{"id":132624,"date":"2023-10-24T13:12:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132624"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:12:36","slug":"giovanni-pernice-struggled-to-motivate-strictlys-amanda-abbington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/giovanni-pernice-struggled-to-motivate-strictlys-amanda-abbington\/","title":{"rendered":"Giovanni Pernice struggled to motivate Strictlys Amanda Abbington"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giovanni Pernice on what he tells celebrity partner before they dance<\/h3>\n

Giovanni Pernice “struggled to motivate” actress Amanda Abbington, a leading body language expert has claimed.<\/p>\n

Judi James added that pro dancer Giovanni seemed “frustrated” at his inability to convince the actress of “how talented she is”.<\/p>\n

Her comments come after Amanda shared a post on Instagram over the weekend written by late comic Robin Williams, which read: “People don\u2019t fake depression \u2026 they fake being okay. Remember that. Be kind.”<\/p>\n

Looking at the pair’s last dance together before Amanda called it quits – a foxtrot in time with Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’ – Judi told The Mirror that she felt the writing was on the wall for the Sherlock actress.<\/p>\n

“[Giovanni] seems to be struggling to motivate her and to make her feel as confident as she deserves to, given her dance ability,” she began.<\/p>\n

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“He hangs an arm round her neck during the judges comments and as he holds her hand he shakes it hard every time she gets praise as though frustrated she doesn\u2019t realise how good she is.”<\/p>\n

Commenting on their reactions to each other in the Strictly rehearsal studio, Judi continued: “When she pushes her hands against her head during rehearsals Gio turns to look into the camera with his hands on his hips and this does create the idea that he was getting frustrated, knowing her potential but maybe not able to take her to the stage of being a winner.<\/p>\n

“There are no signs of joy or real fun between them here. Amanda often looks lost in her own worries about getting it all right.”<\/p>\n

Judi also suggested that her body language seems “cold” towards Giovanni, despite having been working closely together for weeks.<\/p>\n

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