Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Amanda Abbington had a tough time after leaving the show - and claimed that she suffered PTSD due to her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice’s gruelling training style. Now the 52 year old Sherlock actress tells us that after leaving the show mid-series, amidst rumours of a ‘feud’ with Giovanni, she began to receive terrifying rape and death threats.
Here, Amanda - who has a son with ex-husband and fellow actor, Martin Freeman, reveals that, despite a turbulent time following her participation in the hit BBC dance show, she’s now in a much better place - indeed, it seems there will even be wedding bells next year, as she plans to tie the knot with her fiance, America’s Got Talent contestant, Jonathan Goodwin …No, never again. Please be kind to me. I’ve had death threats and rape threats because I left Strictly.
It is, but because I'm an actor, I love it. It's nice to be back to acting again. I've been doing it for 30 years now, so I’m comfortable there.He is – he’s gone into it. He's just done a role in Doctors, and he's also just starred in a Paul Weller video, so he's going up stuff. I love Paul’s music too.He had to audition, so there's no nepotism, at all. He's doing it all on his own bat – it’s got nothing to do with me.He didn't meet him.