Emily Atack snogs Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice after growing close at Brits afterparty
STRICTLY champ Giovanni Pernice had a Brit of fun on a night out — by snogging actress Emily Atack.
The pair kissed at a Brit Awards afterparty in the early hours of yesterday, where onlookers said they were “all over each other”.
Italian dance pro Giovanni, 31, travelled from Glasgow to party at London nightclub The Box with Emily, 32, even though he did not go to the ceremony.
But they looked infatuated with each other as they partied with their mates.
An onlooker said: “Gio and Emily were snogging the faces off each other. Their hands were everywhere and they were absolutely loving it.
“He had been following her around the club and joined her on Maya Jama’s private table. Before long he had his arms draped over her on the dance floor where they kissed — and then held hands outside in the smoking area.
“There were also loads of raunchy performers on stage which they watched while cosying up together. It was more than flirty.”
Famous pals including radio host Vick Hope, 32, and fellow Strictly pros Graziano Di Prima, 27, and Oti Mabuse, 31, were there.
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In December, The Sun told how Emily had a fling with England ace Jack Grealish, 26, but broke it off after discovering he had rekindled his romance with his on/off girlfriend Sasha Attwood, 25.
Earlier in the year she had a relationship with model Jude Taylor, but insisted that she wanted to stay single after they separated.
She said in September: “I am single. Being single isn’t always a happy thing, but I definitely think it isn’t a bad thing. And it shouldn’t be seen as something that’s shameful if you’re in your 30s and single. Being single isn’t always great, but sometimes it’s really great. So yeah, I’m fine.”
Giovanni, who won Strictly in December with his EastEnders actress dance partner Rose Ayling-Ellis, 27, split from his reality star girlfriend Maura Higgins, 31, in October after four months together.
Maura partied at singer Tom Grennan’s party nearby after attending the ceremony on Tuesday.
The rendezvous comes five years after Giovanni and Emily were previously photographed leaving Soho House in London together.
Yesterday Emily shared a photo of herself on social media and wrote: “So hungover.”
