Love Island star in bitter feud with AJ Pritchard as he fumes ‘she owes me £50k’
FORMER Strictly star AJ Pritchard is locked in a feud with Love Island’s Arabella Chi after she ‘cost him’ a huge sum of money in a new TV show.
The duo were partnered together in The Challenge – a new game show that pits reality stars against each other to win a big prize pot.
But they didn’t prove a very effective team and failed to make it into the final three where they could have competed for £50,000.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, AJ claimed Arabella let him down and said he can’t forgive her.
He fumed: “We did not make the final three. If myself and Arabella made the final three, I’d have put my life on it that I would’ve won that show. But it seems as though it was Arabella that got Curtis [Pritchard] knocked out and it was Arabella again that got me knocked out the final and lost me £50,000. I’m just going to throw it out there. That’s a touchy subject and it’s going to be touchy and a bit raw for the rest of my life!”
AJ’s brother Curtis was equally as unlucky, being partnered with fellow Love Islander Kaz Crossley, who was nursing a leg injury.
And things got feisty between the pairs when they fought it out in an eliminator.
AJ said: “It looked like we were kind of doing Swan Lake ballet slash Gladiator attacking each other. So there’s a ball with six handles and we had to rip it out of each other’s arms. Arabella played dirty with Kaz and was literally kicking us like,
‘No, no. Clean play.’
“I’m all about fair play, but the winner’s the winner, loser is loser, end of. But what was really annoying for me then making it through to the final and not winning because I was put back with Arabella again, and it came down to doing another puzzle and blame whoever you want, you could see it on camera.”
When asked if he’d like to meet Arabella away from the show, he said: “No! Unless she’s got £50,000 to hand over. She cost me the win.”
A massive hit in the US, the UK version of The Challenge features reality talent from shows including Love Island, Strictly and Geordie Shore battling it out in extreme physical tests.
It was filmed in Argentina in September and is hosted by Mark Wright.
He told us: “It was a big deal for me being the host of a show starring 16 reality stars or celebs.
“It’s proof that all the hard work, from hosting children’s shows to moving to America and putting in the ground work, is paying off.”