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Oti Mabuse Says She Cut Contact With Her Mother for a Year After Leaving Engineering for Dance

Her account came during a Loose Women appearance.

Overview

  • Oti Mabuse told Loose Women she and her mother did not speak for a year after she chose professional dance over a civil engineering career.
  • She has previously said her parents opposed the switch, calling it the worst decision, a stance she discussed on Desert Island Discs.
  • Mabuse said she now enforces boundaries as a parent, warning her mother to change comments about her baby's weight or lose access to visits.
  • Despite past tensions, she described a repaired relationship and praised her mother as an adored, hands-on grandmother.
  • Coverage noted her remarks surfaced during a panel conversation that referenced reported Beckham family tensions.