GIOVANNI Pernice looked to be living the high life as he poured glasses of champagne on board a private jet to Italy. The luxurious jaunt comes amid reports the ongoing Strictly Comes Dancing probe into his conduct on the show has cost him £350,000 in missed TV opportunities. The outcome of the investigation , which has been rumbling on for four months, has been delayed.
As a result, other TV shows have been reluctant to offer the Italian dancer big money deals in case he's found guilty. The Mail reports that Italian dancing show Ballando con le Stelle has pulled their £100k offer amid the uncertainty, while a rumoured £250k deal to join I'm A Celebrity looks unlikely too. A source said: "Gio was so excited that he was going to keep on dancing and what made it so much more lovely is that it would have been in his home country.
READ MORE ON STRICTLY "But the deadline was looming and the Ballando bosses just couldn’t wait any longer for the BBC to announce their verdict. They are as gutted as Gio is. "He has so many offers on the table but without the BBC clearing his name he can’t move forward.
Nobody can understand why this is taking so long." The investigation findings were due to be revealed earlier this month but the date clashed with disgraced Huw Edwards ' court case over child abuse images. Sherlock star Amanda Abbington , 50, quit last year's series of Strictly just five weeks in.
Most read in News TV She then launched a complaint against her dance partner Giova.