Ex- Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington has opened up about the support she received from her ex Martin Freeman during her tumultuous stint on the hit BBC dance show. Amanda, who is now engaged to stuntman Jonathan Goodwin, was paired with Giovanni Pernice in the previous season of Strictly but exited the competition prematurely, subsequently filing a complaint against the Italian dancer. The BBC launched an inquiry into Amanda's allegations concerning Giovanni and substantiated "some, but not all" of the claims.
Giovanni, who vehemently denies Amanda's accusations, bowed out of Strictly before the 20th series kicked off and is now a professional on the Italian edition of the show. In a new interview, Amanda disclosed that her ex-partner Martin, father to their two children, was incensed by Giovanni's alleged conduct towards her. She told The Sun: "Martin said, 'I'm so sorry that you're having to go through this.
This is awful. You don't deserve it.' Martin said to me, 'It's so unfair, Amanda, because you would always be like, 'I want to be in that show'.
You were so good in it.'" After Amanda's appearance on Newnight earlier this week, a representative for Giovanni stated : "It's disappointing that Ms Abbington would knowingly mislead the outcome of the report in order to further attempt to damage Giovanni's reputation. "While Ms Abbington may not like the outcome of the six-month investigation, she should not seek to spread false and defamatory claims.
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