Saffron Barker is shutting down speculation of a Strictly curse with AJ Pritchard, with her rep insisting the pair are just ‘great friends’ after pictures emerged of them looking close this week.
The shots show Saffron with her arms around AJ’s neck and looking into his eyes during rehearsals.
Another shows them leaving rehearsals, with AJ’s arm placed around Saffron.
However, Saffron has no time for talk that the pair are becoming an item.
Reps for Saffron told Metro.co.uk: ‘AJ and Saffron are great friends and have been training really hard for their performance on Saturday evening – this is clearly only what these pictures show.
‘They are loving the competition and cannot wait to perform their Cha-Cha to the Nation.’
And that’s that.
AJ is, of course, dating dancer Abbie Quinnen, while Saffron is currently single.
AJ and Strictly Come Dancing have been approached by Metro.co.uk for comment.
Saffron, 19, made her debut on the live shows last Saturday.
AJ joined series 14 of the show back in 2016.
The pair made a massive entrance to the show, receiving 27 points for their dance to Meghan Trainor’s Lips Are Movin’.
The performance came as Saffron discussed her rise to fame with Metro.co.uk at VidCon London last week.
‘I actually started off daily vlogging so I used to film my life every day and I shared so much, and that just happened so gradually and naturally because I started YouTube from blogging,’ she said.
‘I think people just got really addicted to watching [the videos]. It’s like watching a reality TV show – you just get obsessed.’
She furthermore added of fans: ‘It is weird because sometimes people, when they come up to me, are so kind and everything else but they’re talking to me as if they know me and I know nothing about them.
‘It is really hard to try and speak to someone because what can I ask them?
‘At the same time, it is really nice and everyone’s always really kind and polite as well and the people who know me the most are the people that watch me and technically love me the most.’
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