Strictly Come Dancing 2022 #14

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For the pure chaos factor, I would like a Rose/Nikita flirtation- why does G get to have all the fun dashing the shippers hopes?

Plus that would cast Nikita in the Maura/Nadiya role of evil vixen his hair and sass was born to play.

I wish we'd had a Switch up week last year then we could have collectively had the Rose/Gio and KJ shippers losing it all at once.
 
The Rio shippers - I fear for the safety of any partner Rose and Gio may have that isn’t each other. I fascinated by them (shippers not Rose and Gio), I just can not get my head around them. Their obsession with them reminds me of the Netflix show - You. Although Gio saying in Dan Walkers book that he is addicted to Rose probably hasn’t helped.
 
The Rio shippers - I fear for the safety of any partner Rose and Gio may have that isn’t each other. I fascinated by them (shippers not Rose and Gio), I just can not get my head around them. Their obsession with them reminds me of the Netflix show - You. Although Gio saying in Dan Walkers book that he is addicted to Rose probably hasn’t helped.

I suspect Gio knows exactly what he's doing when he says stuff like that. Gotta make sure fans keep on buying tour tickets. Those double-breasted suits won't dry clean themselves!
 
I'm still not convinced Gio had anything other than glitterballs in his eyes when he looked at Rose.
Same. When he said something like 'thank you to this young lady' in his victory speech, it very much came off to me like 'thanks for the glitterball, now on your way young lady, showmance over.'

That said, I'm of the possibly minority opinion that he didn't actually try to create romance rumours with Rose. It came off to me like he just shrugged and went with it after people started shipping them.
 
I think he genuinely likes her but also leaned into it at a certain point - he knows how this works. With previous partners he made clear statements (‘there’s nothing going on’). He’s apparently quoted in Dan Walker’s new book as saying :


"I woke up on a Monday morning after Strictly,’ says Giovanni, ‘and I think I was talking to you [Dan/BBC Breakfast] on the TV and it hit me . . . I am not going to see Rose today. It was horrible. I don’t mind telling you, I am addicted to Rose! You cannot stay away from her. She is contagious. I have to talk to her every day."

Also from Dan's book: ‘I have never cried before over Strictly,’ says Giovanni, ‘but that final day with Rose was ridiculous. Every time I heard her name, it would set me off.’ He starts running through some of the things Rose had to do to prepare for the final and then making the sound of someone sobbing. ‘Rose needs to go to make-up.’ [tears] ‘Rose needs to get her hair done.’ [tears] ‘We need Rose for an interview.’ [tears] ‘Rose is in the toilet.’ [tears] ‘I know,’ says Giovanni, gesticulating wildly as only an Italian can. ‘I even cried when she went to the toilet! I didn’t want it to finish. I was a complete mess. I am addicted to her."
 
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