AMANDA Abbington has revealed she has had the full support of her ex-partner, actor and Hobbit star Martin Freeman. The actress has told how Martin has backed her complaining to Strictly Come Dancing about Giovanni’s behaviour - revealing that he “wanted to kill” the dancer. The couple have two children Joe, 18, and Grace, 16.
She said: “We talked about it at length for about 45 minutes, and he just said, ‘I’m so sorry that you’re having to go through this’. "He said, ‘you have my full support. I can’t believe this.
This is awful. You don’t deserve it. I want to kill him.
’ “He was very angry that this has been allowed because Martin also knew how much I love the show. READ MORE ON AMANDA ABBINGTON "He said ‘It’s so unfair, Amanda, because I remember you would always be like, ‘I want to be in that show. You were so good in it.
’” Amanda's fiancé Jonathan Goodwin spoke out in support of her just days ago ahead of her appearance on BBC Newsnight. Jonathan shared a picture of Amanda with Princess Anne and added the caption: "What an amazing woman. Never met anyone so determined to stand up for what's right.
To advocate for the needy and to never cow-tow to the bullying media. The Princess Royal is also amazing." Amanda, 50, left the BBC1 show in week six last October , citing personal and medical reasons.
Most read in News TV Today she revealed she had found two lumps in her right breast . She said: “By my final week, on the Thursday morning.
