AJ Pritchard recalls ex Abbie Quinnen's horrific fireball accident

‘I will never get rid of this picture of her lying on the ground and burning’: AJ Pritchard breaks down as he recalls ex Abbie Quinnen’s horrific fireball accident on SAS: Who Dares Wins

  • AJ Pritchard broke down into tears during Sunday’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as he recalled his ex-girlfriend Abbie Quinnen’s horrific fireball accident
  • In scenes that were filmed before the couple split, dancer AJ, 27, recalled the incident which left Abbie badly burned and in intensive care 
  • Influencer Abbie, 25, suffered third degree burns and needed three skin grafts when a YouTube stunt went wrong in January 2021
  • AJ said: ‘I made a big mistake. I was trying to turn a wine bottle into a vase to put flowers in for my girlfriend. It got her hair extensions, her gym top — she was in a fireball’
  • It comes as it emerged AJ dumped Abbie after she caught him texting another woman 

AJ Pritchard broke down into tears during Sunday night’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as he recalled his ex-girlfriend Abbie Quinnen’s horrific fireball accident.

In scenes that were filmed before the couple split, dancer AJ, 27, was quizzed by former soldiers Billy Billingham and Jason Fox on any mistakes he’d made in life, prompting him to speak out about the incident which left Abbie badly burned and in intensive care when a YouTube stunt went wrong in January 2021.   

Looking at the ground as he got tearful, AJ said: ‘I made a big mistake. I was trying to turn a wine bottle into a vase to put flowers in for my girlfriend. It got her hair extensions, her gym top — she was in a fireball. 

Trauma: AJ Pritchard, 27, broke down into tears during Sunday night’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as he recalled his ex-girlfriend Abbie Quinnen’s horrific fireball accident

‘I put her in a situation where she had to be hospitalised in intensive care for five or six days.

‘You question a lot of things… Why? what? I will never get rid of this picture of her lying on the ground and burning.’

Influencer Abbie, 25, suffered third degree burns and needed three skin grafts after the accident.

Former couple: In scenes that were filmed before the couple split, dancer AJ was quizzed on any mistakes he’d made in life, prompting him to speak out about the incident

She previously explained that while recovering, she feared she would ‘never look the same’ and could not return to her dream job as a dancer.

It comes as it emerged AJ dumped Abbie after she caught him texting another woman.

AJ left Abbie ‘completely devastated’ as she claimed they had been talking about marriage just days before he announced ‘out of the blue’ that he didn’t love her and their four-year romance was over.

Agony: Abbie, 25, suffered third degree burns and needed three skin grafts after the accident which left her in intensive care (pictured on ITV’s Lorraine in May last year)

Abbie told The Sun: ‘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 for ever. He has been the biggest disappointment to me.’

Abbie insisted everything was normal until he flew out to South America to film The Challenge’ last month, on which he appears with rumoured new lover Zara Zoffany.

Innocent plan: Looking at the ground as he got tearful on Who Dares Wins, AJ said: ‘I made a big mistake. I was trying to turn a wine bottle into a vase to put flowers in for my girlfriend’

Terrifying: Adding of the explosive accident, he said: ‘It got her hair extensions, her gym top — she was in a fireball’

She said: ‘We’ve always been madly in love. We spent every moment together possible. We had so many plans.

‘We were talking about getting engaged next year, looking at buying houses, how many children we wanted, which schools they’d go to.’

She added that AJ was nervous about jetting off to film, saying they had an ’emotional goodbye’ before he departed.

Abbie said they were in contact every day until he had his phone taken away while he was film.

When it was returned, she claimed he ‘seemed different’, adding that he called less frequently and ‘seemed distracted’.

End of the road: It comes as it emerged AJ dumped Abbie after she caught him texting another woman (AJ pictured on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins)

It was then Abbie noticed he was messaging someone else, who she wouldn’t name, and was horrified with his ‘cold’ response when she called him out.

She said she caught a glimpse of a message from a girl who he had been on the show with, prompting her to quiz him over the texts.

Abbie said she was stunned as he was unable to give her answers, with the social media star saying her world was turned upside down as she realised what was going on. 

She moved into the spare room before she and AJ both went to stay with their parents, and they then met for a heart-to-heart. 

The blonde beauty recalled that AJ was ‘completely emotionless and ended everything’, saying ‘he no longer loved me’.

Abbie and AJ started dating in 2018 after they met when she was a dancer on his tour. 

Happier times: Abbie and AJ started dating in 2018 after they met when she was a dancer on his tour (pictured in July)

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