Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood Addresses Motsi Mabuse Feud Reports, And Admits Beef With Another Judge

He added of Motsi: “She’s fantastic. Nine years experience in Germany, she knows exactly what she’s talking about, she’s absolutely brilliant, she’s fantastic to have on the show, and I adore sitting next to her.”

Throughout Saturday’s show, he and Motsi disagreed while dishing out their critiques, with many viewers speculating about their working relationship after the new judge previously suggested that Craig is too harsh with his scores.

When Craig criticised aspects of Viscountess Emma Weymouth’s Tango, saying “It lacked attack for me…. the footwork was really messy,” Motsi told her she could see her performing the right steps, saying: “I saw it, darling.”

And after Craig critiqued James Cracknell, Motsi told the Olympian: “You’ve got the worst over, so now you can breathe.”

The pair will be back on Saturday night alongside Bruno and Shirley Ballas to judge this year’s Movie Week, as the contestants take on film-inspired routines. 

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV. Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday at 7.10pm on BBC One.