Overview

• Pernice posted side-by-side Instagram photos taken five weeks apart to showcase a newly defined six-pack and toned upper body.
• He is currently performing across the UK with Anton Du Beke on their 'Together Again' show, which they have confirmed will pause after this run.
• Celebrities including Bianca Guaccero and Gemma Atkinson publicly applauded his dedication and transformation on social media.
• An Instagram clip shared by judge Shirley Ballas triggered renewed fan campaigns demanding Pernice’s return to Strictly Come Dancing.
• His public fitness update forms part of a wider image rehabilitation following a BBC probe that upheld six verbal-bullying complaints but cleared him of physical aggression.