“This has knocked my confidence after my accident and I need to rebuild myself now.”
Influencer Abbie Quinnen has confirmed that she has broken up with Strictly Come Dancing star AJ Pritchard.
Speculation that the pair had split up has been circulating for some time, but neither party commented on the split until yesterday.
In an interview published in The Sun yesterday, Abbie said: “I’m completely devastated and my world has fallen apart.”
The model went on to say that the split has knocked her confidence amid her recovery from burns she suffered in an accident last year. While she was filming a YouTube video with AJ, a bottle exploded in her face, leaving her with third-degree burns.
“This has knocked my confidence after my accident and I need to rebuild myself now,” Abbie said of the split. “AJ was my world and I didn’t recognise the guy who was breaking up with me.”
The model then went on to explain that things had been going really well for them, and they were even talking about having children together. However, when AJ returned after filming a reality show in South America, she noticed that he was distant and distracted. She also claimed to see that he was messaging Zara Zoffany, who he has since been linked to.
They then spent some time apart before meeting in a park some weeks later. At this point, AJ broke up with her, Abbie says.
“He was completely emotionless and ended everything,” she said. “He told me he no longer loved me and didn’t want to be with me anymore.”
She added that she is “still baffled”.
AJ himself has not commented on the split, and he didn’t return The Sun’s request for comment. However, on last night’s episode of Celebrity SAS, he shared the story of Abbie’s accident, and how it impacted him.
