Giovanni Pernice at the Strictly launch in 2019
Giovanni Pernice has spoken out for the first time amid widespread speculation about his future on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Italian dancer has been at the forefront of press reports for a number of months now, with The Sun claiming last week he’d made the decision to quit the show ahead of this year’s series.
On Friday evening, the tabloid claimed that Giovanni was facing an internal BBC investigation after three of his former celebrity partners made legal complaints.