Former Strictly star, Debbie McGee, has revealed that she has been requested to give evidence in the BBC investigation into Strictly Come Dancing.
In 2017, the yr after her husband Paul Daniels died, Debbie joined the fifteenth season of Strictly and made it to the finale.
She was introduced as a runner-up to Joe McFadden together with her dance associate Giovanni Pernice, 33, – who has just lately been in the highlight after a bullying scandal erupted.
Amanda Abbington, 50, stop Strictly after 5 weeks final yr, claiming that her experience on the BBC series left her with PTSD after working with Giovanni.
She alleged she discovered the skilled dancer’s strategy ‘unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean’. Giovanni has denied the allegations.
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Debbie, 65, has now revealed in a candid interview that she has been concerned in the Strictly investigation as she stated she believed the BBC was interviewing all of his earlier dance companions.
She advised GB News that she had been requested about giving evidence and didn’t need ‘anyone to be bullied’.
‘And I think lots of people will be invited to give their experience of Strictly, so I just hope at the end of the day I don’t need anybody to be bullied, I’m actually towards all of that, however we’re all totally different.
‘People can react differently to different circumstances, or you just don’t have a chemistry with anyone that anyone else might need a chemistry.
‘So I don’t know what went on, however I’m positive that they are going to go into it in a variety of depth earlier than making any choices.
‘I don’t know if I’m allowed to say or not, however sure, I’ve [been asked to take part in the investigation]
‘So you know, it’s all very secret, and I’m positive all people else who’s ever danced with him and those that have labored alongside him would have been requested to give evidence too, so I simply hope all of it seems effectively for all events.’
She additionally advised GB News that she nonetheless cherished the present: ‘I think it will be as wonderful as it’s all the time been. It’s an uplifting present, isn’t it? It’s acquired the glamour, all the pieces. There’s nothing to make you unhappy in it.
‘I had the most amazing time. Giovanni was my partner, and it’s nonetheless a life altering expertise. And at the moment in my life as effectively, it was a yr after Paul, my late husband, had died.
‘It was a tough, tough time, and it just totally brought me out of all my grief. And everyone on the programme is just so lovely, and it’s like an enormous household.’
She then opened up on her expertise with Giovanni and stated she had ‘great memories’ with him.
‘And my experience of Giovanni, I know other people have said they’ve had a distinct expertise, however mine was he actually taken care of me in my grief, and we had a good time. Great reminiscences.
‘I’m positive that they are going to do [the investigation] very completely, and the truth that it’s taking fairly a very long time, is that they’re actually going into it to be sure they make the correct resolution on the finish of it.’
Previously, Debbie revealed that Strictly helped her find herself after her husband’s death.
In 2016, Daniels had a fall and it was quickly found he had an incurable mind tumour and he died lower than a month later on the age of 77.
She advised Hello! Magazine in 2022: ‘I had the best partner in Giovanni, and I was back in showbusiness again.’
She added: ‘People knew who I was before, but I was still the magician’s assistant.
‘Since Strictly I’ve been Debbie McGee in my very own proper.’
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