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Oti Mabuse Reveals Year-Long Rift With Mother, Says She Won’t Seek Strictly Hosting Role

She believes the show will thrive after Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman depart.

Overview

  • On ITV’s Loose Women, Mabuse said she and her mother did not speak for a year after she chose professional dance over a civil engineering career.
  • She said she has warned her mother to change critical language around her daughter, including comments about weight, or risk losing access.
  • In an interview with The Times, the two-time Strictly champion praised Daly and Winkleman and said the franchise will “survive and thrive.”
  • She is serving as head judge on Dancing With The Stars Ireland, which she says rules her out of taking a presenting job on Strictly.
  • The BBC has not yet announced replacements for Daly and Winkleman, with speculation over successors continuing.