Amanda Abbington has appeared in her first TV interview since quitting Strictly Come Dancing and has slammed BBC bosses for 'abandoning' her amid the row with Giovanni Pernice
Amanda Abbington has claimed that Strictly Come Dancing producers were "horrified" when they witnessed Giovanni Pernice 's treatment of her on the show - and has reacted to Tim Davies' apology after her unexpected departure from Strictly Come Dancing last year.
When asked about BBC Director General Tim Davies' apology to the Strictly contestants, Abbington replied: "I'm glad he's acknowledged it. I read an article saying, 'Amanda wants to bring down Strictly'. No, I love Strictly, I would love to have had a beautiful experience on it. I really would. I'm envious of the people who had a wonderful experience on that show, I'm so glad they did, and I feel really sad that I didn't get to fulfil my journey.
"And then every Friday, after the next sort of five weeks, I would get the producer saying, on the Friday, ‘we just watched the footage back, we are shocked and horrified, we're so sorry’. That was to my face on the Friday when we would go in and do the camera rehearsal."
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