Amanda Abbington and her dance partner Giovanni Pernice were seen arriving for another day of Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals on Friday.
The pair will take to the floor for the second live show on Saturday, before the first couple is eliminated from the competition.
After hitting back at claims that she ‘threatened’ to quit the show, Amanda was in good spirits as she headed to training, donning an oversized black jumper and matching trousers.
She and Giovanni are set to dance a salsa to Oye by Gloria Estefan in a bid to avoid being the first couple to be voted off.
Earlier on Saturday Sherlock star Amanda shared a video to Instagram where she rubbished the rumours of clashes with Giovanni in a foul-mouthed rant.
Stepping out: Amanda Abbington and her dance partner Giovanni Pernice were seen arriving for another day of Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals on Friday
Beaming: After hitting back at claims that she ‘threatened’ to quit the show, the Sherlock star was in good spirits as she headed to training
It follows claims she was ‘left shaken’ by his ‘militant and aggressive’ training style with tensions escalating between the pair.
But Amanda hit back saying she was ‘ignoring the bulls***’ as she insisted things are all good between her and Giovanni.
The duo then took to the floor as they performed an elegant Viennese Waltz to Pointless by Lewis Capaldi, which earned a respectable 29 points from the judges.
Seemingly addressing the feud claims, she said: ‘Ignoring the bulls***, because clearly people are t****.’
Launching a swear-filled rant, she went on: ‘Just stop it, stop it, grow up. No one gives a s***. Shut up, it’s b****cks, so f*** off.’
Amanda had taken to her Instagram Stories to share a snap of her beaming in rehearsals and gushed over ‘hugely talented’ Giovanni in an accompanying caption.
She penned: ‘The smile you give your pro partner at the end of the camera rehearsal when you know you are in safe and hugely talented hands. Giovanni Pernice ya legend, see you all tomorrow.’
Giovanni then shared her post to his own Instagram Stories and admitted that he was ‘extremely proud’ of his dance partner as they proved they have a strong bond.
Row: Earlier on Saturday Sherlock star Amanda shared a video to Instagram where she rubbished the rumours of clashes with Giovanni in a foul-mouthed rant
Drama: It follows claims she was ‘left shaken’ by Giovanni’s ‘militant and aggressive’ training style with tensions escalating between the pair
Solid: The duo then took to the floor as they performed an elegant Viennese Waltz to Pointless by Lewis Capaldi, which earned a respectable 29 points from the judges
Not long now! She and Giovanni are set to dance a salsa to Oye by Gloria Estefan during the second live show on Saturday in a bid to avoid being the first couple to be voted off
Here they come! Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola were also seen heading into training together
‘I usually don’t say these things early (as probably everybody knows) but I’m extremely proud of you and I can’t wait for people to watch what we have created,’ he wrote.
It comes after it was claimed that Amanda threatened to quit Strictly before the first live show due to clashes with her dance partner Giovanni.
According to The Sun, the duo were at loggerheads, with Amanda wanting to quit hours before taking to the iconic BBC dance floor for the first time.
A source told the publication: ‘Giovanni is a hard taskmaster and takes the competition very, very seriously.’
They went on to brand his style of teaching as ‘Incredibly brusque’ which can sometimes ‘upset his partners’.
‘Amanda was really looking forward to dancing with him, but has found his aggressive training style and attitude pretty difficult to handle,’ they added.
‘He is quite militant in his approach to training. She’s been left very shaken, and has liaised with her team about quitting.’
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday at 6:15pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Bobby Brazier and Diane Buswell
Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe
Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima
Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice
Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley
Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu
Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola
Adam Thomas and Luba Mushtuk
Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał
Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin
Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez
Les Dennis and Nancy Xu
Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer
