What Giovanni said to Amanda Abbington on day she quit Strictly over cancer scare - and why insiders now say her departure seemed 'bizarre', reveals KATIE HIND By Katie Hind Published: 21:02 EDT, 6 October 2024 | Updated: 21:02 EDT, 6 October 2024 e-mail View comments When Amanda Abbington tearfully told Giovanni Pernice that she'd found lumps in her breasts, he reacted like a perfect gentleman, say his friends. Calling around his contacts, the Italian dancer handed her numbers of medics who had been recommended to him, they say. That was the last he ever heard from her.
For she later quit the ballroom competition, explaining to Strictly bosses that she feared she had cancer . After describing her shock health scare in a newspaper interview at the weekend, the ongoing saga of Abbington's dramatic departure from Strictly last October – which everyone has heard, many times, was due to her 'mistreatment' and 'bullying' in rehearsals which left her with PTSD – took a confusing turn. 'As far as everyone was concerned, Amanda left because she had found some lumps in her breasts that understandably left her worried she could have cancer,' says a BBC source.
Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice on Strictly Come Dancing last year 'Nobody wants to have to see anyone go through that and there was a lot of kindness shown to Amanda. Gio was very concerned and wanted to help her in any way he could. 'The next thing is that she has PTSD.
.. the scenario changed.
None of it made sense. S.
