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Giovanna's close pal Emma Willis came up with the suggestion.
"I don’t feel that I have to be in a box, or labelled in a particular way," the BBC broadcaster said.
Motsi needs to self-isolate for two weeks following an urgent trip to Germany, but will appear via video-link.
Things will look very different indeed in the upcoming series.
He will also have to sit out his Saturday Radio 2 show as he self-isolates.
The Good Morning Britain presenter is currently partnered with Giovanni Pernice on the BBC dance show.
The former Strictly professional is one of the 10 celebrities due to enter Gwrych Castle later this week.
Let's just say Mandy is, in her words, "a screamer".
The five remaining bakers had taken on a series of tricky challenges in Dessert Week.
Prue Leith took things back to the 18th century for this week's Technical Challenge, and fans were not exactly loving it.