A biography for Motsi Mabusehasn’t been written yet.
“I missed my youth because I was dancing, I didn't do all the crazy stuff. I didn't have boyfriends or anything - the first man I met I married!”
“I know how it feels to work hard and to work with a celebrity.”
“You learn not to take things personally, but it can be hard.”
“I've danced before, so I know how it feels to stand in front of judges and be critiqued.”
“I celebrate life every day. I just wake up and say, 'Thank God. I have a bed. I have my husband. I have my baby.'”
“I never see Oti! I see her on the dance floor, I see her shortly at the after party but that's it. In the week she's doing her 'Strictly' zoom and I hardly ever see her.”
“To feel like someone is excluded is something I'm very sensitive about. I'd never want any human being to feel that they are not welcome because of a certain thing, whether it's religion, sexual orientation, their sex or their skin colour.”
“Strictly is the master of all dance programmes. It's so big!”
“I can't just go out in a T-Shirt and say, 'Hey, today I'm not wearing a bra.'”
“People usually first ask me about 'Let's Dance' and then they ask me about my decollete.”
“I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.”
“I've got a big mummy heart.”
“One of the main points everywhere in my life is fairness. Coming from South Africa and being treated unfairly all your life because of your skin colour, that's been a huge point.”
“I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining 'Strictly.' I have so much respect for the other judges and hope to add my own bit of sparkle to the show.”
“To watch people dancing is the most entertaining thing on the planet and, as they take in more alcohol, the better it gets!”
“I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.”
“I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!”
“In South Africa there are many women with a large chest. There you are not embarrassed when you visit a lingerie store to get a bra fitted.”
“In Germany, you have to see that there are not a lot of black people in the media. I am a tiny bit of colour on German TV and there are a lot of kids who write to me.”
“My daughter thinks that only her mum is on the television. Every time she sees the screen anywhere she's like mummy! Because we don't let her watch the TV.”