Strictly followers have been left aghast at unearthed footage of the programme’s former skilled dancer James Jordan telling his companion he would ‘drag her throughout the ground and scream at her’ if she forgot her strikes.
The clip, which was filmed throughout the fourth collection again in 2006, reveals him rehearsing with actress Georgina Bouzova.
He additionally says to her ‘kill you’ as he calls for she stands on one leg and insists that until she has bodily damaged a rib he does not care what ache she is in. He’s additionally seen throwing a chair throughout the coaching studio.
Jordan, who left Strictly in 2012 after showing on eight collection, additionally banned Ms Bouzova, who previously starred on BBC medical drama Casualty, from consuming sweets and chocolate and would solely enable her to purchase pineapple and ham once they visited a grocery store collectively.
The video, which emerged simply days after Graziano Di Prima was sacked for allegedly hitting and kicking his companion Zara McDermott, was proven on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two on the time with its then host Claudia Winkleman introducing it to viewers.
Former skilled dancer James Jordan was paired with actress Georgina Bouzova for the 2006 collection of Strictly Come Dancing
Unearthed footage reveals Mr Jordan telling his companion he would ‘drag her throughout the ground and scream at her’ if she forgot her strikes
Within the clip he additionally says to her ‘kill you’ as he calls for she stands on one leg and insists that until she has bodily damaged a rib he does not care what ache she is in
Half means via the clip the present returned to the presenter who made gentle of the behaviour by describing Jordan, husband of one other former Strictly professional Ola Jordan, as ‘a rare human being.’
The video, which is being shared throughout social media platform TikTok opens with Jordan telling Ms Bouzova that he was a ‘drive to be reckoned with’ earlier than ordering her to ‘transfer that f***ing foot.’
Explaining why he’s working the star so onerous, he then says: ‘Except she’s truly bodily damaged a rib, I do not care…kill you, stand in your left leg. Except her ft are bleeding, I do not care. In the event that they’re sore, dance via it.’
Showing to be shocked by 46-year-old Jordan’s outbursts, Ms Bouzova then requested: ‘I overlook, what is going to you do?’
He replies: ‘I drag you throughout the ground after which scream at you when rise up..’
Later within the clip Jordan tells Ms Bouzova that she ought to shed extra pounds. She instructed the digital camera: ‘Mainly, he thinks I am a little bit of a porker,’ to which he replied: ‘I mentioned you no chocolate, no crisps. Each time I see you, you are consuming chocolate.’
She then requested if she appears fats to which he mentioned no however when she requested: ‘Do I seem like I might do with dropping a little bit of…’ he replies: ‘Sure.’
It comes after after Graziano Di Prima was sacked for hitting and kicking his companion Zara McDermott (pictured collectively in October 2023)
Former Strictly Come Dancing skilled James Jordan left Strictly in 2012 after showing on eight collection
Within the clip Mr Jordan additionally banned Ms Bouzova, who previously starred on BBC medical drama Casualty, from consuming sweets and chocolate and would solely enable her to purchase pineapple and ham once they visited a grocery store collectively
It got here simply weeks after Giovanni Pernice , 33, was suspended whereas a BBC probe is carried out over claims of off-camera misconduct made by Amanda Abbington, 50
Addressing his exit from the present, a ‘devastated’ Di Prima wrote on Instagram over the weekend: ‘I deeply remorse the occasions that led to my departure from Strictly. My intense ardour and willpower to win might need affected my coaching regime’
On Monday Jordan weighed into the Di Prima scandal, writing on X: ‘Simply seen one other professional dancer just isn’t coming to Strictly – once more for obvious abusive behaviour. What’s going on?’
The video rising comes after claims by The Solar newspaper that there’s a third former skilled dancer whose identify has been given to Carter-Ruck, the legislation agency representing Amanda Abbington. There is no such thing as a suggestion the dancer is Jordan.
Little extra is understood concerning the individual’s id, and the BBC are mentioned to be unaware of who or what they’re accused of.
Strictly sources say that they think that the story is being ‘whipped up’ by former Sherlock star Ms Abbington who’s awaiting the end result of an inner investigation by the BBC after accusing her companion Giovanni Pernice of bullying her throughout rehearsals.
In the meantime, there have been accusations levelled on the BBC by Strictly workers for not reporting the scandal precisely by itself airwaves.
On Tuesday night, the Radio 4 information programme mentioned that Di Prima had denied hitting or kicking Ms McDermott and on Wednesday morning, the At present programme used the time period ‘robust coaching strategies’ to explain his behaviour in the direction of the previous Love Island contestant.
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