AJ Pritchard broke down in tears as he blamed himself for his girlfriend Abbie Quinnen suffering extensive burns.
The former Strictly Come Dancing professional opened up about the incident on Channel 4's Celebrity SAS. In 2021, Abbie revealed that a YouTube stunt left her in hospital requiring continuous treatment for burns.
The couple were attempting to recreate a YouTube tutorial where a glass bottle is turned into a vase.
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The tutorial instructs viewers to use fire to cut the bottle in half. However, in the blaze Abbie's extensions were accidentally caught and she turned into a "fireball".
AJ tearfully spoke about the terrifying moment. He said: "She was in a fireball, her top, her hair and I put in her a situation where she had to go to hospital for five or six days in intensive care.
"Her ear was fundamentally non-existent, she got infections from the first two operations." He added: "Everybody kept saying "it was an accident"... but for that to happen to her, you just question a lot of things."
AJ said he then suffered a flashback during one of the exercises in SAS where there were several explosions. He said: "As soon as that final barrel on the left went off with the fire, I realised that I obviously haven't come to terms with the situation.
"It just brought back a living image of her in a fireball."
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