STRICTLY Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington has admitted she would "vomit and cry" after rehearsals with Giovanni Pernice. The 50-year-old actress quit the show - and her former dance partner is facing misconduct accusations , which he denies. Since he was axed by BBC bosses, Amanda says she has faced "death and rape threats", telling The Times in an emotional interview: “I’ve had the worst experience.
"The show was tough and horrible, but the aftermath of it I was not expecting. “It’s been really brutal and it just hasn’t stopped.” Breaking down in tears, Amanda says: “It’s been awful, just relentless.
Death threats and rape threats for just standing up for something that I thought was wrong.” Amanda says her husband Jonathan Goodwin has been her greatest supporter - reassuring her when she began second guessing her own account of her Strictly ordeal. She added: “He’d go, ‘Yes, you would come home and you’d vomit, you’d cry, and you’d think you were not good enough.
You were a shadow, a shell '." Giovanni, 33, has denied any inappropriate behaviour, writing on Instagram back in May: “Of course, I reject any suggestion of abusive or threatening behaviour, and I look forward to clearing my name." The Sun on Sunday revealed last night that his former co-star Graziano Di Prima has now also been sacked for gross misconduct amid claims he hit, spat and kicked dance partner Zara McDermott .
The BBC confirmed the Italian will not appear in the n.