Strictly Come Dancing decide Craig Revel Horwood mentioned he is “blown away” by the scandal surrounding Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbington. The dancer appeared on Friday’s version of This Morning, the place he revealed that he had seen “the Amanda tape”, suggesting he is watched footage from the Sherlock star’s rehearsals with Giovanni.
Strictly has dominated headlines in latest weeks following allegations made towards Giovanni and fellow dancer Graziano Di Prima, who’ve each been axed from the programme. Whereas Giovanni has denied “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour”, Graziano mentioned he “deeply regrets” the occasions that led to his departure, with a spokesperson confirming that he kicked his former movie star dancer companion, Zara McDermott.
Chatting with This Morning hosts Craig Doyle and Josie Gibson, Craig defined that like the opposite present judges, he was shocked when the allegations got here to gentle.
“When the story erupted and got here out within the press I used to be shocked together with all different judges,” he mentioned. “I could not fairly consider it as a result of we meet the professionals and the celebs on occassion all through the present however we’re very separate.”
Commenting on the BBC’s inner investigation into Amanda’s allegations towards Giovanni, Craig mentioned: “I simply need the investigation to be over so I can discover out myself, the reality as a result of I’ve nothing actually to say. It is actually exhausting to move judgement or remark, on ‘he mentioned this, she mentioned that’. It is actually troublesome.
“It has erupted,” he continued. “And naturally, I’ve watched the Amanda tape and all that kind of stuff and I used to be simply blown away by the entire scenario.”
Chiming in, Craig Doyle requested: “So that you have been stunned and shocked?” to which the Strictly star responded: “Yeah, utterly and totally shocked by the entire scenario.”
When requested by Josie if the BBC was taking “the mandatory steps” to analyze the allegations “correctly”, the 59-year-old mentioned: “I actually hope so for my sake and for the way forward for Strictly Come Dancing.”
The interview comes simply days after Craig appeared on BBC Breakfast, the place he welcomed the BBC’s introduction of chaperones. A member of manufacturing employees will likely be current in all future rehearsals, with two new devoted welfare producers available all through the competitors.
Craig mentioned: “I feel it is a good factor that the BBC are going to have individuals in there as effectively as a result of there are mediators, we now have chaperones within the theatre on a regular basis, particularly with kids and youthful individuals.
“I feel it is a good factor to have a 3rd eye on the entire scenario,” he added.
The outcomes of the BBC’s inner investigation are but to be revealed.