Anton du Beke riled up followers by mispronouncing Oti Mabuse’s identify (Image: BBC)
Viewers of Strictly Come Dancing had been left fuming after Anton du Beke appeared to pronounce Oti Mabuse’s identify flawed on the present.
Anton has been standing in for Oti’s sister, Motsi Mabuse, on the judging panel after she needed to self-isolate following an urgent trip to Germany.
On Saturday’s present Anton managed to rile up the viewers after he critiqued Oti and Bill Bailey’s routine.
Whereas he praised the couple’s strikes on the dancefloor, Anton mispronouncing Oti as ‘Otty’ regardless of having labored alongside her for actually years didn’t escape viewers.
They tweeted: ‘Anton mispronouncing Oti’s identify. Has he by no means met her earlier than?’ and ‘Did Anton name oti otty’.
Others added: ‘sorry did anton get oti’s identify flawed. they’ve been colleagues for YEARS’ and ‘can we speak about what number of years Anton has labored with Oti, and but nonetheless mispronounced her identify’.
Some identified that Anton might have been saying her identify as her full identify which is Otlile.
They wrote: ‘not defending him in any respect, however i wonder if Anton made a mistake as Oti’s full identify is Otlile, pronounced “ott-lee-lay”. Anton looks like a full identify individual’ and ‘Do you assume Anton all the time calls Oti Mabuse Ottie but it surely’s acquired too far now for her to right him?’
Invoice Bailey and Oti impressed the judges with their routine (Image: PA)
Later within the present, Motsi made a cameo from her dwelling to confirm that she would be back in her seat on the judging panel subsequent week.
She instructed Claudia Winkleman: ‘I’ve loved the present. It’s been wonderful. Properly achieved, you guys have achieved so effectively. You could be pleased with your self. Each single one in all you.’
Motsi had needed to journey again to Germany after the dance faculty she owns was focused by thieves who tried to interrupt in.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Sunday on BBC One.
