Curtis Pritchard confirms he has SPLIT from dancer Amber Pierson

Curtis Pritchard has split from his dancer girlfriend Amber Pierson, MailOnline can exclusively reveal.

The Love Island star, 24, told MailOnline the couple’s romance ‘fizzled out’ after four weeks and it would have been ‘unfair’ for him to have continued in the relationship.

In an exclusive interview, Curtis said he’s now keen to remain a single man after coming out of a long-term commitment with Maura Higgins, 29, earlier this year. 

Curtis explained: ‘I am not in a relationship at all. I am completely single and concentrating on work at the moment. I did start to see somebody after lockdown but it fizzled out.

‘I came out of a long-term relationship and I really wanted to focus on work and my career with AJ.

‘I have sorted out all of my weight and everything and I’m feeling really, really good about myself.

‘I want to focus on my future so unfortunately the young lady that I did start to see – she was lovely and fantastic, I literally couldn’t say a bad word about that girl but it just wasn’t meant to be.

‘We’re still friends but I want to focus on my work. I wouldn’t have been able to give it the time that it needed and it would have been unfair. We were only seeing each other for about four weeks in the end.’

Curtis was last spotted with Amber in July, when the pair holidayed together in Cornwell alongside AJ Pritchard and his girlfriend Abbie Quinnen. 

They were first linked in March after sources alleged that Maura accused Curtis of being unfaithful to her with Amber, though the dancer has always denied the claims. 

Curtis and Amber performed on tour together last year, and were often videoed dancing in clips shared to social media. 

Maura and Curtis ended their eight-month romance in March amidst the speculation, after first meeting during last year’s series of Love Island. 

In a recent interview with MailOnline, Maura said she’s finally ready to meet someone new but she’s nervous due to her lack of experience on the dating scene. 

She said: ‘I am ready to start dating again. But the thing is I’ve only ever been on one date aside from Love Island.

‘I would be a nervous wreck on a date, which sounds crazy because I’m a confident woman but I wouldn’t know what to do myself.’ 

Meanwhile, former Strictly star AJ has revealed him and girlfriend Abbie are stronger than ever after isolating together this year.

While lockdown proved testing for some couples, AJ, 25, told MailOnline he couldn’t be more grateful for the quality time he spent with fellow dancer Abbie, who he’s been in a relationship with for 16-months.

He said: ‘Abbie and I have done a pantomime together, we did my tour together, so for me, having that time off and quality time together was a positive.

‘We work really well together, we like getting up in the mornings, we like our fitness and the weather was great in lockdown too, and we were sunbathing.

‘It was really nice to spend time together. Sometimes when you’re working and in relationships you don’t have time to appreciate each other so I can understand why some people did go crazy if they’re with someone that they don’t like but for me it was a positive.

‘For Abbie to spend so much time with my family was really good as well, obviously 12 weeks is a lot from not knowing them but it clicked. You know when it’s good and it’s good all the time with us.’

MailOnline revealed that AJ will compete in this year’s I’m A Celeb, but he also has a string of projects lined up with brother Curtis, which will be announced later this month. 

AJ said: ‘We can’t say anything just yet but we have some really exciting joint projects coming up, we will be announcing these in the next week or so, so keep an eye out and follow our social media for updates! 

‘We can’t wait to share what we have been working on as we absolutely love working together.’