{"id":239644,"date":"2023-10-29T07:59:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239644"},"modified":"2023-10-29T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T07:59:37","slug":"motsi-mabuse-on-how-she-overcame-dancing-like-a-dog-insults-to-achieve-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/motsi-mabuse-on-how-she-overcame-dancing-like-a-dog-insults-to-achieve-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Motsi Mabuse on how she overcame \u2018dancing like a dog\u2019 insults to achieve fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse is now recognised as one of the nation’s most knowledgeable pros – but back in her earlier years, she was told by cruel teachers that she “danced like a dog”.<\/p>\n

Speaking at Cheltenham Literature Festival last year, the 42-year-old opened up on the abuse she experienced – and how she felt that “no one was defending” her.<\/p>\n

“Some of [my dance teachers] were good and inspirational but some of the relationships were abusive,” she explained.<\/p>\n

“Teachers [said to me]: ‘You’re dancing like my dog’, and they repeated it quite often.”<\/p>\n

The former pro dancer added that it was impossible for her to prove that she’d been emotionally harmed, as she had no tangible evidence such as bruises, but that the words alone had taken their toll on her wellbeing.<\/p>\n

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“When you speak about abuse, sometimes people tend to be like, ‘Yeah, where did he hit you? How did he hit you? Show me pictures,'” she explained.<\/p>\n

“But stuff like manipulation and emotional abuse, those are things you can’t see. It’s in your head.”<\/p>\n

She continued that her mother had been “shocked” by what she witnessed happening to her, but that “nobody thought to remove the kids” from the setting.<\/p>\n

“Everyone thought this is how we discipline kids and it’s not, so as a young child, nobody’s defending you and that is what you take with you,” Motsi lamented.<\/p>\n

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