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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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AJ and Curtis Pritchard: ‘Don’t waste mental energy on things you can’t control’

Owen James

The Pritchard brothers are used to a life lived in the spotlight. Elite-level dancers from childhood, they have, between them, appeared on pretty much every reality television format going, including Strictly Come Dancing, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and Love Island.

For many of us, facing that level of public scrutiny would be far too much, but for Curtis it’s never been a burden. “I’m a performer – I have been since I was a kid. So I’ve always loved an audience in front of me. So truthfully, really, I quite enjoy it.” AJ is similarly sanguine about it, and is quick to point out: “We are in the public eye because we are professional dancers, which we trained all our lives to become. All that hard work, and those ethics and coming from a very grounded family have always helped dealing with being in the public eye.”

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