Amanda Abbington swears off reality TV less than a year after appearing on Strictly Come Dancing.
The 52-year-olld Sherlock actress had a rough ride after her exit from the BBC show, claiming she suffered PTSD due to her dance partner Giovanni Pernice’s intense training regime.
She has since revealed that after leaving the Strictly mid-series amid rumours of a “feud” with Giovanni, she started receiving horrifying rape and death threats.
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Speaking to OK!, when asked if she’d ever to reality television again, Amanda replied: “No, never again. Please be kind to me. I’ve had death threats and rape threats because I left Strictly.”
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Speaking on the Invite Only podcast alongside best friend and Strictly judge Anton Du Beke, Amanda’s dance partner Giovanni says that the thought Amanda was good enough to potentially win the BBC show.
Giovanni said: “It’s a shame because, in my opinion, she could have gone all the way. I am a perfectionist, 100%, but it comes from a perspective of caring. I think all of the professional dancers are in the same place. In every single part of the world, if you’re a professional dancer on one of these shows, you have to get these people looking the best they can on Saturday night.”
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“And if we have good scores at the end, I do look back and say, ‘I’ve done a great job. But we all care about our partners and we want that for them every single week – to look great on a Saturday. There’s no specific way that you are, or have to be with your celebrity. You make the most of their strengths so the only thing that’s constant is the fact that you have to do a show on Saturday night.”
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Anton added: “I thought you and Amanda were marvellous. I thought you were terrific. I remember a few years ago, Kelvin Fletcher came in and danced in week one, and it was amazing. As a judge, you sit there and you don’t know what it’s going to be like. And then you go, like, ‘Stone the crows, that was rather good’.
“And you’re a bit overwhelmed by it because normally, it takes a little bit of time. But Kelvin was terrific straight away. And I thought Amanda was the same. She was terrific straight away.”
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