Oti Mabuse Defends Decision to Join I'm A Celebrity

Oti Mabuse, the former Strictly Come Dancing star, has decided to participate in I'm A Celebrity, despite the challenges of leaving her one-year-old daughter behind. She expressed her belief that her daughter won't remember this brief separation and emphasized the importance of mothers pursuing their own goals while being committed to their families. Mabuse shared her experience of a traumatic birth 13 months ago, during which her daughter was born prematurely and spent weeks in intensive care. She revealed that after being approached six times by ITV, this year felt like the right moment to join the show before her daughter becomes too aware of her absence. Mabuse's husband, Marius Iepure, is supportive of her decision, and she hopes to serve as a positive role model for her daughter. She stated, 'When she grows up, she’ll Google me, and she’ll probably see it and be like, “Yeah, my mum did that.”'