EXCLUSIVE:’What Graziano did makes Giovanni look like a pussy cat’: Inside the Strictly Come Dancing scandal, Zara McDermott’s ‘deeply unpleasant’ ordeal… and who blew the whistle

Strictly Come Dancing star Graziano Di Prima has been sacked from the show by BBC bosses after he kicked and hit his former partner Zara McDermott.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms McDermott, who starred alongside the Italian dancer in last year’s series, was victim to repeated physical and verbal abuse ongoing attacks behind the scenes of the Saturday night show.