A tearful Amanda Abbington opens up about the online abuse she has suffered since accusing her former Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice of abusive behaviour, which he denies. She says she has been subject to 'brual and unrelenting' threats.
Strictly Come Dancing fans have thrown their support behind Amanda Abbington after her emotional TV appearance on Wednesday.
Following the emotional chat, fans flooded social media platform X with supportive messages for Amanda. 'Good on Amanda and the others who are speaking out about Strictly. Somewhere along the way, at least some of the professionals started to see the competition as all about them, rather than about the celebrities who are learning to dance.'
'There's 50 hours of footage that's being blocked. You know, 50 hours is a lot of footage, and a lot of time spent in a room that was toxic,' she told presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Amanda claims Giovanni has tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video 'evidence' after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns
Disputing Amanda's claims once again following tonight's interview, a spokesperson for the Italian dancer said: 'The BBC has shared the allegations they have been able to substantiate with us. She revealed the extent of the alleged harassment she has received in recent months from trolls, telling Channel 4 that 'It has been brutal and relentless and unforgiving'.
Amanda detailed other horrific messages she allegedly received. Others included 'I hope your daughter gets raped, I hope your son is stabbed', 'you don't deserve any good things you have done', 'you're a snowflake, you're stupid, you're an idiot'. And just yesterday, Paralympian Will Bayley became the latest star to speak about his time on the show.
'If someone gets an injury like mine, it will affect them for the rest of their life. I'll never get over this knee injury, I have to deal with that.' 'We are making out that women that voice their concerns about a situations, are trolled through the press, sent rape threats, death threats and are not taken seriously.'
A spokesperson for the dancer said he had provided a dossier of evidence to the investigators and 'remains fully confident in clearing his name'. 'We need to be brave and I want to stand up for any woman who does not have a voice. I will be there for her championing her.' One BBC insider told MailOnline: 'Amanda seems to be stopping at nothing to make sure that a dark cloud is left over Strictly.
'I think that is something we do reflect on, and I'm sorry about that. If someone feels there was something wrong or they wanted to talk about their experience, then, of course, we want them to raise that with us and be in no doubt, we will take it seriously.'
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