‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Laura Whitmore Says She Was “Caught by the BBC”

The debate over ethics behind the scenes in the UK Strictly Come Dancing further, one who had participated in this competition said this weekend that he expressed his concern while he was on the show, but “he had the fuel to make it seem normal.”

TV presenter Laura Whitmore did not name the person she complained about, but she took part in the program in 2016, when she partnered with Italian expert Giovanni Pernice. In interview no The Irish Times Over the weekend, he said “everything is coming out now, the things I’ve been trying to talk about for the last eight years.”

Whitmore couldn’t talk about the content of his complaints because, he explained, “it’s being reviewed,” but he insisted he had raised concerns at the time.

He told The Irish Times that even he was not listened to when he tried to complain, “Noma [I was] gaslit to make it look normal.”

He added: “It’s a shame that it has to come out in such a shameful way, which it always does.” And being the first person to talk about anything is always difficult. ”

The BBC reports that Pernice’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment on Whitmore’s words, however, he previously denied all allegations of cruelty to his ex-partner Amanda Abbington, whose complaints about his time on the show last year ignited the catalog. bad PR stories that will come from behind the scenes of Strictly Come Dancingon what was supposed to be its 20th anniversary^th a year. The BBC’s investigation into the complaints against Pernice is expected to be completed in the coming days.

The show will be launched again in a few weeks, and Olympic swimmer Tom Dean has confirmed he has signed up to take part.