Irish TV presenter Laura Whitmore has said she felt “gaslit” when she first raised concerns about her Strictly Come Dancing experience. The former Love Island host was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, and was the seventh celebrity eliminated from the BBC show. It comes after allegations made by another former Strictly star, Amanda Abbington, who said that the behaviour of Pernice, whom she was partnered with in 2023, was “unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean”.
Pernice has rejected “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour”. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura ⚡️ (@thewhitmore) Strictly star Laura Whitmore said she tried to speak about 'stuff' 8 years ago Speaking to the Irish Times, Whitmore, from Dublin, said: “The stuff I’m not going to talk to you about now, because it’s under review, that’s all coming out now, the stuff I tried to speak about eight years ago.” Asked if she felt she had not been listened to when she first aired her concerns, she clarified: “Or (I was) gaslit to make it seem normalised.
” Whitmore added: “It’s a shame that it has to come out in such a victim-shaming way, which it always does. And being the first person to speak up about anything is always hard.” The 39-year-old said in a social media post last month that she had been asked to speak to the BBC about allegations of “inappropriate behaviour”, along with six other people.
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