Strictly star Oti Mabuse is expecting her second child.
The dancer took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal she is pregnant as she shared a slew of sweet snaps with her husband Marius Lepure.
In an accompanying caption she wrote: ‘Plot twist… We thought we had our hands full already, but life had even bigger plans. Baby No. 2 is joining the dance party, and our hearts (and house) are about to get a whole lot fuller.’
The couple are parents to a two-year-old daughter, who was born six months prematurely, suffered a tramatic birth and contracted sepsis. Oti and Marius, who tied the knot in 2014, have never publically revealed their daughter’s name.
Despite admitting she was left suffering after the birth, when asked if she would like more children, she said: ‘I’d like as many as I can afford. What I have been through shocked me, but it made me even stronger….
Strictly star Oti Mabuse is expecting her second child
‘For the first time in my life I have a purpose, which is for my family to have a good life. You can imagine if I’m ambitious in my work, how ambitious I am as a mum…
‘This industry has its ups and downs but I love it and I’m doing it all for my baby and my husband. I’m the breadwinner and I am taking care of my family.”
In 2024, Oti detailed the trauma of giving birth and the subsequent pain of seeing her daughter so ill: ‘You hug but then the baby gets taken awayAnd then the next time you see them they’re in a box, wired up, not well, under blue light….
‘I remember crying because I couldn’t get the wheelchair close to her bed. Emotionally it was very exhausting. I didn’t get to hold her for about a week…
‘In the moment I was not traumatised. It was all I knew. Even when you have moments of weakness, when you feel like, ‘Oh my God, I’m discombobulating’…
‘You do what you have to do to be a good mum, to be strong for your daughter and be there for her, to change her and feed her and do skin to skin.’
The dancer took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal she is pregnant as she shared a slew of sweet snaps with her husband Marius Lepure
She shared sweet snaps showing the couple posing with their daughter and cradling her bump
Her news comes after Oti revealed she was left ‘so hurt’ after she was snubbed from her sister Motsi’s secret vow renewal for their wedding anniversary.
The Loose Women panellist joined Janet Street-Porter, Judi Love and Charlene White on the ITV show on Tuesday, as discussion turned to getting wed in secret.
Reflecting on speculation that Tom Holland and Zendaya had tied the knot in a secret ceremony, Charlene, 45, asked her co-stars if they would be offended to miss out on a secret family wedding.
And Oti, was quick to bring up her experience with her sister, Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi, 44, who had a vow renewal in 2023.
Motsi failed to tell her family about the romantic renewal in the Maldives until after it had happened, sharing a series of snaps with Oti.
The professional dancer hit out: ‘Honestly, I’m so close with my family, we talk all the time. If I’m not calling one sister, I’m calling the other.
Her news comes after Oti revealed she was left ‘so hurt’ after she was snubbed from her sister Motsi’s secret vow renewal for their wedding anniversary
