Giovanni Pernice, the Italian professional dancer who is being investigated by Strictly Come Dancing bosses following allegations he was abusive to some of his celebrity dancing partners, has now been criticised for possibly snubbing one of his fellow dancers on the show.
In an unearthed clip from 2023’s final, dancer Vito Coppola and his celebrity partner Ellie Leach are celebrating winning the competition and are surrounded by lots of the other Strictly competitors, as well as presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as they raise the glitterball trophy in the air.
However, Giovanni, who competed last year with Amanda Abbington until she left five weeks into the competition for personal reasons, is nowhere to be seen.
All the other dancers rush to congratulate Vito and Ellie, but Giovanni is not in the crowd. Both Ellie and Vito have unfollowed Giovanni online in recent weeks, and there have been rumours that Vito and Giovanni have not been on friendly terms for months.
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