RUTH Langsford appears to back Giovanni Pernice amid the Strictly controversy and BBC investigation as she gushed about his and Anton Du Beke’s live show Together.

The Loose Women star took a night off from her divorce as she attended the duo’s show in Guildford on Thursday night.

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Ruth Langsford shows support for Giovanni Pernice amid BBC investigationCredit: Instagram

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Anton Du Beke and Ruth Langsford were dance partners on Strictly in 2017Credit: Instagram

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Amanda Abbington looked teary during a girl’s get-together at Groucho Club in SohoCredit: BackGrid
Sharing a clip of their performance to her Instagram Stories, Ruth wrote: “Fantastic dancers, fantastic singers, fantastic band.”

The TV star then went backstage as she posed for a sweet snap with her Strictly Come Dancing 2017 partner Anton.

She captioned it: “Thanks for inviting me partner. If one of the dancers need a day off you know where I am.”

Anton and Giovanni’s tour is proving to be a success, despite the latter being cut from the next series of Strictly.

It follows Giovanni’s former professional partner Amanda Abbington who said she had PTSD after dancing with him on the show.

She is being backed by two other female stars – who are helping the Beeb with the probe.

Giovanni has strongly denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name.

Last week he released a statement rejecting all claims.

He said: “I am cooperating fully with the ongoing BBC investigation, which will determine the truth.

“As requested, I have stayed silent, but I am looking forward to the conclusion of the investigation and ultimately clearing my name and establishing the truth.

“I’m so happy to be back on tour. Thank you all for your continued support – your messages and love mean so very much to me.

“I will hopefully see many of you very soon.”

Yesterday (June 19), Amanda was seen looking tearful in a London street amid her Strictly battle with the Sicilian dancer.

The actress quit Strictly in 2023 just weeks in after she missed a week due to undisclosed medical reasons.

A ‘feud’ between Amanda and Giovanni was revealed after claims they were clashing behind the scenes.

Amanda has since opened up about her sudden departure from the show which led to death threats from vile trolls.

She told us: “I’m very sorry that people felt the need to send me death threats, threaten my children and bring up my past, healthy relationship with an ex-partner as an ­indicator of my current mental health. I wish those people well.”

Earlier this month, the Sherlock star quit social media after it was confirmed Giovanni won’t be returning to Strictly this year.

Many of Giovanni’s co-stars have been silent on the scandal, but he has received public support from head judge Shirley Ballas.

She said: “He has always been to me, and I will make that clear, to me…a perfect gentleman.

“I know he is a hard worker. He wants the people to do the very best that they can do.”