Abbie Quinnen has sparked romance rumours with Love Island star Liam Reardon, just weeks after splitting from AJ Pritchard.
The former Strictly Come Dancing pro and the blonde bombshell split last month after four years together.
Meanwhile, Liam is also newly single after announcing his split from his fellow Love Island winner Millie Court back in July.
Abbie and Liam sparked dating rumours earlier this week after they both attended the Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall championship fight at the O2 Arena, London.
A source told The UK Sun: “Abbie and Liam looked gorgeous together. They’re both recently single and looked to be enjoying the attention.”
“They were chatting backstage in the VIP room and then ended up sitting together at the after party.”
“It’s obviously early days for them both having only recently come out of serious, long-term relationships, but there was an undeniable chemistry between them.”
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday about her split from AJ last month, Abbie said: “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.”
“This has knocked my confidence after my accident, and I need to rebuild myself now. AJ was my world, and I didn’t recognise the guy who was breaking up with me.”
Abbie insisted everything was fine between her and AJ until he flew to South America last month for The Challenge.
She said: “A few weeks back AJ and I went on a romantic holiday to Turkey, it was so lovely. 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. That’s why when it happened it came completely out of the blue.”
“AJ was nervous about going away to film as he wasn’t able to prepare for it as much as other ones, he had done like I’m A Celebrity and Celebrity SAS. Before he left, we had a really emotional goodbye. We hugged for hours and shed tears.”
Abbie continued: “I knew we weren’t going to see each other for three weeks so I went on holiday with my family. At first we were FaceTiming every day, like normal, then he had the phone taken away from him to do the TV show.”
“I was missing AJ lots, but knew he’d be focused on the show and doing amazingly, like he always did on these things. When he eventually got his phone back he seemed different. He wasn’t calling as much and seemed distracted.”
The dancer claimed she caught AJ messaging his Celebrity SAS co-star Zara Zoffany and that when she confronted him about it, “he was completely cold with me”.
Abbie said she moved into the spare room of their home for a few days, and that AJ then moved back into his family home to “clear his thoughts”.
They met again a few days later in a park to talk, with Abbie claiming: “He was completely emotionless and ended everything. He told me he no longer loved me and didn’t want to be with me anymore.”
“After everything we had been through together as a couple, I thought that he would at least be upset that we were parting. He was acting as if I was a stranger. It was so hurtful, and it broke my heart how cold he was. I was baffled and still am.”
Love Island 2021 winners Liam and Millie announced their split after nearly a year together back in July.
Sharing the news of their split at the time, Millie wrote: “Hi everyone, to avoid any speculation Liam and I wanted to share with you that we have separated 😢 💔 it’s been a tough decision and I am gutted but it’s ultimately what is best for us right now.”
Liam has since moved into an apartment of his own in Essex, while Millie, who still resides in their previously-shared apartment, announced her plans to move into a new place in the new year.
It was recently announced that the Welshman is set to appear in the upcoming series of E4’s Celebs Go Dating, just months after splitting from Millie.
