BBC LICENCE fee payers funded the rental of £58,000 of luxury diamonds for Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse to wear on the ballroom show, it was reported last night.
Motsi, who is paid £200,000 per series, showed off a glittering array of jewellery, including a £18,300 platinum bangle which she had hired from Boodles – which claims to be Britain’s leading retailer of Fine Diamond Jewellery.
Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse is paid £200,000 per series
Motsi, 41, the sister of former Strictly professional dancer Oti Mabusi, teamed the bangle with other items from Boodles – a large diamond platinum hoop earrings worth £15,600, a platinum diamond ring at £14,300 and a £10,000 white gold diamond bangle.
The ballroom star’s stylist Sinead McKeefry – who dresses her for the programme – plugged the brand on her Instagram account, but has since been reprimanded, the Mail on Sunday reported.
The BBC have strict rules that prevent their talent from plugging products on social media regardless of whether they are given free goods, or they borrowed or hired them.
While the regulations do not cover stars’ employees, bosses are understood to have taken a “dim view” of the stylist’s posts and insisted that she changed them.
Motsi’s decision to wear the expensive jewels – which were returned within days – comes after free television licences were axed for over-75’s unless they receive pension credit.
A BBC spokeswoman said last night: “The BBC has clear guidelines in place which we take very seriously.
“The social media posts referred to have been amended.”
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