{"id":5805,"date":"2024-10-14T23:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/?p=5805"},"modified":"2024-10-15T19:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:11:40","slug":"strictly-stars-husband-asked-to-show-proof-that-baby-is-his-child-at-border-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/strictly-stars-husband-asked-to-show-proof-that-baby-is-his-child-at-border-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly star\u2019s husband \u2018asked to show proof that baby is his child\u2019 at border control"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oti Mabuse\u2019s husband Marius Iepure was shocked by the conversation (Picture: Oti Mabuse\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oti Mabuse<\/a> has revealed someone at border control demanded \u2018proof\u2019 from her husband that their baby is his child.<\/p>\n

The Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> star and her husband Marius Iepure \u2013 who she married a decade ago \u2013 announced on Christmas Day<\/a> last year that they had welcomed their daughter into the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oti admitted her partner \u2013 a Romanian dancer \u2013 was stunned by the exchange he had, and as a white man it made him reevaluate how he thinks about certain conversations when it comes to race.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Hits Radio presenter Fleur East <\/a>on her Black History Month: Raising The Next Generation <\/a>special on Rayo, the 34-year-old star described the incident as \u2018a learning curve\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018He got asked at border control \u2018show me proof that this is your child.\u2019 He\u2019s never had to show proof\u2026 it was a learning curve for him,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018First questions, \u201cWhere\u2019s the Mum, where is she from, your baby looks very, very different;\u201d touching the hair, \u201cHer hair is so different\u201d\u2026 all of that.<\/p>\n

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The former Strictly star thinks Marius understands \u2018microaggressions\u2019 now (Picture: Oti Mabuse\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oti revealed her husband \u2018felt protective\u2019 over the issue for the first time, as he witnessed first had \u2018what a mircoagression is\u2019.<\/p>\n

She continued: \u2018For the first time he felt protective over the fact that now he has to explain himself, which he didn\u2019t have to before. And he also has to see what a microagression is \u2013 because before he was like \u201cIt\u2019s just a question\u201d and I went,\u201dBut it\u2019s not is it?\u201d \u2018<\/p>\n

The dancer has some advice for parents who find themselves in a similar situation with their own families.<\/p>\n

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The couple announced their happy news on Christmas Day last year (Picture: Oti Mabuse\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Just remind your baby that you\u2019re not just black or white you\u2019re both. That\u2019s an important message,\u2019 she said. \u2018You don\u2019t have to be either or \u2013 it\u2019s twice as nice! Why does it have to be one or the other?\u2019<\/p>\n

After giving birth two months early, Oti and Marius announced the arrival of their daughter when she was nine weeks old.<\/p>\n

Oti, who hasn\u2019t revealed her baby\u2019s name publicly, previously said they wanted to take \u2018time for ourselves\u2019 after the \u2018big shock\u2019 over her \u2018unexpected\u2019 premature birth.<\/p>\n

She previously shared it was a difficult birth and\u00a0she had suffered from sepsis<\/a>, while her daughter was born \u2018very\u2019 premature, and it was tough seeing her firstborn being put in an incubator <\/a>minutes after being born.<\/p>\n

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Oti has been open about how \u2018difficult\u2019 it was giving birth (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know the process. I don\u2019t know what to expect. I don\u2019t know the steps of how things are going to turn out,\u2019 she told Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe on their\u00a0Parenting Hell<\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n

Her daughter spent a total of six weeks in hospital, with Oti then praising the medical staff and sharing how other parents going through similar situations provided an important support system.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think one of my things is that I\u2019m one of those delusional people who deny stress. So, I think the process afterwards, it took me a couple of months to be like, \u201cOh my god that was traumatic\u201d,\u2019 she told the presenters.<\/p>\n

Raising the Next Generation with\u00a0Fleur East\u2019 is available on the\u00a0free to download Rayo app now<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oti Mabuse\u2019s husband Marius Iepure was shocked by the conversation (Picture: Oti Mabuse\/Instagram) Oti Mabuse has revealed someone at border control demanded \u2018proof\u2019 from her husband that their baby is his child. The Strictly Come Dancing star and her husband Marius Iepure \u2013 who she married a decade ago \u2013 announced on Christmas Day last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5806,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805\/revisions\/5806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sudokuti.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}