Strictly's AJ Pritchard thanks brother for saving him during nightclub attack
The Strictly star's brother Curtis is undergoing knee surgery following the assault
Strictly Come Dancing pro-dancer AJ Pritchard has revealed how his brother Curtis saved him during an assault at a nightclub during the festive period.
Curtis, also a professional dancer, has been forced to pull out of Dancing With The Stars in Ireland after sustaining various injuries during the attack, which his older brother described as "like a scene out of a movie".
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“Curtis risked his own dancing career to save mine as he threw himself in front of the attackers so they couldn’t get to me," AJ told The Sun newspaper. "He was thinking of both my dancing career with my legs and my TV career with my face.
“He tried to protect me and in doing so saved my life and my legs from danger," he added.
Curtis, who is undergoing surgery on his knee following the assault, said the incident was "terrifying".
Curtis added that he's hopeful the knee injury won't have a lasting impact on his career.
"I don’t know what I’ll do if I can’t dance again," he said. “I just hope that [the knee] operation can save me. Something can go wrong on the operating table. There’s a chance my dancing career is over.”
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