Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse says she can't understand northern accents

Strictly Come Dancing justice Motsi Mabuse has said she struggles to recognize the accents of radical from the northbound of England.

Mabuse, who speaks 5 languages, admitted she has to "really concentrate" erstwhile making speech successful the UK.

She added that chap Strictly justice Craig Revel Horwood helps construe erstwhile an accent is "too strong".

Mabuse grew up successful South Africa but present lives successful Germany.

Speaking to comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster connected their Off Menu podcast, the 41-year-old said: "The happening is, you [Britons] each talk differently.

"Every clip I'm successful the state I truly person to concentrate.

"Some radical I conscionable don't cognize … I'm conscionable like, 'Are we speaking the aforesaid language?'

"There's a batch of accents here."

Mabuse was past asked if she struggled with contestant AJ Odudu's Blackburn dialect during bid 19 of the creation world amusement backmost successful 2021.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes. But determination person been rather a fewer radical from the north, truthful I'm ever asking Craig. I'm conscionable trying to recognize … but it's not easy."

She added chap justice Craig Revel Horwood sometimes acts arsenic a translator for her erstwhile they interact with immoderate radical from the northbound of England.

"I truly conflict with radical that travel from the north.

"I'm like, tin you delight construe astatine this point? It's truthful strong, I conscionable don't understand, really. I'm being honest."

Mabuse tin talk 5 languages: English, German and 3 South African languages including Afrikaans and Setswana.

She said that she often accidently slips into German during broadcasts: "It's happened rather a fewer times.

"Plus I person that South African accent, truthful it's a mess. It's a implicit mess."

Mabuse lives successful Germany and has appeared connected their mentation of Strictly called Let's Dance.

When the creation contention airs connected BBC One each autumn and winter, she commutes to the UK each week for the unrecorded shows.

She joined Strictly successful 2019 arsenic a nonrecreational dancer, earlier becoming a justice alongside Head Judge Shirley Ballas, Revel Horwood and Anton Du Beke.