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Strictly's Oti Mabuse admits jealous husband 'threatens' celebrity dance partners

Strictly pro Oti Mabuse has admitted that her husband can get very jealous of her celeb dance partners - so much so that he can even end up threatening them!

The 28-year-old Strictly star described her husband Marius Lepure as a typical "macho man" and said that he would sometimes warn off her male celebrity partners.

Oti and fellow dancer Marius Lepure, 36, previously appeared on Germany's version of Strictly, Let's Dance, together.

The couple married in 2012 but it looks like Marius can still get jealous of Oti getting close to her male partners.

Oti Mabuse opened up about her husband's jealousy (ITV)
Oti and fellow dancer Marius Lepure, 36, married in 2012 (ITV)

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Appearing on Loose Women today, Oti said: "He's a real macho man... he's always like, 'Don't touch my wife unless you have to. Unless you really have to, don't do it.'

"He'll give them that firm handshake and I'm like, 'I see what you're doing!'"

However she admitted that she liked him being like that and said that she found it "sexy".

"When you're standing there and your husband's threatening your dance partner you're like, 'Yes baby!'"

Marius was not happy when Graeme appeared with a bunch of flowers for Oti (PA)
Oti said that she found her husband's jealousy 'sexy' (ITV)

She also spoke about how Marius had reacted when her most recent partner Graeme Swann first gave her flowers.

"When he met Graeme - and Graeme is one of my best friends now - but he knew nothing about me and he came with a big bouquet of flowers," she explained. "And he said, 'Oh Oti, I'm so excited for our journey'.

"And out of nowhere my husband came in and took this whole bouquet out and said, 'She's allergic to flowers!'"

*Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV

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