{"id":36198,"date":"2023-08-26T12:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T10:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1880030"},"modified":"2023-08-26T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T11:00:38","slug":"former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Strictly star Oti Mabuse announces pregnancy live on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> She announced the news in the best way. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 26 August 2023 at 10:42 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>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-line-up-contestants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> star Oti Mabuse revealed the exciting news that she and her husband are expecting a baby in the best way \u2013 live on her breakfast show!<\/p>\n<p>The pro dancer and her husband, Marius Iepure, waited until the end of Oti Mabuse\u2019s Breakfast Show on ITV to announce their news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking of things that you didn\u2019t know at home, we have a little something for all of you and we\u2019ve been holding some good news,\u201d Mabuse said. \u201cAre you ready? We\u2019re having a baby!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the guests on the show cheering, Mabuse signed off by saying: \u201cThank you so much for watching, we will see you next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-line-up-contestants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up: Full cast of contestants confirmed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-come-dancing-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Speculated release date and latest news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mabuse also shared the news on Instagram, writing: \u201cOur \u201cyes\u201d year is getting better and better and so is our little family ????????<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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 ask for \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse is best known for her seven-year stint on Strictly Come Dancing as a pro dancer, which saw her lift the glitterball trophy twice. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/oti-mabuse-quit-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she announced her departure<\/a> from the show.<\/p> <p>At the time, she said: \u201cI\u2019m honestly so grateful to The BBC and will always remember that Strictly and BBC brought me to the UK \u2013 which I now call home and I have learnt and grown so much. Thank You from the bottom of my heart. I can\u2019t put in to words how difficult this decision has been, but I have decided not to return for the next series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDance will always be my first love and to everyone, my family especially, friends, strictly fans and judges who have been my support throughout my strictly journey, thank you for being incredible!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are irreplaceable in my heart and have made everyday unforgettable! I love you. I will always keeeep Dancing! and I will never forget my amazing Strictly experience!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mabuse and Iepure have been married since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oti Mabuse\u2019s Breakfast Show airs on ITV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\"><strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong>coverage or visit our<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\"><strong>Streaming Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> She announced the news in the best way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36199,"template":"","categories":[6,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/former-strictly-star-oti-mabuse-announces-pregnancy-live-on-tv-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"She announced the news in the best way.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}