After suffering burns to her face in a fireball accident Abbie Quinnen has asked AJ Pritchard whether he still loves her.
The 23-year-old dancer has spoke for the first time since the tragic accident which came off the back of filming a YouTube tutorial showing people how to craft a vase from a wine bottle using a flame.
Speaking to The Sun about the terrifying ordeal, she said: "AJ and I just wanted to do the lifehack video for fans to watch at home. It was a popular video online so we were doing a test-run in the kitchen that I was going to film.
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"My hair caught fire and within seconds the flames had spread to my top and my body was alight.
"It was such a shock, I was panicking and screaming. I dropped down to the floor and I was rolling to try to put out the fire.
"I saw my life flash before my eyes. I never thought something like that would happen to me.
"The first thing I said to AJ was, 'Is my face going to be OK? Are you still going to love me?' I kept repeating this to him and I was shaking in horror."
The process of the stunt involved dipping a rope in to a flammable chemical before wrapping it around the bottle and lighting it.
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According to reports, Strictly Come Dancing star AJ ended up putting the fire out after watching Abbie become engulfed in flames.
A spokesperson for the couple confirmed the incident saying professional dancer Quinnen, 23, has since undergone surgery.
They said in a statement: "Abbie has undergone surgery on her upper body and will continue to receive treatment.
"Abbie and AJ cannot thank all the nurses and doctors enough for their incredible care, support and expertise whilst being at Chelsea and Westminster Burns Unit and at Ealing Hospital."
Posting to Instagram yesterday (21 March), Abbie said: "I am sad I have been absent in the last few weeks & haven't posted much with AJ, we so desperately wanted to be able to share daily vlogs with you all but unfortunately I have had an accident.
"Whilst we were attempting to create a glass bottle into a vase from following a YouTube tutorial, it went terrible wrong and it resulted in me incurring injuries [sic] & burns requiring continuous hospital treatment over the past 7 weeks.
"I really need you all to be so careful with what you're doing & if you are copying any YouTube videos. I will be ok! I love you all."
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