Strictly's Richie Anderson shares importance of same-sex pro pairing with Giovanni Pernice

Giovanni Pernice was reportedly telling his friends how "he wants to quit" Strictly Come Dancing after his early departure from the series alongside presenter Richie Anderson. The dancer was said to be "embarrassed" to be second out of the competition, according to the Sun, after winning the series with Rose Ayling-Ellis last year. But hitting back at the reports, Giovanni, 32, set the record straight as he shared on his Instagram Stories: "Lol," with three laughing face emojis.

Giovanni Pernice has responded to claims he's thinking of quitting Strictly Come Dancing after he made an early exit from the competition last weekend. The Italian dancer and his celebrity partner Richie Anderson found themselves in a shock bottom two during Sunday's results show.

Rose Ayling-Ellis took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal unknown details about herself to her followers, including the fact that "music and painting during my downtime is therapeutic to me".MORE: Rose Ayling-Ellis enjoys mini Strictly reunion after Giovanni Pernice's surprise exitWanting to engage with her fans, the former Strictly Come Dancing winner asked them tto reveal their favourite downtime activity, and her former Strictly co-star, Giovanni Pernice, sweetly revealed his.WATCH: Rose Ayling-Ellis stuns in bikini during Maldives holiday"Teaching Rose," he confessed, to which a delighted Rose quickly replied: "Aww @giovaniipernice. Learning a new dance and getting it right was the best feeling ever."MORE: Giovanni Pernice's touching tribute to Rose Ayling-Ellis on Strictly revealedREAD: Strictly's Giovanni Pernice addresses fallout rumours with dance partner Richie AndersonThe couple were partnered together during last year's series and went on to win the competition.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have become worried that professional dancer Giovanni Pernice may quit the show following an "awkward" interview. The professional dancer, 32, and his celebrity partner TV and radio personality Richie Anderson, 34, were voted off the dance competition in the Sunday night results show.

Rose Ayling-Ellis enjoyed a mini Strictly Come Dancing reunion with fellow 2021 competitor Dan Walker and his dance partner Nadiya Bychkova on Monday night.MORE: Giovanni Pernice's touching tribute to Rose Ayling-Ellis on Strictly revealedTheir little get-together comes shortly after Rose's former dance partner Giovanni Pernice and Richie Anderson became the latest pairing of this year's series to leave the competition.WATCH: Giovanni Pernice's sweet gesture to Rose Ayling-Ellis revealedTaking to Instagram, Rose shared pictures as both she and her mother Donna went to support 5 News presenter Dan at the launch of his latest book, Standing On The Shoulders. "Lovely evening at @mrdanwalker book launch," she remarked alongside a snap of Dan talking on stage.READ: Strictly's Giovanni Pernice addresses fallout rumours with dance partner Richie AndersonMORE: Rose Ayling-Ellis holds 'deep affection' for Strictly's Giovanni Pernice - expert discusses relationshipRose, who made history by becoming the first deaf person to compete and going on to win Strictly last year, also praised the former BBC Breakfast host for bringing a British Sign Language BSL interrupter to the event."How brilliant Dan brought a BSL interpreter this evening and I never asked for it or mentioned it," she added.

Richie Anderson became emotional as he spoke out on his "incredible" experience on Strictly Come Dancing. The TV and radio personality held back tears and struggled to get his words out during his first interview since being eliminated from the BBC One dance contest.

Giovanni Pernice has shown his support to dance partner Richie Anderson as he appeared to stay silent on his early exit from Strictly Come Dancing. There were gasps on Sunday after the result from week three were revealed during the BBC One results show.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were left gobsmacked when movie week turned into a horror when Richie Anderson and his dance partner Giovanni Pernice and Fleur East and Vito Coppola landed in the bottom two and therefore had to dance again for their survival in the BBC One dance contest on Sunday night.

The second contestant to exit Strictly Come Dancing is Richie Anderson and his partner Giovanni Pernice after a shock dance-off with Fleur East. The radio DJ was booted from the show tonight after being in the bottom two with singer Fleur.

Richie Anderson has been revealed as the second celebrity to depart the Strictly dance floor. After the second public vote, the 34-year-old TV and radio personality found himself up against Fleur East, 34, in the dance-off. Richie, also 34, then performed his Lion King routine with partner Giovanni Pernice for the second time after Saturday evening’s live show.The pair danced their head-turning samba to Hakuna Matata from the much-loved Disney movie.

Giovanni Pernice has hit back at claims that he and Richie Anderson haven't "clicked" after being paired together on this year's series of Strictly Come Dancing. Giovanni, 32, and radio host Richie, 34, appeared on spin-off show It Takes Two where they appeared to address claims of a feud between them. Host Janette Manrara asked them how training has been going following the first live show on 24 September, to which Giovanni replied: "We’re having a good time, we’re definitely having a good time.