EXCLUSIVE 'I am NOT a monster. I am not abusive.' Strictly star Graziano breaks silence after he was dropped from the show following anonymous complaints - and in world-first interview reveals what really happened.
.. By Rebecca Hardy Published: 01:49, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 01:55, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments Graziano Di Prima is in pieces.
So much so that his large, loving family won't let him out of their sight — for fear he will take his own life. He confesses to me he has 'ugly thoughts'. A month ago, Graziano, one of Strictly Come Dancing's most likeable professional dancers, was dropped from the show following anonymous complaints from 'third parties'.
He does not know the full particulars of what he is supposed to have done. The BBC will not give further details due to the 'confidential nature of the circumstances' in which the information was provided and their 'obligations' to 'third parties'. To hell with their moral duty to a thoroughly decent professional dancer who brought joy to Strictly fans for six years and taught dancing — without any complaints — for most of his adult life.
Devastated Graziano Di Prima, 30, with his wife Giada, who is also a professional dancer What has happened to him is Kafkaesque. With sparkles on. Four days after he was told he was being dropped from Strictly on July 9, unnamed BBC sources claimed 'shock footage' of 'heated' rehearsals with his celebrity partner and former Love Island star Zara McDermott reduced those th.