AMANDA ABBINGTON’s time on Strictly Come Dancing will go down in show history for the wrong reasons, after her fallout with Giovanni Pernice.
Now, fellow celebrity dancer Annabel Croft has given her views on the controversial 2023 series.
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She claims it wasn’t just Amanda who was unhappy with her experience while training – one unnamed celebrity even allegedly ran off down the street in tears after a spat.
Chatting at The Barbican in London, the TV tennis pundit said: “There is a lot of stress behind the scenes.
“You were rehearsing next door to various couples and would see doors being slammed and somebody running off down the road and lots of tears.”
After the fraught series, new measures were introduced to help keep the peace in training.
Sounds like it was well overdue.
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Annabel reveals: ‘There is a lot of stress behind the scenes’[/caption]
Amanda with pro partner Giovanni Pernice on the dance show[/caption]