STRICTLY Come Dancing's former professional Kristina Rihanoff has suggested the show's new chaperone policy won't work - and will be "one sided." It came as the Russian, 46 - who starred on the BBC series for eight years - told of her "heartbreak" at Zara McDermott 's statement over "physical incident" allegations surrounding Graziano Di Prima. Italian Graziano , 30, was fired by the BBC following claims he hit, spat at and kicked at his former celebrity partner.
Graziano, who first featured on Strictly in 2018, was axed after the claims against him emerged in the inquiry into fellow show professional Giovanni Pernice’s behaviour towards former star Amanda Abbington . On Tuesday, Zara broke her silence on Tuesday with a lengthy comment on the alleged "incidents." Kristina - who reached the Strictly final with Blue singer Simon Webbe - opened up on the claims and told Wednesday's Lorraine show: "For someone who worked on the show for eight years, it is very disturbing and very upsetting.
"That statement from Zara for me, as a woman, was heartbreaking that she actually suffered so much stress and abuse." She added: "It is never OK. It never in any shape or form should be allowed.
"It's sad she had to live with that for a year." The Sun reported earlier this week how Strictly was in talks to hire chaperones for celebs while they are training for the series. On Tuesday, the BBC gave more detail on their new duty of care and the drastic new measures to be implemented following t.
