Strictly's Giovanni Pernice has perfect response as fan probes him on who he is dating
express.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice expertly side-stepped a fan's question about who he was dating today, instead reeling off a vast list of names.
He invited fans on Instagram to ask him "anything" - and when the tricky topic of who he might be dating arose, the 31-year-old Italian knew exactly how to answer.Instead of giving too much away, he cheekily name-checked no less than nine men who are professionally involved with him on the BBC show.The Sicilian star referenced male dancer Kai Widdrington, who is renowned for his epic Strictly 2021 performances with AJ Odudu, first of all.Kai had been a front-runner to win the 2021 show with her, before AJ was forced to pull out due to a devastating foot injury.Next, he referenced Italian-Norwegian Marco Lissoni, an assistant TV producer at the BBC.He also named Ben McElligott, a producer and director who worked on Strictly between 2017 and 2021.He included Christopher Mead on his list, a professionally trained dancer who had also been a runner on the show for just three months back in 2015.Then there was production manager Ross Flynn, dancer Gorka Marquez, who is in a relationship with Gemma Atkinson, another producer who works under the brand name Just Joe Creative and David Bishop, a BAFTA Award-winning lighting designer.Finally, he wrote in larger letters at the end of the post "@markosborne54", name checking someone who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing spin-off show It Takes Two.Meanwhile, although the list of names detailed only males, in real-life Giovanni seems to prefer the ladies - and he seems to have had luck with them, too.He was linked to Emily Atack earlier this year, while he has dated an impressive list of dance partners and TV stars in the.
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