Strictly Come Dancing stars such as Dianne Buswell, Vito Coppola and Neil Jones were all smiles as they arrived at rehearsals with a cake for Nancy Xu’s birthday
Strictly stars were in high spirits despite the scandals surrounding the show.
The BBC professionals were all smiles as they rocked up to week 2 rehearsals on Tuesday (July 30), armed with cakes and presents to celebrate show pro Nancy Xu’s birthday. Chinese star Nancy, who has been on the show since 2019, turned 33 today.
It comes as Strictly has been surrounded by scandal following allegations of misconduct against the show’s professionals. An internal BBC probe has been investigating the complaints and the BBC’s director general has apologised to contestants who did not have a “wholly positive” time on the show.
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Sherlock star Amanda Abbington claimed her ex-dance partner Giovanni was “bullying and aggressive” towards her in rehearsals during last year’s series. She made the claims in her Channel 4 interview last week.
Pernice, who has left the BBC show, has denied claims of “threatening and abusive behaviour”. Fellow pro Graziano Di Prima was axed from the line-up and has apologised for kicking his former dance partner Zara McDermott in rehearsals.
Scroll to see the Strictly pros as they turned up to rehearse on Tuesday.
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