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Privacy NoticeStrictly Come Dancing’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy has finally spoken out after his interview with Amanda Abbington, delivering a succinct nine-word statement about his stint on the show. The journalist and presenter, who danced in last year’s series, addressed the sudden departure of Amanda and her recent comments regarding her dance partner Giovanni Pernice. Amanda had alleged that she experienced ‘humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature’ from Giovanni, which she described as bullying, reports the Mirror. In response, Krishnan firmly stated: “I stand by every word in the original post” referring to his sentiments shared upon his own elimination from Strictly. Accompanying his words was a snapshot with his professional dance partner Lauren Oakley, whom he praised as “stunning”. Reiterating his previous Instagram post, Krishnan said: “Just thought I would repost this from my last day at Strictly – as a lot of people have re-asked about my own experience. I stand by every word in the original post.”
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His original message read: “That’s all folks. Heartbroken. Thanks for the love and support – I’m so delighted that so many people enjoyed watching us. @bbcstrictly brought me more happiness than I ever imagined. It has been life changing and life affirming. “There is something about taking big risks, performing, giving it everything, making yourself totally vulnerable and shedding the armour you normally use to survive that is exhilarating, liberating and inspiring. Dancing is physically and emotionally unique. I had more fun than should normally be allowed on television.”
Krishnan was partnered up with Lauren
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He then went on to talk about partner Lauren. He added: “I owe the vast majority of it my stunning dance partner @laurenmayoakley who is brilliant in every way, funny, clever, caring, gorgeous and wise. She taught me with patience and trust, boosted me when I doubted, picked me up when I crumbled.” “If you want to understand the kind of person she is : when dance performance shut down during the pandemic Lauren worked in a care home, she dreams of running an animal sanctuary and she’s so fun she really ought to be presenting children’s (and family) television.
Amanda Abbington has revealed producers’ responses to footage of her training with Giovanni Pernice
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“She is an incredibly talented dancer, choreographer and producer. When we met she said she had one aim : to make me love dance. She succeeded in week one. And somehow we made it to week eight.” Amanda couldn’t go into detail of her experience with Giovanni due to an ongoing BBC investigation. However, she did talk about the effect it has had on her. She said: “It was unnecessary and when stuff was getting thrown at me I’d shut down because I’ve been in abusive situations before in the past so I recognised the red flags, so I’d shut down and wouldn’t be able to do it because I felt attacked, not literally attacked.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnGiovanni PerniceStrictly Come DancingAmanda Abbington
