Strictly star received ‘death threats’ during 16-year relationship with A-lister

Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington revealed she received chilling death threats during her relationship with Martin Freeman.

The actress, 51, is gearing up to take to the iconic dance floor on this year’s series of the glitzy BBC One Show.

Amanda, whose career spans over three decades, is best known for her roles in Mr Selfridge and Sherlock.

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She was also in a relationship with Martin Freeman whom she met back in 2000 – and they were together for 16 years.

However, Amanda and Martin, who have two children, a son Joe and a daughter Grace, called it quits in 2016.

But back in 2014, Amanda revealed she was sent chilling death threats by fans of her rather famous partner.

The threats came after it was announced she was playing the wife of Dr Watson (played by Martin) in Sherlock.

Speaking to The Times, she said: 'When I told everybody I was playing Mary, there was a small group who wanted me dead.

“I got, "She should die. How dare she play Mary Mortsan? How dare she!"'

However, things took a sickening turn a year later when she received a chilling threat online.

An anonymous blogger posted a shocking message to Amanda and her partner at the time Martin Freeman, which included a picture of a baseball bat covered in barbed wire.

The picture was captioned with the words: "Shall we start prepping for a possible funeral?"

At the time, Amanda took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to expose the vile threat and wrote alongside the image: “To the coward who's since shut this blog down. We've already informed the police sweetie. They have all the info."

A source close to the pair told The Sun at the time: “This is nothing new to them, but they are not prepared to put up with threats on their life.

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"These messages were incredibly sinister and they are well aware of the obsessive nature of a certain number of Benedict fans. Hopefully whoever is behind this will be caught and prosecuted."

Amanda is getting ready for the Strictly live shows – but last week she experienced an unfortunate injury.

Amanda revealed the physical toll of the training regimen on her body, using Instagram on Tuesday (September 5) to post a photo of a sizable round blood blister on her foot.

The 51-year-old star wrote: "Dancing in heels, when you absolutely aren’t a dancer, is clearly a blister minefield but, moreover, very much a young man’s game… however, onwards.

“Back tomorrow for more shenanigans!"

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