Amanda Abbington appears to have shown there is no bad blood between her and members of the BBC Strictly crew after the show bagged the Best Entertainment Show at this year's Bafta TV Awards.
The actress endured a short-lived stint on the BBC dance competition last year as rumours of a rift between her and dance partner Giovanni Pernice dominated her tenure.
Months on from her premature exit from the show for "personal reasons", Abbington and Pernice's feud has continued to dominate headlines.
Abbington claimed to have been left with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) as a result of her time on the programme and reportedly sought legal advice about her time on the show as well as demanding footage from rehearsals.
The Sherlock star even reportedly received support from other former celebrity dance partners of Pernice who experienced similar incidents due to the Italian dancer's strict training methods.
However, the BBC show has reportedly decided to stand by Pernice, although a decision on this year's line-up of Strictly Come Dancing professionals will be made in due course.
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The saga, which led to Pernice's new girlfriend branding it as "bizarre", didn't prevent the show from winning big at this year's Bafta TV awards as it beat the competition to win the Best Entertainment Show.
It saw off Michael McIntyre's Big Show, Later... With Jools Holland, and Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas in the category.
On the night, neither Pernice nor Abbington took to the stage as it was left to Claudia Winkleman, Tess Daly and the team behind-the-scenes to accept the gong and thank fans for their support.
Daly went on to celebrate the success on her Instagram page - and Abbington made her stance on the victory clear in response.
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BBC"WE WON best Entertainment Show," Daly began to her 867k followers. "Thank you to @bafta for this incredible acknowledgement of what a production @bbcstrictly is.
"This one is for everyone that tunes in at home and our brilliant Strictly team who work SO hard with so much LOVE. Woohooo! We’re celebrating our 20th year of Strictly this year and this is the perfect present! So grateful." (sic)
Strictly pros Vito Coppola and Carlos Gu were among the well-wishers in the comments section of the post while Abbington added to the praise by giving the celebratory message a like.
The congratulatory gesture to the Strictly crew is a marked difference from Abbington's latest Instagram post last month in which she pleaded with people to "leave me alone".
The actress found herself in the news after a clip from the show Meet the Richardsons went viral which appeared to show her shouting at a member of the public.
The scene was scripted and dramatised for the show but as trolls used it to target Abbington, she took to Instagram in April to ask for calm.
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"Meet the Richardsons was an acting job. I’m an actress. That’s my career. I’ve cultivated my career for 31 years. I would never treat anyone like that in real life. Obviously," she explained.
"I’m posting this because some folks seem to think it newsworthy. If you could just leave me alone for a bit, that would be lovely. Loads of other stuff going on in the world. It’s all feeling pretty relentless,” she added alongside a heart emoji.
