‘Today my heart broke’: Strictly’s Oti Mabuse reveals she has had to have a difficult discussion with her husband Marius Lepure about racism
Oti Mabuse has revealed she has had to have a difficult discussion with her husband Marius Lepure about racism.
The Strictly professional, 29, took to Instagram on Tuesday to tell her followers how herself and Marius, 37, have had ‘conversations that he never dreamed of having and conversations that I am far too familiar with hearing.’
Oti said she hopes 2020 will be the year for change, after the senseless death of George Floyd.
‘Today my heart broke’: Oti Mabuse has revealed she has had to have a difficult discussion with her husband Marius Lepure about racism
Talking about the Black Lives Matter movement, Oti wrote: ‘Today my heart broke. So much more learning should be done.
‘So many people hurt. @MariusIepure and I had to have a deep discussion today because one day we hope we will never have to have these conversations.
‘Conversations that he never dreamed of having and conversations that I am far too familiar with hearing.
Honest: The Strictly professional, 29, took to Instagram on Tuesday to tell her followers how herself and Marius have had ‘conversations that he never dreamed of having’
Important message: Talking about the Black Lives Matter movement, Oti wrote: ‘Today my heart broke. So much more learning should be done’
‘We deeply hope not but for that to happen we need to bring this to light now! In South Africa 1990 was a big year for us and we are still working towards it.
‘May 2020 begin that journey for America (and around the world). But something must change!!’
Oti also shared a quote from Nelson Mandela: ‘What counts in life is not the mere fact we have lived.
‘It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead’.
Another quote from Mandela read: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done’.
Happily married: Marius and Oti married in 2012 (pictured in February)
Empowering message: Oti also shared a quote from Nelson Mandela: ‘What counts in life is not the mere fact we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others’
Time to change: Another quote from Mandela read: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done’
More than 25 million people took part in #BlackoutTuesday social media campaign by posting black squares on Instagram to protest the death of George Floyd.
George, 46, an African-American man, died on May 25 after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His death has sparked days of demonstrations across the nation over police brutality against African-Americans.
The Minneapolis policeman accused of killing Floyd, Derek Chauvin, was taken into custody on Friday and charged with third-degree murder, officials said.
Sparking outrage: George Floyd died on May 25, after Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes while he cried out that he couldn’t breathe – his death catalyzed a week of nationwide protests