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Motsi Mabuse hits out at ‘triggered racists’ in scathing message-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro
Motsi hit out on social media.
Motsi Mabuse has delivered a scathing message to ‘racists’ (Picture: Getty Images)
Motsi Mabuse has hit out at ‘triggered racists’ in a fierce message.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 41, was born in South Africa and has spoken previously about experiencing racism and living under apartheid.
Motsi has appeared on Strictly as a judge since 2019, replacing Darcey Bussell, and splits her time between the UK and Germany, where she lives with her husband and daughter.
On Saturday the popular dancer and TV personality took to Twitter where she declared she had ‘zero time and patience’ for ‘racists.’
She wrote: ‘Dearly beloved racists who where triggered last night I have zero time and patience for you (sic)
‘Thanks for making it easy to block you (sic)!’
She finished: ‘Happy weekend will return to my beautiful life!’
The star said she would be returning to her ‘beautiful life’ after blocking people on the social media site (Picture: Getty Images)
It’s unclear if there was a specific incident which led to Motsi’s message.
Early that morning, Motsi had shared her feelings on Germany’s CDU General Secretary Mario Czaja suggesting German should be the only language spoken in schoolyards in order to promote integration, and that no child should be enrolled in school without a knowledge of German.
In a tweet written in German, Motsi had declared it was ‘ridiculous.’
‘Should we name our children Hans and Uschi to make you feel comfortable?’ she asked.
‘Honestly sit back and shut up with your racism.’
Motsi grew up in South Africa, where apartheid was still in effect until she was nine years old, which was ‘a very scary time.’
The professional dancer and TV personality spends most her time in Germany with her husband and daughter (Picture: Getty Images)
She opened up about experiencing horrific racism as a child in a recent interview with Prima, recalling how she suffered verbal racist abuse from adults at school.
‘My parents, Peter and Dudu, and my younger sisters, Phemelo and Oti, and I lived in a Black-only suburb, and I didn’t speak English when I first went to school, which was difficult.
‘We were sent to a Catholic school run by nuns and Black children were a minority. One of the nuns would call us “Black witches” and hit us. I was terrified.’
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Motsi began dancing at the age of six, making it her career as a competitor and teacher in her own dance school in Germany before joining the BBC show.
Her sister Oti, 32, had also been a professional dancer on Strictly until recently leaving to pursue other ventures.
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