Amanda Abbington and Strictly.

Amanda Abbington awarded five-figure sum by BBC over bullying allegations on Strictly
BBC apologises to actor after review upholds ‘some’ of her allegations against dance partner Giovanni Pernice
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/17/amanda-abbington-settlement-bbc-giovanni-pernice-bullying-allegations-strictly-come-dancing

I think this news is a couple of days old and am sure other news outlets have covered it.

But thought it worth adding to the thread.

Hadn't realised it was as much as 2 years ago.

Wonder how much pressure the "negotiations" with BBC have continued to put pressure on her.

Really glad for her that she's had some financial compensation. Can't imagine what she's been through in the past couple of years

I’m glad she has the validation, to be honest, and that the naysayers have to admit there was enough fire the Beeb were obliged to pay her.

Agreed. And I'm really appalled to see Digital Spy and similar outlets have given Pernice a platform to diss her after the bullying accusations were upheld.

Other female contestants have backed AA up, but that hardly matters - he was found to have done it, and shouldn't be given space to gaslight her in the media, full stop.

I don't agree with AA's views on many things, but I think she was really brave calling this out and deserved so much more. Exposing the bullying culture at Strictly (and therfore helping others to come forward) was important and I'm sure personally very damaging to her. She's owed every penny and more.

'Other female contestants have backed AA up, but that hardly matters - he was found to have done it, and shouldn't be given space to gaslight her in the media, full stop.'

Totally agree. Unfortunately there are some who still believe he was totally innocent and that she was just a troublemaker, so his gaslighting will still attract eyeballs I guess

I was a bit shocked to hear what the ‘not so bad’ allegations that were found, were. They were pretty bad, for him to be crowing about it.

There’s an article in the daily mail today about Giovanni but can’t read it.

I never heard any specifics of what the allegations were - where can I find that info?

I read it on here I think- but I find feminists on here pretty accurate so don’t tend to worry about checking sources.

Suggest you start at the beginning of this thread. It covers from when there was first publicity about there being an issue, and gradually more came out. Including a revealing interview she did with newsnight (I think it was from memory).

Does anyone know how you can read the article without a subscription?

I read one of the dm articles and found it telling that giovanni says not one pro supported him even privately. Which he puts down to jealousy.

Which article? If it is the Guardian one, unless it is against your principles because it is the Guardian, I think you just have to sign in, or to begin with create an account. I think this is what I must have done I certainly dont subscribe. See top right hand corner.

'Including a revealing interview she did with newsnight (I think it was from memory).'

She was on Channel 4 news too, interviewed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who was a contestant on the same series of Strictly as her. He obviously found her entirely credible

'I read one of the dm articles and found it telling that giovanni says not one pro supported him even privately. Which he puts down to jealousy.'

Well of course. How convenient 🙄

Here's the archive link.

Thanks @booksnbaking

You can often open the archive version of those subscription-only links by typing archive.ph/ before the full URL of the link. (A few publications have got wise to it.) If the article isn't already saved to archive, you can archive it yourself there.

there were other reports of GPs behaviour, from
other celebrities. Not an isolated case. So arrogant for him to diss her in public now.