Strictly Come Dancing decide Craig Revel Horwood has revealed he was utterly stunned by the bullying allegations which have hit the present.
The BBC's Strictly Come Dancing was not too long ago within the information when 30-year-old Graziano Di Prima left the BBC sequence following allegations of 'bodily incidents', together with allegations that he 'kicked and punched' his 2023 accomplice Zara McDermott.
It was later confirmed that he did certainly kick his former dance accomplice and new feedback have emerged from Amanda Abbington as she claimed her former dance accomplice Giovanni Pernice was 'merciless'. Pernice has denied any wrongdoing.
The Strictly decide responded to the claims made by former contestants on BBC Radio Wales, saying it was 'information' to him.
'I (like everybody else) solely discovered about these allegations by the press.
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'For me it’s a shock and information, as a result of the judges are by no means current on the classes. We actually come on Saturday and decide solely what we see in entrance of us.
Craig has been a decide on the present since its inception in 2004 and has appeared in all 21 seasons.
He added that he and the opposite judges are stored “separate” from the remainder of the solid.
'So we’re stored very, very separated from the remainder of the corporate.
“For us it's utterly information. Daily I learn one thing I feel, 'That may't be proper.'
He then harassed that he had “nothing to do” with the allegations: “So I'll wait and see what occurs with the investigation, however we actually don’t have anything to do with this.”
The BBC is now making drastic modifications, introducing two new welfare roles. It was detailed on the time that dance rehearsals are actually monitored, with the reason that 'a manufacturing staff member is current always throughout rehearsals within the coaching room.'
Craig supported the modifications, including, “After I was within the musical Annie, we had chaperones all over the place, due to the youngsters, the legal guidelines and issues like that.”
'And I've seen that within the theater world we now have counselors and folks we are able to speak to in case you're having a foul day.
“There are psychologists within the packages now, and issues like that. I feel it's only a regular a part of life at this time.”
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He concluded, “I feel it's good. I feel it's good to have that.”
The decide additionally confirmed that he had no considerations about the way forward for the present, regardless of requires the dance competitors to be cancelled.
“I don't assume so, as a result of it's a kind of reveals that belongs within the hearts of people that love to bop. There's nothing higher than watching somebody come from nothing, work exhausting and turn out to be a completely phenomenal star.”
The BBC confirmed that the present will return within the autumn with Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as presenters within the new season.
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