Strictly’s Motsi Mabuse Accidentally Reveals Family Secret Live on Air in Awkward Blunder

By Laura Parkin For Mailonline

Published: 15:14 EDT, 7 October 2023 | Updated: 20:55 EDT, 7 October 2023

Motsi Mabuse accidentally revealed a Family Secret live on air during Saturday night’s episode of Strictly Come Dancing. The judge, 42, who is married to husband Evgenij Voznyuk, is often in the spotlight but has chosen not to publicly reveal the name of their daughter, four. But while speaking to contestant Layton Williams and his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin, she mistakenly called Nikita by her daughter’s name. Giving some pointers on their routine she began: ‘I have to say the acting part the sentiment all of that, I think it’s so beautiful. Your fingers when you dance, they look so detailed, so beautiful. ‘I just feel just as detailed as you are with other things, other things have to be more detailed. Motsi Mabuse, 42, accidentally revealed a family secret live on air during Saturday night’s episode of Strictly Come DancingMotsi continued: ‘The centre is too open so if it’s open it’s difficult for [daughter’s name]. I’m sorry. I just said my daughter’s name. You know I’m a mum!’Nikita and my daughter’s names are quite similar, sorry everybody. So Nikita can’t lead it with an open centre and the second thing is watch the feet.’

It comes after Motsi hit out at her ex-husband Timo Culczak’s lawyer after he claimed she could face a jail sentence in response to her comments in her autobiography. It was reported in April this year that the German dancer was suing his former wife, 42, for £70,000 after she told how Timo limited her access to money and even dictated what she ate in her memoir, Finding My Own Rhythm, which was released in September 2022.Motsi, who divorced Timo in 2014 after 11 years of marriage, has since refused to settle the agreement. It was reported earlier today that Timo and his lawyer are allegedly asking the court to jail the TV judge for up to six months or fine her £250,000 if she were to repeat her previously made claims, the Sun wrote.But hitting back, Motsi’s spokesperson said today: ‘No such written court order exists – it is categorically untrue that our client faces imprisonment with regards to her former husband’s civil lawsuit, or that a fine, which would only be payable if our client culpably violates a court order, would be more than a nominal amount. ‘There is no legal basis for this lawsuit. To reiterate, our client reserves all rights in this matter.’

Slip up: The judge, who is married to husband Evgenij Voznyuk, remains private about her family life, and has chosen not to publicly reveal the name of their daughter, four Oops: But while speaking to contestant Layton Williams and his professional partner Nikita Kuzmin, she mistakenly called Nikita by her daughter’s nameThe statement comes after the Sun reported that Timo’s lawyer Samy Hammad said: ‘Ms Mabuse is refusing to pay, and so the court now has to decide.’All we just want her to do is to retract the untruths published about him, and to compensate him accordingly.’My client’s reputation has repeatedly been trashed.’You have to threaten a penalty saying if you do it again, this is what I want in terms of money, or in terms of the prison sentence,’ he told the publication.

STRICTLY LEADERBOARD – WEEK 3

Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin: Viennese Waltz to There Are Worse Things I Could Do from Grease – FINAL SCORE: 29 + 36 + 28 = 93

Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola: Viennese Waltz to Waiting On A Miracle from Encanto – FINAL SCORE: 29 + 31 + 33 = 93

Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice: Rumba to Out of Reach from Bridget Jones – FINAL SCORE: 29 + 32 + 30 = 91

Bobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell: Samba to Young Hearts Run Free from Romeo and Juliet – FINAL SCORE: 29 + 29 + 32 = 90

Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu: Charleston to Who’s Got The Pain? From Damn Yankees – FINAL SCORE: 23 + 29 + 35 = 87

Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington: Quickstep to Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music – FINAL SCORE: 28 + 31 + 26 = 85

Nigel Harman and Katya Jones: Jive to Batman Theme from Batman – FINAL SCORE: 32 + 27 + 25 = 84

Annabel Croft and Johannes Radebe: Waltz to Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – FINAL SCORE: 28 + 22 + 30 = 80

Eddie Kadi and Karen Hauer: Couple’s Choice to Men in Black from Men in Black – FINAL SCORE: 22 + 21 + 34 = 77

Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Lauren Oakley: Charleston to Money Money from Cabaret – FINAL SCORE: 22 + 20 + 30 = 72

Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima: Paso Doble to The Puss Suite from Puss in Boots – FINAL SCORE: 19 + 23 + 25 = 67

Jody Cundy and Jowita Przystał: American Smooth to Married Life from Up – FINAL SCORE: 21 + 16 + 20 = 57

Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez: Jive to Kids in America from Clueless – FINAL SCORE: 18 + 18 + 21 = 57

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