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Strictly, it was non-stop really.They didn't want us to be together, they wanted him and his other [dance] partner to be together and that was really hard."The "Strictly curse" refers to the impact that close relationships formed on the show between dance partners can have on their relationships with their real-life romantic partners.The burns survivor also confessed that, before getting together with her beau, she hadn't been pursued by paparazzi, making the sudden attention a little overwhelming."I didn't know anything to do with the press," she added."Having to deal with that by myself was really tricky because he was just non-stop working and everyone was rooting for him and his partner to be together and no-one was rooting for me and him," she lamented, adding: "It was very sad."She tried not to take the trolling to heart, reasoning that some people may have simply been "on a power trip" when they delivered their taunts.However, it was challenging to see AJ, who worked on Strictly between 2016 and 2019, continuously being paired with a string of glamorous stars.During his time on the show, he has been professionally partnered with Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane, musical star Mollie King of the Saturdays, Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman and Youtuber Saffron Barker.Meanwhile, troubled Abbie was dealing with constant criticism due to their relationship playing out in the public eye.After she suffered a harrowing accident in 2021, which left her with third-degree burns all over her face and body, she realised that AJ was in the relationship for the long haul.After her imitation of a Tiktok hack to create a vase went horribly wrong, and her attempt to melt a glass bottle caused an explosion, she was rushed

It’s been a great start to the Paris 2024 Olympics for Team GB, and now one Gold medal winner is set to compete on the Strictly Come Dancing dance floor. Swimmer Tom Dean is the latest rumoured addition to the BBC One dance show.The report, from insiders, comes after the star was part of the British relay team which won the 4x200m men’s freestyle on Tuesday (July 30) night. “It’s quite a coup for the producers to bag an Olympian fresh from winning gold in Paris, and swimmers have been shown to be great contestants,” a source told The Sun.

AJ Pritchard on stage together as the leading characters in Dirty Dancing, has confessed that she struggled after his fans rejected his romance with her.The trolling that ensued led the saddened star to believe that "no-one was rooting for me and him"."People definitely targeted my relationship," she clarified."When he was in Strictly, it was non-stop really.They didn't want us to be together, they wanted him and his other [dance] partner to be together and that was really hard."AJ, who worked on the show between 2016 and 2019, has been professionally partnered with Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane, musical star Mollie King of The Saturdays, Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman and YouTuber Saffron Barker.Seeing her boyfriend continuously paired with a line-up of glamorous stars could be difficult for any girlfriend - let alone one who was also dealing with constant criticism due to their relationship playing out in the public eye."It was the first year that me and AJ had got together," Abbie elaborated, "and I didn't know anything to do with the press or anything like that."Having to deal with that by myself was really tricky because he was just non-stop working," she continued."Everyone was rooting for him and his partner to be together and no-one was rooting for me and him.

I’m a Celeb‘s journey to the Welsh castle.With Strictly getting into the swing of things, we decided to take a look at some of AJ’s best routines over the years so take a look back at when Saffron Barker, Mollie King, Claudia Fragapane and Lauren Steadman hit the dancefloor with AJ.A moment that had everyone in tears — Saffron and AJ looked like they were gliding on air as they performed their Waltz to Your Song.

Abergele castle from November 15, when the show will begin.It's the first time in 20 series that the show won't be in Australia, instead Ant and Dec will be setting up the challenges at the north Wales castle.Let's find out more about AJ.A dancer and choreographer, AJ spent four series on Strictly Come Dancing.