Overview
- Multiple outlets citing unnamed production sources report that Giovanni Pernice has signed for Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and has travelled to Thailand for filming, with Channel 4 and his team asked for comment.
- Celebrity SAS is a reality series that puts well-known figures through challenges based on special forces selection to test physical endurance and mental grit.
- Pernice left Strictly Come Dancing after partner Amanda Abbington accused him of bullying and harassment during training, claims he denied at the time.
- A BBC investigation later upheld some bullying and harassment complaints and did not uphold allegations of physical aggression, and the corporation apologised to Abbington.
- Since departing the BBC show, Pernice has kept working on Italy’s Ballando con le Stelle, and a UK TV return could tap into the Strictly fan base producers hope to attract, according to the reports.