{"id":14765,"date":"2022-05-03T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1637062"},"modified":"2022-05-03T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:50:09","slug":"oti-mabuse-hints-at-strictly-return-after-quitting-show","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/oti-mabuse-hints-at-strictly-return-after-quitting-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Oti Mabuse hints at Strictly return after quitting show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 03 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fans of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> were gutted when Oti Mabuse announced she was <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-quit-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">leaving the show<\/a> earlier this year, but the professional dancer has since hinted that her Strictly journey may not be over just yet.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/romeo-and-duet-oti-mabuse-release-date\/&quot;\">Romeo and Duet<\/a> host has teased a potential return to the BBC One show and said that she\u2019s \u201cnot done\u201d with it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/lifestyle\/tv\/oti-mabuse-responds-critics-romeo-23826639&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">WalesOnline<\/a>, Mabuse said: \u201cStrictly has been everything to me and has given me this amazing platform that I have. No, I\u2019m not done \u2013 it still has a place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that she will \u201calways be a part\u201d of the show and remains close with the cast of professional dancers.<\/p> <p>Mabuse, who was a Strictly Come Dancing cast member for seven years, left the show in February, writing on Instagram that it\u2019s \u201cnever easy to say goodbye\u201d and that she had had \u201can incredible time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving Strictly, Mabuse became the host of ITV\u2019s musical dating show Romeo &amp; Duet in addition to her role as a judge on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/dancing-on-ice-panel\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Dancing on Ice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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