Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice has addressed the speculation that Rose Ayling-Ellis is “pulling out of the Strictly tour” in an hilarious Instagram post which left fans worried.
Giovanni, fondly known as Gio, has broken his silence after rumours surrounding the EastEnders actress pulling out of the tour have gone into overdrive.
The 31-year-old Italian dancer lifted the coveted Glitterball trophy with the talented actress, 27, when the talented dancing couple won last year’s series of the dancing competition.
Speculation over whether or not Rose would be taking part in the show had been rife, until her professional dance partner spoke out on social media.
Giovanni took to Instagram to break down the rumours, and in a series of videos uploaded to his Instagram Stories, he did just that.
In the videos, Gio started: “Good morning lovely people.
“Just a quick message to clarify all the rumours that are going around at the moment.
“Yes, it’s true. Rose is not doing the tour at all anymore,” Giovanni admitted, adding: “So I will be dancing on my own, all day, every day.”
But then a familiar face and voice popped up in the video, and Rose burst in saying: “I’m not going anywhere.”
Teasing the actress and viewers at home, Gio said: “You’re not going anywhere? You are coming on tour with me?”
“Oh, she is doing the tour,” he added.
The EastEnders star then asked Giovanni: “Are you happy?”
To which he replied: “Very. Thank you.”
Posting the video on social media, one fan said: “Rose and Giovanni ARE still going on the tour, and we got Sunday content!”
Another said: “Wait why has their been rumours rose and Giovanni aren’t doing tour just because they haven’t posted on socials?”
This comes as Rose and her dance partner are gearing up to dance and sway up and down the country on the Strictly Come Dancing tour.
They will be dancing alongside John Whaite and Johannes Radebe, presenter Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu, Tilly Ramsay and Nikita Kuzmin, and Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies and Aljaz Skorjanec.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live! Tour starts January 20.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
