Strictly’s Shirley Ballas has defended Giovanni Pernice as an "absolute gentleman".
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00:00 We had all this stuff, as you well know, we had all this stuff about Giovanni
00:03 and about, you know, clearly there were some problems with his partner last year, of course,
00:07 that's very well documented, there's been an investigation, it's fine.
00:10 But the professionals do want to win, don't they?
00:13 They want to win and they want to get the best out of their partners.
00:16 I think they go, I mean, I've known Giovanni for many, many years.
00:19 Of course you have, you know them all, yeah.
00:20 And he's an absolutely splendid teacher
00:23 and my only ever experience with him is that of an absolute gentleman.
00:28 You know, and he serves the show well and he gives 100%.
00:31 But you know...
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