Listen: Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood addresses complaints about professional dancers

Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has addressed complaints about the behavior of the show’s professional dancers.

The BBC show has been hit by a number of allegations concerning former dancers Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima.

Pernice denied the allegations, while Di Prima admitted he made a mistake by kicking partner Zara McDermott during a rehearsal.

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales on Saturday (20 July), Revel Horwood said he was “shocked” by the news, before adding: “The judges are never present at any of the teaching and we literally come in on a Saturday and judge what we see before us.”