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Susan Knox

AJ Pritchard 'dumped' ex Abbie Quinnen after she 'found texts from another woman'

AJ Pritchard 's ex-girlfriend, Abbie Quinnen has claimed he dumped her after she found texts from another woman on his phone.

Former Strictly star AJ is now reportedly dating model and influencer Zara Zoffany, 27, just weeks after his split from Abbie who is 'devastated' following the relationship breakup.

The former Strictly star, 27 ended his relationship with his dancer girlfriend Abbie after three years of dating 'out of the blue' last month.

The couple had a tough year after Abbie, 25, sustained third-degree burns when a Tiktok tutorial went horribly wrong in January 2021, leaving her scarred for life and needing surgery.

Now, Abbie has spoken out on their break-up saying she and AJ had discussed marriage - days before he suddenly said he didn’t love her anymore, leaving her stunned.

AJ and Abbie split last month (Getty Images)

Speaking to The Sun about her relationship breakdown, Abbie told: “I’m completely devastated and my world has fallen apart. AJ isn’t the person I thought he was, after everything I went through with him I thought we would be together forever.

“He has been the biggest disappointment to me. This has knocked my confidence after my accident and I need to rebuild myself now. AJ was my world and I didn’t recognise the guy who was breaking up with me."

Abbie went on: "I kept asking him about the girl from the messages, but from the moment I brought her up he completely changed. Just a few weeks back AJ and I went on a romantic holiday to Turkey, it was so lovely."

Abbie has claimed AJ was texting another woman (abbiequinnen/Instagram)
Former Strictly star AJ is now reportedly dating model and influencer Zara Zoffany (@zarazoffany/Instagram)

The heartbroken dancer said she had "so many plans for the future" with AJ and had wanted to get engaged to the ex Strictly pro next year and were even looking at buying a house together.

Abbie says AJ's sudden change of heart felt "completely out of the blue to me."

While AJ was away filming Celebrity SAS, Abbie said that she missed him endlessly.

But when he got back, things were so distant between them, and Abbie noticed that he was messaging a girl.

The pair dated for three years (James Warren/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock)
Abbie has hit out at AJ (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

After quizzing him about the messages, AJ wasn't able to give Abbie answers and her world was 'turned upside down'.

The blonde beauty said while AJ went grey during the break-up chat, she was shaking and crying and the waves of emotion crashed down on her.

The couple started dating back in 2019, after being introduced by mutual friends.

The two first met when Abbie auditioned for his Get On The Floor Live tour and AJ fell for her immediately, as reported online.

AJ is reportedly dating Zara now (@zarazoffany/Instagram)
AJ reportedly dumped Abbie after meeting Zara (@zarazoffany/Instagram)

They went on to dance together in shows as well as litter their Instagram with loved-up selfies.

Both AJ and Abbie took to Instagram to announce the news as they shared a video showing them both smiling wildly and holding hands while on the Greek island of Crete.

AJ said he was "Feeling HAPPY" while sharing a red heart emoji, and Abbie declared they were “Making memories” as they shared the same image while going official.

The Mirror has reached out to AJ's representatives and Zara for comment on this story.

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