Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Giovanni Pernice has broken his silence over the exit of his dance partner Amanda Abbington from the show.
The actress previously pulled out of last week's episode due to "health reasons" before confirming that she would not continue competing this year.
Strictly It Takes Two host Fleur East shared the news on Monday before a brief statement appeared on-screen reading: "Amanda Abbington is unable to continue in Strictly Come Dancing and has decided to withdraw from the competition.
"The show wishes her all the best for the future".
A statement from Strictly Come Dancing:
— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) October 23, 2023
"Amanda Abbington is unable to continue in Strictly Come Dancing and has decided to withdraw from the competition. The show wishes her all the best for the future."https://t.co/DdqwN6dACz pic.twitter.com/mnmj2axwZq
Giovanni Pernice shares message after Strictly partner Amanda Abbington exits show
Giovanni Pernice has since shared a message with BBC viewers regarding the exit of his Strictly Come Dancing celebrity partner.
In a post on Instagram, alongside an accompanying image of him and Amanda Abbington backstage in their pyjamas, he said: "Amanda .. I am so sad we can’t continue but I am proud of what we achieved and I am sending you so much love @amanda_abbington74 @bbcstrictly."
This comes amid reports of a 'rift' between Pernice and Abbington, according to the Daily Star.
The pair were quick to shut these rumours down on Strictly's It Takes Two, with host and dancer Janette Manrara saying: "It honestly looks like you two are having the best time in rehearsals, getting along like a house on fire in rehearsals right?"
Abbington replied: "Yeah we are, we are! We do and we laugh a lot, we have the same sense of humour which is really important. So we'll come out, work hard, and then we just laugh don't we."
Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel