![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/oti-mabuse-reveals-real-reason-she-quit-strictly-after-dark-days-left-her-struggling-to-eat-properly/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/LRoffplat-OTI.jpg&description='I KNEW I WAS FINISHED' Oti Mabuse reveals real reason she quit Strictly after 'dark days' left her struggling to eat properly STRICTLY Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse has revealed she suffered 'dark days' as a star of the show before eventually quitting last year. The hugely popular pro shocked fans of the programme when she announced her departure after twice winning the glitterball. 4 Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse reveals she suffered 'dark days' as a star of the show before eventually quitting last year Credit: BBC Pictures 4 Oti has won the coveted glitterball twice, first in 2019 with Coronation Street star Kelvin Fletcher Credit: PA 4 She won again the following year with comedian Bill Bailey Credit: PA After triumphing with actor Kelvin Fletcher in 2019 then with comedian Bill Bailey in 2020, the South African was fully expected to try for a sensational hat trick. But Oti, 33, revealed the pressure of dealing with difficult celebrity contestants on the show often left her not eating properly, forcing her to turn to her husband, fellow dancer Marius Lepure. She said: 'Luckily my husband again has been an amazing person who has seen the dark days, the days where I'm in the shower crying with my clothes on because it's so hard and it's so overwhelming. 'He's seen me not eat, he's seen me overeat, he's seen me struggle with not being able to get the best out of someone. "He's seen me having to deal with 'interesting personalities.' 'So, he's the person that's seen the behind the scenes at the point where I'd got to where I was like: 'I think I'm finished.' He was like: 'Yeah'.' She said she knew it came as a shock when, after being on the show for seven years and becoming one of its best known faces, she threw in the towel. Oti, speaking on the All Change podcast, added: 'I came from the biggest show on television. Every single human being on this planet, in this country, loves Strictly. People are obsessed. 'When you come from there, you are with that grou){kind=link}
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse has revealed she suffered “dark days” as a star of the show before eventually quitting last year.
The hugely popular pro shocked fans of the programme when she announced her departure after twice winning the glitterball.
After triumphing with actor Kelvin Fletcher in 2019 then with comedian Bill Bailey in 2020, the South African was fully expected to try for a sensational hat trick.
But Oti, 33, revealed the pressure of dealing with difficult celebrity contestants on the show often left her not eating properly, forcing her to turn to her husband, fellow dancer Marius Lepure.
She said: “Luckily my husband again has been an amazing person who has seen the dark days, the days where I’m in the shower crying with my clothes on because it’s so hard and it’s so overwhelming.