Last weekend professional dancer Graziano Di Prima said he was leaving the BBC show after claims about his treatment of reality star Zara McDermott when they competed together last year. There have also been allegations about the teaching methods of professional dancer Giovanni Pernice, which he denies. Speaking to radio presenter Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales, Revel Horwood said: “I’m just finding out (about the allegations), like everybody else, through the press.
“For me it’s a shock, and news to me, because the judges are never present at any of the teaching, we literally come in on a Saturday and just judge what we see before us. “So we’re kept very, very separate to the rest of the company. “For us it’s complete news.
Every day that I read about something I think ‘That can’t be right’, so I’ll wait and see what happens with the investigations, but certainly we have nothing to do with that.” Asked if he is worried about the future of Strictly, he added: “I don’t think so because it’s one of those shows that belongs in the people’s hearts that are at home who love dancing, and there’s nothing better than seeing someone come from nothing and work hard and move up to being absolutely phenomenal.” On July 16 the BBC said it would introduce measures to “strengthen welfare and support” on the show, including a chaperone who will be present “at all times” during training room rehearsals.
Revel Horwood, 59, who is starring in the UK t.