Oti Mabuse announces pregnancy on her breakfast show
Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse has candidly opened up about her seven years on the BBC dance competition and why she really decided to quit.
In a new interview, the 33-year-old recalled how many people questioned her decision to leave the much-loved show at the time, particularly as she had just made history as the winning pro for two years running.
Of her departure, she explained: “I was met with a lot of, ‘Why would you leave? You’re happy, you are at the top of your professional game, your personal game, you won the show. Why would you leave?’ And I was like, ‘because of that’.”
Oti added: “That is the wrong question to ask, ‘why would you leave?’ The right one is, ‘what’s next?'”
The dancer went on to praise her “amazing” husband Marcus Lepure for getting her through some “dark days” over the years while competing with her celebrity partners.
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She explained on the All Change podcast: “He’s seen the days where I’m crying in the shower with my clothes on because it’s so hard and it’s so overwhelming.
“He’s seen me not eat, he’s seen me overeat, he’s seen me struggle with not being able to get the best out of someone.
“He’s seen me having to deal with interesting personalities, so he’s the person that is in the behind-the-scenes.
“I said to him, ‘do you think I’m finished?’ and he was like, ‘yeah I think’.”
Oti quit the BBC dance competition in 2021 after seven years and two wins with Kelvin Fletcher in 2019 and Billy Bailey in 2020.
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While discussing leaving the show, she added the move opened a “whole other new world” and led her to a “new family” on ITV.
Such opportunities have included Oti joining The Masked Dancer as a panellist and becoming a judge on Dancing On Ice.
Additionally, as of earlier this year, she began fronting her own self-titled breakfast show on Saturday mornings.
Back in August, she announced she is expecting her first child with her husband.
Taking to Instagram, she showcased her blossoming bump in a pink jumpsuit as she posed alongside her spouse.
The dancer wrote: “Our ‘yes’ year is getting better and better and so is our little family.
“We feel finally ready and excited to share our wonderful news. This is new for us scarier than swimming with sharks, jumping off cliffs or even swinging from bridges but the best news we could have ever [asked] for.
“We love our little bundle of joy so much already… and can’t wait to see what our future will now look like as [a] family of 3 plus Leo it’s been a beautiful journey so far with close friends and family and nearly over but we have learnt a lot along the way…. Christmas is about to get even louder #babyontheway #firstborn #bundleofjoy.”
Many of Oti’s 671,000 followers flocked to her post to send congratulatory messages including new mum Janette Manrara, who wrote: “Aghhhhhh!!!!! Congratulations!!!!! I cannot wait for the two of you to become parents! It’s the most incredible feeling!”
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