One other weekend, one other allegation about dangerous behaviour behind the scenes of the UK’s largest leisure TV present, with former contestant Laura Whitmore alleging she was the goal of “inappropriate behaviour” when she took half in Strictly Come Dancing.
The TV presenter was partnered with skilled dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, whom she has not named in her account. Saturday she penned an Instagram submit saying:
I used to be making an attempt to not touch upon latest press hypothesis till the BBC overview is full however really feel there’s quite a lot of misinformation within the press and I wish to assist and present help by setting the file straight.”
Whitmore stated she voiced her issues throughout her time on the present, by which the pair grew to become the seventh to be eradicated.
“I initially raised issues again in 2016,” she wrote. “I assumed my expertise was particular to me however I’ve since discovered I used to be incorrect.
“The purpose of that is to point out a sample of behaviour that I consider must cease.
“I’m not in search of something, simply an acceptance that what occurred to me within the rehearsal rooms throughout my time on BBC Strictly was incorrect and that it received’t occur to anybody else once more.”
“I do know the BBC and all retailers proceed to do their finest to be higher, however for that to occur we should communicate up,” she stated.
Pernice has been the topic of claims by his 2023 accomplice, actress Amanda Abbington, who left the present “for medical causes” however later she had been recognized with PTSD following her time rehearsing with Pernice, and that his behaviour was “unkind, pointless and imply.”
Pernice denies all of the allegations made in opposition to him, and the BBC investigation is anticipated to be concluded within the coming week. He has not been included within the lineup for the present this yr, Strictly Come Dancing’s 20th anniversary.
The present stays one of many BBC’s most profitable ever productions, operating for 20 years and being bought to greater than 60 territories internationally, with many worldwide broadcasters renaming it Dancing With the Stars.
