Jowita takes savage swipe at Strictly ex after they were caught kissing backstage at BBC show
JOWITA Przystał has taken a savage swipe at Giovanni Pernice after they were caught kissing backstage at Strictly Come Dancing.
The Sun revealed in 2022 how the show pros had enjoyed a secret tryst after Jowita, 30, won the series with Hamza Yassin, 35.
And, while the pair split just three months later, it appears the Polish dancer is still holding a grudge.
In a new TikTok video, Jowita dances to Gladdest – Done With Your Ex (Shake It To The Max Remix) by Moliy and Silent Addy, in what fans believe is a not-so-subtle dig at Giovanni.
She wrote in her caption: “Dance it. I had to, it’s a viiibe! #vibes #ex #womenpower.”
We told almost three years ago how Jowita and now-axed Giovanni went public with their romance at Chelsea ace Jorghino’s birthday dinner.
A source said: “She and Gio are the worst kept secret, but make a great couple.”
The pair kept the blossoming relationship secret for weeks before openly flirting at the bash.
Italian Stallion Gio is close pals with Brazilian-born Italy international Jorginho.
Polish beauty Jowita had split from dancer Michael Danilczuk before the series began.
Fans spotted her and Gio in a long hug as the champions were announced that December.
They first set tongues wagging with a sizzling start-of-show routine in October.
Show crew also caught them kissing backstage.
A source said: “While they both kept insisting they were single, the pair’s chemistry was ridiculous — and they kept getting busted snogging in corridors.
“Crew even saw them kissing in the production office.
“They make a great couple though, and have been pretty inseparable in the last few weeks.
“Jowita, especially, wanted to keep things quiet so she could keep focused with Hamza, and not distract from the competition.
“Giovanni invited Jowita as his date to Jorghino’s birthday bash at Grappelli, an Italian restaurant in Cobham, Surrey, near the Chelsea training ground.
“They were flirting and made their relationship very known.
“It was the talk of the evening.”
Ladies’ man Giovanni has previously dated ex-Coronation Street actress Georgia May Foote, his partner in 2015’s Strictly.
They split eight months later.
In 2018, he dated another show contestant, Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts, despite not being partnered together.
Gio’s most recent public romance was with Love Island star Maura Higgins.
But it ended within a few months.
And he had been linked to Inbetweeners star Emily Atack.
Ballroom dancer Jowita made her pro debut on Strictly this series – and became an instant hit with male viewers.
She first came to public attention after winning The Greatest Dancer on BBC1, mentored by Oti Mabuse, but has been dancing since the age of 12.
Jowita, the Polish Open Latin Champion, had previously dated her professional dance partner, Michael.
The couple – who still have their own website and Instagram page – met at a dance camp in 2013 and fell in love after dancing together for a year.
After retiring from competition in 2015, the pair toured the world together, working on dance show Burn The Floor.
They also competed on The Greatest Dancer.
Timeline of Giovanni Pernice's dating history
STRICTLY hunk Giovanni Pernice has found love again with a glamorous actress starring on Italy’s version of the BBC dance show.
It’s the latest in a long line of beauties the Sicilian performer has fallen for – most recently before her with model Molly Brown.
It followed Giovanni’s split from fellow pro dancer Jowita Przystal in March 2023.
Pals revealed how the pair chose to end their relationship after falling for one another during the 2022 series of the Strictly.
Giovanni secretly dated Love Island star Maura Higgins for weeks before going public in July 2021.
But the pair called time on their romance four months later.
Giovanni also enjoyed a romance with Pussycat Dolls star Ashley Roberts.
They met after she took part in Strictly back in 2018.
Giovanni met Jessica Wright through her brother Mark Wright when he was on Strictly in 2017.
But after posting a series of loved-up snaps on social media, they parted ways six months later.
Giovanni started dating Georgia May Foote in 2015 after they were paired together on his first season of Strictly Come Dancing.
But they split eight months later.
Now Giovanni is onto yet another beauty from the dance contest and some have hinted marriage may be on the cards.
When asked if he’d pop the question before their victory in Ballando con le Stelle in December 2024, he said: “If we win the show, I’ll seriously think about it.”
Giovanni since seems to have rowed back his comment but many are convinced the Strictly lothario may have been tamed at long last…
When Jowita was announced as a new Strictly pro – in the 2021 group dances – Michael posted a tribute to his then-girlfriend.
The caption read: “I am so ecstatic to share with you all that my Babe made her biggest dream Come True. She is now one of the pro dancers on @bbcstrictly 2021. I am super proud of You @jowitaprzystal. You are the most hardworking person on this planet and I know you will be outstanding. I know how much this means to you.
“I love you from the bottom of my heart and I know everyone will see what I see in you! Time to smash it babe!”
Giovanni is now dating actress and singer Bianca Guaccero, 44, who he won Italy’s version of the show with last year.
He stepped down from the British edition last spring while the corporation probed claims of bad behaviour behind the scenes made by Sherlock actress Amanda Abbingdon.
The BBC later released its report into 17 claims made by Amanda.
Six were upheld and they related to verbal bullying and harassment, but the most serious allegations of physical aggression were not.