All the stars who struggled on Strictly: As Zara McDermott and Amanda Abbington call out their 'abusive' pro partners, a look at the celebs who suffered physical and mental harm on the show amid misconduct scandal

The BBC continues to face backlash as more and more celebrities are now speaking out about their experience on Strictly Come Dancing.

Amanda Abbington first sparked the misconduct scandal last year after she claimed Giovanni Pernice left her with PTSD over his ‘bullying’ and ‘harsh’ training.

Off the back of Amanda’s bullying row, it sparked Zara McDermott to speak out about her experience with former partner Graziano Di Prima in the rehearsal room.

Graziano, who was sacked from the BBC show, publicly apologised for kicking Zara on Thursday and branded his abusive behaviour a ‘mistake’.

Old clips of former pro partners and their celeb are also resurfacing, with Brendan Cole captured slapping Fiona Phillips’ bottom during rehearsals in 2005.

The BBC could ‘face £1million legal bill’ over the misconduct scandal, with insiders fearing growing allegations could kill off the show entirely.

Here, MailOnline takes a look at all the stars who claim to have struggled on Strictly with…

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All the stars who struggled on Strictly: As Zara McDermott and Amanda Abbington call out their 'abusive' pro partners, a look at the celebs who suffered physical and mental harm on the show amid misconduct scandal

 

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