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I’m A Celeb’s Oti reveals her real name – and fans have been saying it all wrong
The star has talked about not feeling like the 'eye candy' of the group
DANCING On Ice judge Oti Mabuse has shocked fans by divulging her real name.
The I'm A Celeb star has taken viewers by surprise and revealed that she wasn't born simply Oti.
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South African dancer Oti, 34, stunned fellow campmates with the information that her real name is Otlile.
The Sun contacted a rep for Oti who confirmed the spelling of her full name.
The clip of Oti explaining her birth moniker came on last night's episode of sister show I'm A Celeb Unpacked .
Host Joel Dommett explained that the campmates had been using their spare time to learn each other's languages.
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In an exclusive clip, Melvin asked the mum-of-one: "Teach us some South African."
Oti replied: "What do you want to learn?"
"Something easy," Melvin requested.
"Let's start with my name," she replied.
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The dancing pro went onto teach the group her beautiful full name- but her camp mates struggled with the pronunciation.
As she broke it down, the contestants tried their hardest to copy her but somewhat failed - much to her amusement.
Speaking ahead of her stint on I’m A Celeb, the dancing judge said: “I’ve been a fan of I’m A Celebrity… for so long.
"Outside of Strictly and Dancing on Ice, it’s the show I watch religiously, and I can remember last year thinking: ‘Ok, this feels right. I’m up for the challenge.’”
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Oti admitted: “In my head I’m a superhero but snakes are not my thing. I’m petrified of them and they are my biggest fear."
Despite her jaw-dropping figure, the stunning star has revealed that she won’t be stripping down to a bikini in the I’m a Celebrity jungle shower.
In fact, she even intends to 'cover up' when she washes in the jungle shower.
Speaking to The Sun's TV Mag, she admitted: "Honestly, I was like, 'I'm not wearing a bikini!'
"You're going to see me like I'm going scuba diving. I’m going to be covered up as much as I can."
She joked: "I know The Sun loves to put it on their page three of some girls – you're getting scuba Oti!"
The Masked Dancer panelist even suggested that she might wait in the middle of the night when the cameras might not be rolling.
"At 3am when the cameras are sleeping I’ll be in my scuba stuff!", Oti exclaimed.
She added: "That’s not where I’m there, hopefully ITV has done a great job to provide eye candy.
"I am not the eye candy of the series and I'm okay with it. You're not going to be seeing anything.
"All you're going to see are my ears! That's all you're going to see. The size of my ears.
"You're not going to see me in a white bikini. I'm not a James Bond girl, no!"
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Mabuse's daughter, whose name is a secret, told previously that her mother Dudu had an important part in the name.
She said: “My mum named all the children in the family. I think three months before she was born, the name was already set."
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