Giovanni Pernice has opened up about the real reason he's a 'workaholic' after recently speaking out on his failed
Strictly Come Dancing partnership with Amanda Abbington and being a 'perfectionist'. The dancer returned to screens on Monday night (March 18) alongside Anton Du Beke as their latest travel series aired on
BBC One. Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in
Spain sees the Strictly co-stars head to Spain on an epic adventure across Anton's motherland with their trip ending in the very village where Anton's mother was born. During the first episode, as they arrived in Marbella they took a yacht ride, where the pair had a heart-to-heart. Opening up to Anton about why he works so hard, Giovanni said: "You know, I'm a workaholic as they say. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Vito Coppola in gushing tribute to 'my love' and says 'miss you' Join our
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BREAKING News group by clicking this link "Because obviously there is the fear that it is all going to finish someday, which is the truth. Obviously I support me, I support my family back in Sicily, financially, so obviously I have fear that if I stop, everybody else and estops because of me." It comes after the Italian dancer has been hitting the headlines after finally speaking about his early exit from Strictly last year. Giovanni, who has been a professional on the show since 2015, was paired with
Actress Amanda during the 2023 series but she shared her decision to quit just weeks into the competition. She pulled out of one of the live shows of the series, despite impressing with her moves, due to 'medical reasons'. But before she and her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice were due to return for the contest's
Halloween special, it was announced Amanda would be leaving the competition due to 'personal reasons'. Giovanni and Anton were seen having a heart-to-heart (Image: BBC) Neither has directly spoken out about what happened until now as Giovanni has said it is a "shame" that Amanda left the show early as he feels they could have "gone all the way". Speaking in a new interview on the Mirror's Invite Only podcast, Giovanni, 33, said: "It was a shame that she had to leave for medical reasons because I think, in my opinion, we could have gone all the way." Asked if he is a perfectionist, he agreed but said it comes from a place of "caring". The Italian star said: "I am a perfectionist." He continued: "100%, but it comes from a perspective of caring. In every single part of the world, if (you’re) a professional dancer, we have to get these people on the Saturday night looking the best as they can."