BREAKING: Amanda Abbington is flooded with supportive messages after bombshell Channel 4 interview during which emotional actress compared Strictly Come Dancing to ‘the trenches’

Fans have thrown their support behind former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington after her emotional TV appearance on Wednesday evening. The Sherlock star, 50, sensationally quit the dance competition last year citing ‘personal reasons’ before reports surfaced that she had demanded footage of her rehearsals after the experience with the show and her dance partner Giovanni Pernice left her with PTSD.

During a new interview, the actress compared the dance show to ‘the trenches’ telling Channel 4 News that BBC producers had been left ‘horrified’ by clips that also allegedly exhibited ‘humiliating behavior of a sexual nature’. Amanda claims Giovanni has tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video ‘evidence’ after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns.

Following the emotional chat, fans flooded social media platform X with supportive messages for Amanda. One wrote: ‘Amanda Abbington, I believe you. Thank you for speaking up to protect our women and girls’; ‘Everyone should listen to this interview in full. Amanda deserves to be listened to’;

‘Beautifully done interview with Amanda Abbington. I really send her and her family all our love. Let’s hope a fair and open court case can settle this and no more contestants hurt in the future’; ‘Good on Amanda and the others who are speaking out about Strictly. Somewhere along the way, at least some of the professionals started to see the competition as all about them, rather than about the celebrities who are learning to dance.’

Strictly was plunged into further crisis this evening after Amanda claimed that sacked dancer Giovanni Pernice was trying to block the release of up to 50 hours of ‘toxic’ footage’. Giovanni, who has strongly denied any threatening or abusive behavior, was later suspended, with the BBC later launching a probe over claims of off-camera misconduct made by Amanda as well as other celebrities.

Yet in a dramatic twist in the Strictly saga, the actress has claimed Giovanni has tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video ‘evidence’ after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns.