Strictly stars Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbington hail ‘belief’ in partnership amid tension rumours

Giovanni Pernice and Amanda Abbignton are proving to be the front-runners in this 12 months’s Strictly Come Dancing, after scoring a whopping 32 for his or her Salsa in solely the present’s second week.

Their routine, which you’ll be able to partially see beneath, was jam-packed with content material and loads of daring lifts that we needed to shut our eyes for in case the worst occurred! However, off the dance ground, there was hypothesis that the pair don’t get alongside, one thing they’ve been swift to disclaim as they share uplifting messages for each other.

And they seemingly addressed the rumours as soon as once more as they debriefed with Claudia Winkleman, revealing that they would not have been capable of pull off their show-stopping lifts in the event that they did not have full “trust” in each other.

Giovanni hailed Amanda as “unbelieveable” saying: “To trust me like that on week two. Lifts are a very difficult thing to do, the whole trust is on me.” Amanda had echoed related sentiments when speaking to Tess Daly following her routine.

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During an look on It Takes Two this week, host Janette Manara probed: “It honestly looks like you two are having the best time in rehearsals, getting along like a house on fire in rehearsals right?”

Shutting down any rift rumours, Amanda agreed and mentioned: “Yeah we are, we are! We do and we laugh a lot, we have the same sense of humour which is really important. So we’ll come out, work hard, and then we just laugh don’t we.”

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Giovanni, 33, added: “We do have a good time, but at the same time, obviously we have to do our dance. It’s a difficult process, especially for people who have never done it Strictly before.

“I all the time say, ‘It’s a marathon, not a dash.’ The first few weeks are tough, it’s tough, it is a variety of hours to coach, a variety of hours to be concentrating however then once you get to Saturday and do what you probably did,” the dancer added.

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Earlier this month, rumours of a feud between them emerged when The Sun reported that Amanda had threatened to stop the present following a collection of rows between the pair. Amanda swiftly issued a defiant response to the claims.

Taking to Instagram in a video shared forward of Saturday’s stay present, Amanda mentioned she was “ignoring the [expletive],” including: “Just stop it. You know who you are.

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“Stop it, grow up. No one gives a [expletive] and shut up, it’s [expletive]. You know who I’m talking to as well, so come on, jog on. It’s nonsense and you know it’s nonsense.”

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