BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas wants to 'move on' as she speaks out after report

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Shirley Ballas hopes "everyone can move on" from the Strictly Come Dancing scandal as she addressed her own bullying hell. The show's head judge has expressed her support for the outcomes of the BBC's recent investigation and backed the way producers have handled issues.

The BBC One dance contest was rocked by alleged misconduct claims, with Graziano Di Prima dropped from the show after alleged behaviour towards Zara McDermott, while Amanda Abbington and others complained about his teaching methods.

This week, the BBC said that it has taken the claims "very seriously" and that it had "upheld some, but not all" of Amanda's complaints and issued her an apology. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vi to Coppola fights tears and says 'miss you' in emotional personal message In a statement, the broadcaster said: "We have assessed the complaints and we have upheld some, but not all, of the complaints made.

We want to apologise to Amanda Abbington and to thank her for coming forward and taking part. We know this would not have been an easy thing to do." Commenting on the BBC's report at a book event on Tuesday (October 1) Shirley said: "I don't condone bullying I've been through it myself.