FERN Britton has lifted the lid on her Strictly Come Dancing stint and claims she was ‘in tears on a regular basis’.
The telly icon, 67, took half within the BBC present in 2012 however nonetheless has robust recollections about her time within the ballroom.
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Fern, who was partnered with Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev, has revealed she would cry earlier than rehearsals.
In a serialisation of her e-book Fern Britton The Older I Get within the Each day Mail, the previous This Morning star additionally stated her companion made a chopping remark once they had been first put collectively.
She penned: “I requested him if he was OK with having me as a companion and he stated, ‘Nicely, I’m used to somebody with some dance capacity, and youthful.’
“My confidence took successful at that, however I laughed and instructed him I did not really feel 55, and that, after I had a drink in me, I used to be a sensational dancer. He didn’t snicker.”
Describing the rehearsals as “difficult”, Fern added: “Because the weeks went on, I discovered it more and more exhausting to collect up my self-confidence and there have been days I used to be crying earlier than I even bought into the rehearsal room.”
Fern even says: “Late one night, after I merely could not get the steps in my head and we had been each drained, he checked out me and stated: ‘Go residence earlier than I kill you.’ It was a joke. I laughed. ‘Kill me, please.”
This not the primary time Fern has hit out at her time on Strictly.
She beforehand instructed The Instances: “He would take a look at my ft and simply kick me or shove me.”
Fern and Artem completed Strictly Come Dancing in tenth place. It ended up being Chigvintsev’s worst efficiency on the BBC present.
In 2017, Artem moved to Dancing With The Stars within the US the place he was partnered together with his future spouse Nikki Garcia – also referred to as Nikki Bella within the WWE world.
The pair married in 2022 and share a son, who was born in 2020.
Earlier this yr, Artem denied Fern’s claims of him ‘kicking or shoving her’ throughout tense rehearsals.
He instructed the Each day Specific: “I consider I handled Fern with respect and real care and these claims about me are the alternative of every part I consider in and the particular person I’m.
“I can not think about what has prompted such statements which come as a shock to me.”
The Solar has contacted Artem’s reps following Fern’s most up-to-date claims.
Strictly has been rocked by an enormous disaster this yr and Fern’s new allegation that she would ‘cry earlier than rehearsals’ solely provides to the strain.
The BBC lately launched its findings following an investigation into Amanda Abbington’s claims about Italian professional Giovanni Pernice.
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The investigation upheld six of Amanda’s complaints, with sources saying these six associated to verbal bullying and harassment.
He was cleared of an extra 10 allegations.
Sherlock star Amanda, 50, give up Strictly Come Dancing final yr and later made a proper grievance about Giovanni, together with three of his former dance companions.
He give up Strictly in Could and is now engaged on the Italian model of the present.
Talking on ITV1’s Lorraine this week, Giovanni stated: “The investigation didn’t discover me a bully.
“Bully is an enormous phrase, there’s an enormous distinction between bullying and caring about what you do.”
In the meantime, fellow Italian skilled Graziano Di Prima was axed this yr for kicking movie star dance companion Zara McDermott in rehearsals.
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