A STRICTLY star has claimed Amanda Abbington ‘doesn’t trust’ her pro partner Giovanni Pernice.
Former professional dancer Brendan Cole has pointed out an apparent issue with the pairing.
He’s claimed actress Amanda, 49, doesn’t trust Giovanni and said all the signs are there.
Brendan, 47, revealed: “With Amanda [Abbington] and Giovanni [Pernicei], they were really bringing it home about trust.
“There was a great telling moment – Giovanni said, ‘Do you trust me?’ and she said something along the lines of ‘Of course I trust you’, but at the same time, she was looking away – for me, body language is everything.”
He continued to tell Sky Bingo: “You can tell if somebody is lying – as she’s saying it, she’s literally looking away, so I think that she doesn’t trust him.
“It could be a fact that she doesn’t trust his motives within the show, she doesn’t trust his way of doing things – the friction in the relationship is real.”
It comes after Brendan, who departed Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, ignited a fix row with the show’s judges.
He said Amanda’s performance on Saturday dipped towards the end of the routine.
Brendan then hit out at Craig, Shirley, Motsi and Anton for failing to mention it, as they instead praised Amanda’s lifts.
He explained: “She flagged towards the end, and the judges didn’t pick that up, which I found interesting.
“That was one of the key things about her number, it started powerfully, she was amazing [and] she looked fantastic. Then suddenly, it fell off towards the end.
“All they could talk about were the fantastic lifts – they did do one or two really nice lifts.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues this weekend on BBC One and iPlayer.
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