. 

The podcast has resurfaced after Strictly choose Craig Revel Horwood defended Giovanni amid the continuing scandal.

The choose praised the present’s dancers as being ‘the spine of the present,’ after it was reported that BBC bosses have been backing Giovanni amid Amanda’s claims. 

The Sherlock actress is claimed to have sought authorized recommendation over the dancer’s alleged behaviour in direction of her and believes video footage might ‘again up’ her claims. 

Speaking to The Sun forward of the Strictly tour, Craig mentioned: ‘The professionals not solely need to be artistic and have the ability to be good choreographers, additionally they need to be psychiatrists, docs, they need to be nurses, they need to be welfare steerage folks. It’s not simply instructing dance.’

It comes after Amanda revealed she was ‘despatched dying threats’ by Strictly Come Dancing followers in a brand new interview.

The star was paired with Giovanni however stop the BBC One programme mid-series final yr citing ‘private points’.

It was then revealed she had been recognized with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following her stint on the present. 

Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Amanda gave her due to each her followers and fellow Strictly stars for his or her assist. 

She defined: ‘I used to be recognized with delicate PTSD after Strictly for a number of causes and I instructed a number of folks about that, within the utmost confidence, amongst different issues that have been occurring in my life on the time each professionally and personally.’

Amanda continued: ‘I’m very sorry that folks felt the necessity to ship me dying threats, threaten my kids and produce up my previous, wholesome relationship with an ex-partner as an ­indicator of my present psychological well being. I want these folks effectively.’

She has two kids together with her actor ex Martin Freeman, a daughter Grace, 15, and son Joe, 17. 

Recently it was claimed the present left her with PTSD and demanded footage of rehearsals to spotlight the Italian’s ‘tense’ and ‘full-on’ coaching strategies, which allegedly induced her a lot grief.

Amanda left Strictly throughout week 5 in October and didn’t return for the ultimate, the place eradicated celebrities took half in a bunch dance.

Amanda was praised by the judges for her performances on the present however it was claimed she was struggling behind the scenes.

After her departure, it was alleged she struggled with Giovanni’s ‘militant strategy to coaching’, together with her time on the present mentioned to have been ‘stricken by difficulties’.

An inside supply instructed The Telegraph: ‘It could possibly be that she did not know what she let herself in for.

‘He [Giovanni] was fairly powerful and he or she discovered that tough. If she wasn’t very effectively, that would not have helped.’

They continued: ‘She was with a companion that had a sure coaching type that she could not deal with. Whether that got here to a head or whether or not there’s one thing else happening I do not know.’

It has been reported that she is searching for footage of their rehearsals to again up her claims as she seeks authorized recommendation.

An on-set supply instructed The Sun: ‘The BBC have acquired a request for the footage they maintain of Amanda and Giovanni. It is called an information topic entry request. 

‘There is a sense that the recordings will elevate the lid on what actually goes on behind the scenes on Strictly. Things in rehearsals can grow to be very tense.

‘Giovanni is a perfectionist and he may be extremely full-on.’

A buddy of Amanda instructed the publication it has taken her months to recuperate from her Strictly expertise and she has wanted remedy.

They mentioned: ‘Amanda has been left damaged and saddened by the entire expertise. She has wanted remedy and was left in shock by the behaviour she was uncovered to.

‘Everyone else was having a wonderful time, however she was actually pressured by having to spend eight hours a day with Giovanni. She spent a variety of time crying and could not sleep or eat correctly.’

The pal added that Amanda discovered the unfavorable response she obtained on social media for not mentioning Giovanni in her exit assertion tough, however insisted her household and buddies had been there to assist her.

It was reported she had stop the present after clashing with Giovanni, however she dismissed claims of a fallout on the time.

Sources on the BBC are able to battle the Sherlock star over her claims the present had traumatised her, saying that – on the time – she instructed them she was quitting on account of a special medical cause.

A supply instructed the Mail: ‘Amanda’s cause for quitting Strictly was a wholly completely different one to her PTSD.

‘She instructed manufacturing of a very completely different medical situation they usually [were] vastly supportive of her and did all they may to assist.

‘Nobody appears to fairly perceive what’s going on right here.’

It is known that first BBC chiefs knew about her PTSD was late final yr once they acquired a request for the tapes.

There is added confusion as a result of Amanda rapidly shot down strategies – made earlier than the present aired in September – that she and Giovanni had fallen out.

On Instagram, she dismissed the claims as ‘bulls****’ and instructed folks to, ‘Shut up, it is b******s.’

During broadcasts, she and the Italian dancer – who has labored on the present since 2015 – have been seen hugging and showing to be buddies. 

One Strictly supply mentioned: ‘All you’d see on the studio have been the pair of them hugging and kissing.’

Twinkle-toed star Giovanni was additionally reportedly solely given the information of Amanda’s exit a number of hours earlier than the official assertion was launched.

However, based on stories, BBC bosses are sticking behind Giovanni within the wake of the feud. 

According to The Sun, bosses organized a name between Giovanni’s administration and Strictly executives the place they supplied him their full assist and checked in on his psychological well being. 

Giovanni is known to have been assured that his place on the present is safe.