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 publish saying:
I used to be attempting to not touch upon current press hypothesis till the BBC evaluate is full however really feel there may be lots of misinformation within the press and I wish to assist and present assist by setting the file straight.”
Whitmore stated she voiced her considerations throughout her time on the present, during which the pair turned the seventh to be eradicated.
“I initially raised considerations again in 2016,” she wrote. “I believed my expertise was particular to me however I’ve since realized I used to be incorrect.
“The intention of that is to point out a sample of behaviour that I imagine 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 gained’t occur to anybody else once more.”
“I do know the BBC and all retailers proceed to do their greatest to be higher, however for that to occur we should communicate up,” she stated.
Pernice has been the topic of claims by his 2023 companion, 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 towards him, and the BBC investigation is predicted 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 offered to greater than 60 territories the world over, with many worldwide broadcasters renaming it Dancing With the Stars.
