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Oti Mabuse shares toll Strictly Come Dancing took on her marriage to husband Marius amid ‘pressure’: ‘I’m not good enough’

Strictly star Oti Mabuse has opened up about how the programme made a major impact on her marriage when she first started the show.

News Strictly star Oti Mabuse may now be the programme’s head choreographer and have a decade of experience under her belt, but that hasn’t always been the case. Chatting on the We Need to Talk podcast, she admitted that she neglected her marriage due to her hopes to claim the winning spot on the programme. Oti eventually lifted the Glitterball trophy alongside actor Kevin Fletcher in 2019 and comedian Bill Bailey in 2020.

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