Sunday within the UK has introduced one other quiver of unhealthy headlines for the BBC’s beleaguered dance present Strictly Come Dancing, mothership of 60 spin-off variations internationally together with the US’s Dancing With the Stars, beforehand the broadcaster’s jewel in its leisure crown, and in any other case anticipated to be fortunately marking its 20th yr on our screens.
Dancer Giovanni Pernice has already left the present, however an investigation into his behaviour is ongoing, after his celeb companion final season left the present for “medical causes” and claimed she was struggling PTSD after his remedy of her.
At this time’s The Solar newspaper has an interview with Abbington, increasing on her allegations, calling Pernice’s behaviour “pointless, abusive, merciless and imply.” She provides that she feared a backlash if she got here ahead along with her grievance, however that she seems to be ahead to the CCTV of their rehearsals being launched: “I do know what’s on these tapes and I’m not scared of these tapes being seen.”
Nevertheless, the Day by day Mail claims it has an unique that Pernice, who has denied all of the allegations made towards him, is anticipated to be cleared following the drawn-out investigation.
In the meantime, different dancers’ names at the moment are within the body for unhealthy behaviour, and the present’s different stars have been drawn into the debacle – yesterday dancer-turned-judge Anton du Beke confronted contemporary hearth for a racist comment he made and apologised for in 2009, and at present one of many hosts, Claudia Winkleman, confronted calls to clarify herself after an outdated clip of her spin-off present was shared on social media.
Within the present relationship again to 2006, producers aired a VT of a rehearsal session by which dancer James Jordan dragged his companion, actress Georgina Bouzova throughout the ground, and added the soundtrack of Duran Duran’s music Wild Boys. Winkleman stated: “What higher strategy to launch a brand new present than with a go to from the wild boys of Strictly.”
Her colleagues have been fast to defend her in at present’s press, one telling The Day by day Mail:
“Claudia was doing her job on the time when clearly the BBC thought such behaviour was acceptable. She was studying what was on a script. However she does make gentle of the behaviour and it hasn’t gone unnoticed throughout on-line platforms. Undeniably, they had been totally different occasions however sadly it now’s being checked out by way of at present’s lens. In fact Claudia wouldn’t ever suppose treating somebody like that was okay.”
This story in regards to the UK’s largest leisure TV juggernaut is displaying no indicators of going away.
