TV presenter Laura Whitmore has said she felt “gaslit” by BBC bosses when she first raised concerns about her Strictly Come Dancing experience.

The former Love Island host was partnered with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice in 2016, and was the seventh celebrity eliminated from the BBC One show.

Fellow Strictly star Amanda Abbington said the behaviour of Pernice – who she was partnered with in 2023 – was “abusive, cruel and mean”. Pernice has rejected “any suggestion of…