Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse has revealed that she will have to leave her young daughter behind in Germany during filming this year.
Motsi is in the UK for Strictly a few days a week, but she lives in Germany full-time with her husband Evgenij Voznyuk, 39, and their three-year-old daughter, whose name she hasn't publicly revealed.
She normally brings her little girl with her, but she has decided that she will leave her at home with her dad for the upcoming series.
Motsi said: "She used to [come with her] but now I'm going to keep her at home.
"I'm only gone for one-and-a-half days, so they can have daddy and baby time – and I get to catch up on sleep!"
The mum-of-one continued to OK! magazine: "I've taken her to work and she's seen me and Auntie Oti on TV.
"I think it's quite important for a young, black girl growing up in Germany to see that. But I don't think she takes it in.
"If you came to my house, you'd see how we live – in a forest, very privately and down-to-earth. So she's more into our reality."
She also admitted that as she's been at home more during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, she's been taking things more easy.
Motsi went on: "Before I had my baby, I would work like crazy. Even in the beginning, I thought, 'I can do all of this!' But after spending so much time with my daughter because of Covid, it was like watching a flower blossom.
"I thought, 'It's not worth being away all the time. No money, or anything in this world is worth it.'
"I always work hard, I've got my businesses and goals, but my priorities have changed. I've realised what I'm going to say no and yes to."
Motsi will join head judge Shirley Ballas and fellow judges Craig Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke on the Strictly judging panel this year.
Celebs in the Strictly 2021 line-up include Olympian Adam Peaty, former EastEnders star Nina Wadia, comedian Robert Webb, BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker and ex-Coronation Street regular Katie McGlynn.
Former rugby player Ugo Monye, actor Greg Wise, Loose Women star and comedian Judi Love, TV presenter AJ Odudu and EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis are also competing.
Completing the line-up is McFly's Tom Fletcher, Gordon Ramsay's daughter Tilly Ramsay, Dragons' Den star Sara Davies, CBBC's Rhys Stephenson and Bake Off star John Whaite.
This year John will be make history as part of the first sever male same-sex partnership, following Nicola Adams and Katya Jones' partnership last year.
* Strictly Come Dancing starts on BBC One on September 18
