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Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts ‘wanted to strangle’ Giovanni Pernice in Strictly training
Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts 'wanted to strangle' Giovanni Pernice in Strictly training,Former Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts joked that she 'wanted to strangle' Giovanni Pernice when the pair rehearsed the waltz ahead of this year's Strictly Christmas special

Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts ‘wanted to strangle’ Giovanni Pernice in Strictly training

Nicola Roberts has revealed she 'may have wanted to strangle' Giovanni Pernice as the couple trained for their forthcoming appearance on Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas Day special.

The Girls Aloud star, 37, made the admission to presenter Alex Jones during an interview on The One Show on Tuesday evening (December 20).

"Gio is a great teacher – he's a perfectionist – as am I," Nicola began.

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Discussing training for the waltz in the rehearsal studio, she continued: "The waltz is so technical and its so different to anything I've done before.

"I don't necessarily like the learning process because I lose concentration and Gio is very 'again, again, again.' But I was grateful because when I finally got to do the waltz I was prepared."

Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts 'wanted to strangle' Giovanni Pernice in Strictly training
Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts 'wanted to strangle' Giovanni Pernice in Strictly training (Image: BBC)