AJ Pritchard quits Strictly Come Dancing to pursue presenting career with his brother Curtis
Beeb bosses had already announced him as being part of the cast line-up earlier this year, but the heartthrob star performed a dramatic U-turn in recent weeks after getting cold feet.
“He found that being on Strictly brought with it a lot of restrictions in place as, quite rightly, the show comes first, AJ felt he could no longer give his all to the show and he would be lying to himself if he carried on. His heart just wasn’t in it anymore. “AJ knows he has a huge fanbase and with Curtis also being so popular with the public the time is right to make the jump and try new things."He would rather go now than wait until he is old with no other options.”reached the semi-finals with Olympic artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane, 22, and came fifth in competition the following year with ex-Saturdays singer Mollie King, 32, and again the next year with British Paralympic athlete Lauren Steadman, 27.
"AJ would also like to send his love and gratitude to all who have followed and supported his career.A spokesman for Strictly said: “We would like to thank AJ for four fantastic years on Strictly Come Dancing.“He is a brilliant dancer who reached three semi-finals during his time on the show.The brothers were battered by eight thugs in a Cheshire nightclub in December 2018.
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