In 2016, the former Love Island host was matched with professional dancer Giovanni Pernice and became the eighth celebrity to be evicted from the show.
Fellow Amanda Abbington, a Strictly competitor, described Pernice’s behavior as “abusive, cruel, and mean”. Pernice dismissed “any suggestion of abusive or threatening behavior.”
Whitmore, from Dublin, told the Irish Post that when she first expressed her worries, she was “gaslit to make it seem normal.”
Gaslighting, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, is the act of misleading or manipulating someone by convincing them of falsehoods.
Whitmore stated, “It’s unfortunate that it has to come out in such a victim-shaming manner, as it always does. And being the first to speak up about anything is always difficult.
The 39-year-old said in a social media post last month that she, along with six other people, was requested to talk with the about complaints of “inappropriate behaviour”. She stated at the time that she believed her experience on the show was “specific to me,” but she has since discovered she was mistaken.
