Amanda Abbington has clapped back at Sarah Vine's claims, accusing the columnist of "throwing other women under the bus." The Sherlock actress, 50, received an apology from the BBC following her complaints against Strictly Come Dancing professional (and former dancing partner) Giovanni Pernice , which triggered an internal probe at the Beeb. Following the verdict, Amanda Abbington opened up about her experience on the BBC One competition on Newsnight this Wednesday (October 2, 2024), saying that she hadn't responded well to Giovanni's teaching methods in an emotional discussion with Victoria Derbyshire .
But as she laid all her cards on the table, Amanda was led to react to Sarah Vine 's column published hours before in which the latter stated she "was NOT a victim in the way most people understand it." Vine's recent opinion piece on Amanda in The Daily Mail claimed that "Women like Abbington are part of the reason other women find themselves in genuinely awful and much more serious situations don't get taken seriously." When the extract was read out to her, Amanda was clearly disappointed as she replied: "I'm always shocked when women throw other women under the bus for standing up for something they think is wrong but ok.
I've had so many women come up to me since making this complaint thanking me for being brave enough to stand up and complain about something that was impacting me in a work situation." She went on to add that women have told her that her complaint has insp.