AJ Pritchard’s girlfriend Zara Zoffany has told how she was left terrified after being attacked by a gang of phone thieves during an outing in London on Wednesday.
The influencer, 30, who has been dating the former Strictly star, 29, since 2022, took to her Instagram Stories and admitted she was still “in shock” after the incident.
Zara claimed the two men attacked her and a friend while they were having coffee, but luckily ‘listening to her gut’ and being on guard stopped the crime in its tracks after she screamed and scared the couple.
In the clip, she said, “I’m still a little shocked, but let me try to articulate this.” You know, when you have a feeling and you don’t listen to it and that happens, that’s exactly what just happened to me.”
“I met a friend on Tottenham Court Road at Starbucks and I said to myself, this isn’t the safest area, ‘don’t use your phone, take care of your belongings’, but I ended up thinking I’d be fine.”
‘We showed each other photos on our phones, showing each other our lives, their children. It’s been seven years to catch up. The next thing these two guys came was putting papers in our faces and getting very close to my face.
AJ Pritchard’s girlfriend Zara Zoffany, 30, told how she was left terrified after being attacked by a gang of phone thieves during an outing in London on Wednesday.
The influencer who has been dating the former Strictly star, 29, since 2022 (pictured together) took to her Instagram Stories and admitted she was still ‘in shock’ after the incident.
Zara continued: “I knew instantly what was going to happen, so I grabbed our phones and started screaming, saying, ‘What are you doing? Fuck you.'”
“I looked around and everyone remained silent, but (the two men) got scared and ran away.”
She captioned the slip: ‘The moral of the story is to listen to your gut. I hope everyone was shocked and that’s why no one said anything. Very happy to be with my friend and nothing serious happened or was taken.
‘Strangely it felt like an adrenaline rush/small victory, but it wouldn’t have been like that if he’d taken something. Another reminder to always remain alert and keep your phone out of sight.’
It comes after AJ’s ex Abbie Quinnen, 27, took a swipe at him while posing up a storm in a sexy Halloween costume.
The model and the Strictly dancer were together for four years before AJ ‘dumped’ Abbie after she found messages from another woman.
And now, the beauty is letting her Halloween costume do the talking by taking to Instagram and sharing a carousel of sizzling snaps dressed as a sultry cheetah.
She flaunted her stunning figure in a tight, backless cheetah-print bodysuit that left little to the imagination.
Zara claimed the two men attacked her and a friend while they were having coffee, but luckily “listening to her gut” and being on guard stopped the crime in its tracks.
‘I’m still a little shocked, but let me try to articulate this. You know, when you have a feeling and you don’t listen to it and that happens, that’s exactly what just happened to me.”
Zara and AJ photographed at the Fashion Awards 2024 earlier this month
The star took the look to the next level with barbed wire tights, long lace gloves, brown heeled boots and a cheetah ear headband.
She captioned the photo: “Dressing up as my ex this year for Halloween.”
MailOnline contacted a representative for AJ for comment at the time.
Abbie and AJ split in September 2022, after she found text messages from another woman on his phone.
talking to the sun Of the breakdown of their relationship, Abbie said: “I am completely devastated and my world has collapsed.” AJ is not the person I thought he was, after everything I went through with him I thought we would be together forever.
“He has been the biggest disappointment to me. This has affected my confidence after my accident and I need to rebuild myself now. AJ was my world and I didn’t recognize the guy who was breaking up with me.
Abbie continued: ‘I kept asking him about the girl in the messages, but from the moment I brought it up he completely changed. Just a few weeks ago AJ and I went on a romantic holiday to Türkiye, it was so lovely.”
Their split came a year after Abbie was severely burned when a viral social media stunt went wrong.
She was involved in a strange fire that took place when she was filming a YouTube video with her then-boyfriend AJ, in which they were trying to turn a wine bottle into a vase.
It comes after AJ’s ex Abbie Quinnen, 27, took a swipe at him while posing up a storm in a sexy Halloween costume (pictured in October).
The model and the Strictly star were together for four years before AJ ‘dumped’ Abbie after she found messages from another woman.
The star took her look to the next level with barbed wire tights, long gloves, brown heeled boots and a cheetah ear headband.
Abbie didn’t hold back with her digging.
Abbie said the injuries meant she and AJ had to have therapy sessions and once found him “crying hysterically” as he struggled to cope with the aftermath.
The professional dancer required three skin grafts after her YouTube skit went wrong in 2021 and her hair, skin and face were engulfed in flames.
Speaking about Lorraine in 2022, she said: “It completely exploded and I was engulfed in flames. I didn’t know if I would ever look the same again if I regained my movement.
‘The burn unit treated me very well. I felt like I looked horrible and if AJ or my family saw me it would break their hearts. I was ashamed of my appearance. It was a lot of trauma.
Despite the traumatic experience, Abbie explained that she did not need further surgery and was “feeling a lot better” as she regained her confidence.