Strictly Come Dancing’s Nikita Kuzmin has damaged his silence on the scandal-ridden BBC series forward of its first dwell present.
Throughout Saturday’s instalment of BBC Breakfast, skilled dancer Nikita, 26, appeared as a visitor on the daytime programme alongside his dance associate Sam Quek, 35.
Throughout a backstage interview, Nikita was requested whether or not the entire latest bullying allegations have solid a ‘shadow’ for him.
To which Nikita positively responded with: ‘I do not suppose so no’.
His dance associate Sam stated: ‘I’ve had one of the best time to this point, I can not even consider it to get any higher than what it’s now.’
Strictly Come Dancing’s Nikita Kuzmin has damaged his silence on the scandal-ridden BBC collection forward of its first dwell present
All of it started final October when actress Amanda Abbington unexpectedly stop the present earlier than claiming that her associate Giovanni Pernice was abusive in direction of her (pictured in 2023)
‘Each expertise I’ve had since I have been right here has been prime notch and I feel everybody feels the identical right here.’
The Twentieth-anniversary collection of Strictly has been considerably tainted after the BBC present was embroiled in scandal in a 12 months plagued with controversy.
And the BBC failed to deal with the scandal throughout the launch episode regardless of the outcomes of the misconduct investigation nonetheless pending.
All of it started final October when actress Amanda Abbington unexpectedly stop the present earlier than claiming that her associate Giovanni Pernice was abusive in direction of her.
The Sherlock actress has made a collection of accusations about Giovanni’s instructing strategies and has described his behaviour as ‘pointless, abusive, merciless and imply’. He strongly denies the entire claims.
Giovanni, 33, was suspended whereas a BBC probe is underway over allegations made by Amanda and two different former celeb companions.
With the report into his misconduct due any day now, Amanda has reportedly been left deeply disillusioned with the BBC bosses over fears they’re ‘defending’ the dancer amid the bullying probe.
Throughout Saturday’s instalment of BBC Breakfast , skilled dancer Nikita, 26, appeared as a visitor on the daytime programme alongside his dance associate Sam Quek, 35
The Twentieth-anniversary collection of Strictly has been considerably tainted after the BBC present was embroiled in scandal in a 12 months plagued with controversy (the 2024 contestants pictured)
After Giovanni, the present was hit with a recent wave of scandal when Graziano Di Prima was sacked in July for ‘ kicking’ his associate Love Island star Zara McDermott (each pictured in 2023)
There have been high-level conferences amongst BBC bosses as they navigate the way to ship their findings as they worry the looming chance of authorized motion from both Amanda or Giovanni if both is disillusioned by the result.
After Giovanni, the present was hit with a recent wave of scandal when Graziano Di Prima was sacked in July for ‘kicking’ his partner Love Island star Zara McDermott.
Zara defined she did not report the incidents on the time as she was ‘scared’ of backlash.
Instead, it was junior manufacturing employees who got here ahead to share what they’d witnessed because the investigation into professional dancer Giovanni was happening.
Zara informed her followers that whereas a lot of her time on Strictly ‘was all the things I might have dreamt of’ contained in the coaching room with Graziano there were ‘particular incidents which are incredibly distressing‘.
Strictly Come Dancing’s first dwell present airs on Saturday at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.