Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara penned a four-word reply after Peter Andre leapt to the defence of some of the show's professional dancers amid recent allegations. Peter spoke out amid the show drama – recently Graziano Di Prima was axed amid gross misconduct claims towards ex-celeb partner Zara McDermott, while Giovanni Pernice, who has also been axed, has faced accusations about his training approach by Amanda Abbington. It Takes Two host Janette found herself pulled into the scandal when her previous celebrity partner, Will Bayley, opened up on a serious injury he sustained during a live performance.

As former stars voice out their struggles, Peter, 51, turned to his social channels to recount his positive experience on the programme. He told followers that he felt compelled to "just stick up for some of these people because I was there", reflecting on the BBC series. The singer, who was a contestant in the 2015 series, singled out Janette, Aljaz Škorjanec , Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice as people he felt he should "stick up for", tagging them into the video, which he posted on Instagram today.

In a passionate video, Peter said: "They're getting dragged into things like this," and "Of course, of course if someone did something bad and someone .